Sudesh Samuel
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The Dangers of Expired Medications
Expired medications are commonplace and inertia notwithstanding, many of us tend to rely on an intuitive sense of their value in continuing to store and use them. Such drugs can be harmful to health in several ways; they can be unpredictable in effectiveness, simply ineffective, or even toxic. The formal way of classifying a medication as having expired is through it’s labeled expiry date. This date is often set based on a combination of the common properties of the dosage f
March 4, 2009
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Drug-food Interactions
A drug-food interaction occurs most commonly when the consumption of a specific food or beverage affects the activity of a drug or consumption of the drug affects the activity of the food or overall nutritional status. When a food alters a drug’s activity or vice versa, the affected compound is changed in aspects of how quickly or how much of it gets absorbed into the body, how much of it distributes to it’s site of action, and how quickly it gets broken down or passed out f
March 4, 2009
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What is an Adverse Drug Reaction?
An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is any unintended, noxious or undesired effect that occurs when a drug is used at accepted doses for preventing, diagnosing or treating a condition. By this definition from the World Health Organization, ADRs can be further categorized into those that are related to the known mechanisms of the drug (although some may not be) or those that are related to reactions with the immune system. Most ADRs are considered predictable. One such type of pr
March 4, 2009
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Evidence-based Medicine
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of integrating clinical experience and patient values with the best available research information to optimize patient outcomes. A healthcare provider concluding on a clinical decision through EBM can be akin to a financial analyst concluding on a business model. A balance sheet of benefits and harms is drawn up based on a combination of research findings and the patient’s unique circumstances and the clinician then makes an info
March 4, 2009
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Understanding Drug-drug Interactions
A drug-drug interaction involves one drug affecting the activity of another usually when both are concurrently administered. Such interactions can result in the reduced or enhanced activity of one or both drugs. While many forms of drug-drug interactions exist, most can be broadly classified into interactions that involve the travel of the drug once administered (pharmacokinetic) or the action of the drug on the body (pharmacodynamic). Drug-drug interactions that affect the
March 4, 2009
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Institute for Medication Management
The Institute for Medication Management provides medication management services for patients and caregivers. Pharmacists at the institute analyse individual medication profiles to enable lower cost, safer and more effective treatments for better living.
March 4, 2009
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Institute for Medication Management
The Institute for Medication Management provides medication management services for patients and caregivers. Pharmacists at the institute analyse individual medication profiles to enable lower cost, safer and more effective treatments for better living.
March 4, 2009
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Sudesh Samuel
Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.
- Louis Nizer
Being rich is having money; Being wealthy is having time.
- Margaret Bonnano
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
- Irish Proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
- Chinese Proverb
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
- Henry Ford
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
- Chinese Proverb
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
- Rita Mae Brown
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Experience tells you what to do. Confidence allows you to do it.
- Stan Smith
Do or do not, there is no try!
- Yoda