by GV Team | Jan 22, 2020 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy Lately it seems that many Assisted Living facilities are asking for help in disposing expired, outdated or discontinued medications that their assisted living and independent living residents...
by GV Team | Jan 20, 2020 | Drug Information, Messages from CEO, Patient Safety, Resources
Article by American Family Physician, www.aafp.org The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (i.e., at least 65 years of age), originally developed by Mark H. Beers in 1991, continue to be used by the American Geriatrics Society...
by GV Team | Jan 15, 2020 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Psychotropic Medications, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Rachel Nania, AARP “From the time she was 15, Anne Halli-Tierney knew she wanted to be a geriatrician — and it’s all thanks to her grandfather, who she said “became a human being” after seeing one. At one point, Halli-Tierney says her...
by GV Team | Jan 8, 2020 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Article by Ralph Ellis, WebMD “This year’s flu season started with a twist. Normally, it starts around October and lasts through March or April, with the A strain of influenza dominating during the early months and the B strain showing up near the end. But for...
by GV Team | Dec 18, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Pharmacy Times.com “In July 2019, manufacturer Sanofi said it had signed a deal with Roche Pharmaceuticals to obtain exclusive OTC rights for the antiviral agent Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), a neuraminidase inhibitor indicated for the treatment...
by GV Team | Nov 27, 2019 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by AgingCare.com “There is a lot of pressure on people to enjoy themselves during the holidays. The reality, however, is that many people feel increasingly isolated and unhappy during this season of goodwill, and elders can have an especially hard time....
