Pharmacists should recommend authorized generics for patients with allergies, narrow therapeutic index drugs, or those who had side effects after switching. These are brand-name drugs without the label-same ingredients, lower cost.
Pharmacy
Floaters after cataract surgery are common and usually harmless, caused by improved vision revealing pre-existing vitreous clumps. Learn what's normal, when to worry, and how to tell if you need urgent care.
Health and Wellness
CKD-Mineral and Bone Disorder disrupts calcium, PTH, and vitamin D balance, leading to fractures and heart disease. Learn how to manage it with diet, medication, and monitoring.
Health and Medicine
Learn how to safely store medications in shared homes with clear steps for locking, labeling, refrigerating, and documenting meds to prevent accidents, misuse, and loss of potency. Essential for families and group living.
Health and Wellness
Brand manufacturers produce their own generic versions to keep market share after patents expire. These authorized generics are identical to the brand drug, made in the same factory, and offer a middle ground between high brand prices and cheaper competitors.
Medications
Learn how to prevent and manage airplane ear with proven equalization techniques, safe decongestant use, and tips for kids and frequent flyers. Reduce pain and protect your hearing during flights.
Health and Wellness
Stability testing ensures pharmaceutical products remain safe and effective over time. Learn the exact temperature and time conditions required by ICH Q1A(R2), FDA, and EMA for long-term, accelerated, and refrigerated drug testing.
Pharmacy
Learn how to safely use insulin with correct dosing units, syringes, and strategies to prevent dangerous hypoglycemia. Avoid common conversion errors and dosing mistakes that put lives at risk.
Medications
St. John’s Wort may help mild depression, but it can dangerously reduce the effectiveness of birth control, transplant drugs, antidepressants, and more. Learn which medications it interferes with and what to do instead.
Medications
Learn the key medication safety terms every patient should know-from the Eight Rights to high-alert drugs-to prevent dangerous errors and take control of your care. Simple questions can save your life.
Medications