For Your Information - Archive
Order By Date | Order By Title- 2010 Pharmacy Awareness Week
- March 1, 2010 to March 7, 2010
- Alcohol and Medicine Don’t Mix
- It may not be safe to drink if you are on medication...
- Are Allergies Making You Sneeze?
- If you have been diagnosed with allergies, your community pharmacist is an accessible and knowledgeable resource for allergy management.
- Are Your Medications Working?
- Canadians are becoming more knowledgeable about their medications.Your pharmacist as a medication manager can work with you and other members of your health care team to help you evaluate your treatments.
- Arthritis, Your Pharmacist, and You
- Arthritis is a disease that can only be diagnosed by your doctor and early diagnosis will mean getting a jump-start on treatment before the condition progresses.
- Asthma Educators – Certified
- A diagnosis of asthma can bring on disbelief and anxiety. Coming to grips with the condition and being willing to learn how to live with it are critical to proper care.
- Building Relationships Between Pharmacists and People with Mental Illnesses
- The relationship between a pharmacist and a person taking psychotropic medications can influence and inform that person’s view of the medications and can also profoundly affect how they view themselves.
- Digging Deeper – The Facts on Tetanus
- For information on Tetanus and how to prevent it, please click on this link.
- Facts About Sun Exposure
- A new brochure provided by the IWK Drug Information Officer, Niki Corkum, PhC, regarding the cautions about sun exposure.
- Guide to Poisonous Plants
- This brochure, produced by the Poison Control Centre in Halifax, lists various plants and their poisionous status if consumed.
- Health Canada advises consumers to verify their medication
- OTTAWA - Health Canada is advising Canadians, especially those with asthma, who use any of the following prescription drugs - Avandamet, Avandia, Coreg, Paxil, Paxil CR, Relafen (distributed by GlaxoSmithKline), and ratio-Paroxetine (distributed by ratiopharm) - to make sure that their medication contains the correct tablets.
- Hormone Replacement Therapy Update
- When it comes to HRT, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Decisions about HRT will have to be made on a woman-by-woman basis.
- How to Prevent, Find, and Treat Head Lice
- English and French versions of Nova Scotia's Public Health brochure containing information regarding the Finding, Treatment, and Prevention of Headlice.
- Influenza Immunization Update
- The medical and social costs of annual influenza epidemics are tremendous: in a typical influenza season in Nova Scotia there are over 400 deaths, 2,500 hospitalizations, and 20,000 physician visits attributable to influenza.
- It’s Your Drug Plan
- Hints to help you avoid frustration when using your drug plan.
- Know Your Medications, It Never Hurts to Ask!
- What you need to know about first-time and refills of your prescription and non-prescription medications.
- LifeScan Announces Worldwide Correction Concerning Certain Blood Glucose Meters
- Vancouver, B.C. - LifeScan, a maker of blood glucose testing systems for people with diabetes, is initiating a worldwide notification to all users of its OneTouch® FastTake® and InDuo® Meters and certain users of OneTouch® Ultra® Meters, that it may be possible for users to misinterpret their blood glucose results.
- Mentorship Program
- The new PANS Mentorship Program is open to third year pharmacy students at Dalhousie University.
- Pandemic Facts
- Pandemic Facts provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Health.
- Primary Health Care and Your Community Pharmacist
- Pharmacists have been involved in delivering primary care services for a long time.
- Some Information on Heart Attacks
- Know the signals. Know how to take action to save a life.
- Staying “On Track” with Your Medications
- People are more likely to succeed in using prescribed medications correctly (and therefore get better results) when they are committed to the drug therapy and have strategies to overcome the challenges they face.
- Understanding Skin Cancer
- Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer to affect Canadians.
- West Nile Virus: How Your Pharmacist Can Help
- What are the symptoms of West Nile virus infection?
- What Does Your Pharmacist Know about Natural Health Products?
- All medicines, no matter if they are “natural” or made in a laboratory, have the potential to act like drugs in your body.
- What Is a Medication Manager?
- Talk to your pharmacist, and learn how you can work together to better manage your medicines.
- What to do if your child has a Fever
- How can you tell if your child has a fever and what to do about it.
- What you should know about …your prescription medication.
- Before leaving the pharmacy, be sure you knwo the answers to the following questions...
- Which Drug Should I Choose? …for self-medication?
- Before purchasing a self-medication product, you should ask your pharmacist the following questions...
- You and Your Pharmacist
- All about you and your pharmacist
- Your Community Pharmacy
- Just who is your community pharmacist and what do you need to know about them?
- Your Medicine! Be a Wise Consumer
- Important tips to consider about your role and the role of your doctor and your pharmacist in managing your health.
- Your Pharmacist – Familiar Faces, Expanding Roles
- 2007 Pharmacy Awareness Week Insert in the Chronicle Herald March 3, 2007
