Pharmacy Technician's Letter

Article: new oral blood thinner, Zontivity (zon-TIV-i-tee, vorapaxar), for preventing clots September 2014

Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2012) August 2014

Chart: Antimicrobial Drug Interactions and Warfarin August 2014

Article: ORAL antibiotics will be used more for bone or joint infections August 2014

Article: three new antiepileptic drugs...Qudexy XR (cue-DEKS-ee), Fycompa (fi-COM-puh), and Aptiom (AP-tee-om) August 2014

Article: a new drug for erectile dysfunction, Stendra (STEN-druh, avanafil) April 2014

Commentary: OATP Drug Interactions March 2014

Article: green tea may interfere with some meds March 2014

Chart: Sulfa Drugs and the Sulfa-Allergic Patient February 2014

Article: fewer alerts when Celebrex (celecoxib) is given to patients with a "sulfa" or sulfonamide allergy February 2014

Commentary: Calcium Channel Blocker-Macrolide Interaction January 2014

Article: how to handle drug interaction alerts for clarithromycin with calcium channel blockers (amlodipine, etc) January 2014

Article: preventing drug interactions October 2013

Article: fewer ORAL ketoconazole (Nizoral, etc) Rxs for fungal infections September 2013

Commentary: Oral Ketoconazole Warnings September 2013