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New fall prevention guidelines call for focused medication reviews in all older adults by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Both the American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society have updated their Clinical Practice Guideline: Prevention of Falls in Older Persons. A major chan ... Read on »

Concerns over Consumer Reports article on Best Buy Drugs by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health In the March issue of Consumer Reports is a report "Best Buy Drugs- many common generics beat brand names." Statistics on direct-to-consumer advertising and informatio ... Read on »

American Geriatrics Society recommends focused medication review for all elderly patients to... by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The latest practice guidelines to prevent falls in the elderly published by the American Geriatrics Society now recommends a focused medication review for all older p ... Read on »

Drug Combinations That May Cause Major Drug Interactions Common Among Seniors Who Take... by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health More than half of older Americans who were prescribed antidepressants for the first time were already taking a medication that could adversely interact with the antidepr ... Read on »

New Year Wishes by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ... Read on »

Medication use and delirium by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health One of the 13 Common Geriatric Problems screened by MediSort Delirium - Delirium is a common indicator or nonspecific symptom of a variety of acute, treatable il ... Read on »

Xanodyne agrees to withdraw propoxyphene from the U.S. market by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health FDA NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Nov. 19, 2010 Media Inquiries: Karen Riley, 301-796-4674, karen.riley@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA Xanody ... Read on »

MediSort president appointed to ASCP's Advocacy Council by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health ASCP President Shelly Spiro announces Advisory Council Appointees, including MediSort president, Brian Wolstenholme The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (A ... Read on »

Medications and Dental Care by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

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Delirium- a common geriatric problem by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

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Over The Counter Supplements- What's the right dose? by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern: Yaneya Armas, PharmD (c). Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Pharmacy It is becoming common practice for physicians to recomme ... Read on »

3 Things to Take With You on the Journey to Good Health by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health It’s a road that’s becoming more traveled now, what with all the emphasis on weight and the need to prevent disease. Even so, not many people do it the right way – they ... Read on »

Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ-10) by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern: Yaneya Armas, PharmD (c). Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Pharmacy CoQ-10 (Co-enzyme Q10) is a naturally occurring antiox ... Read on »

Resveratrol by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern, Yaneya Armas, PharmD(c). Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Pharmacy Many alternative medicine products are marketed toward th ... Read on »

Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease with Higher Levels of Leptin by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern, Wendy Fisher, PharmD (c) Nova Southeastern University Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 50-7 ... Read on »

Age-related macular degeneration by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health from Geriatric Pharmacy Intern, Ariel Vega, PharmD(c) University of Florida College of Pharmacy According to the latest statistics, more than 1 million individual ... Read on »

Future Health Care for the Elderly in Jeopardy by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health from Roland Adamyan Pharm. D.(c) NSU College of Pharmacy A massive health care shortage is on the rise according to many experts that threatens to leave millions of eld ... Read on »

Red Yeast Rice to Treat Hyperlipidemia by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern Yariagna Rollan Pharm.D(c) University of Florida College of Pharmacy Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A or HMG- CoA reduct ... Read on »

New Insulin Delivery Method on its Way by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern Yariagna Rollan Pharm.D.(c) University of Florida College of Pharmacy The biggest drawback of insulin treatment is the way in which it ... Read on »

Shingles mingles with stroke by Brian Wolstenholme Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health From Geriatric Pharmacy Intern Dana Ross Pharm.D. (c) Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Pharmacy Shingles, among stroke risk factors such as tobacco use, h ... Read on »

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