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Category Archives: Medical

Medication Discontinuation in Dementia Patients

Hospice, Medical, PharmacistBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsJanuary 30, 2018

Understanding the progressive nature of dementia can help in the decision to continue or discontinue dementia medications in patients on hospice care for end-stage dementia.  Goals change as patients progress…

Opioids and Allergies

Hospice, Medical, PharmacistBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsNovember 9, 2017

Hospice patients often communicate allergies to medications.  When the medication is an opioid, hospice staff often have to determine whether the reaction that the patient believed to be an allergy…

Increasing Awareness of Melatonin

Hospice, MedicalBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsOctober 11, 2017

The ever-increasing awareness of the dangers of hypnotic use in the elderly leaves many patients, prescribers, and caregivers hesitant to initiate prescription medications to treat insomnia.  Combined with the increased…

Safe Medication Practices

Hospice, MedicalBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsJuly 12, 2017

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has long recognized the frequency of mix-ups resulting from the non-standardization of units utilized in measuring volume of oral liquid medications.  Since 2009,…

Options for Switching Antipsychotics

Hospice, MedicalBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsApril 4, 2017

Medication cost, adverse effects, and poor therapeutic response often necessitate switching a hospice patient from one antipsychotic to another.  Prescribers can choose among several options when a switch is necessary.…

Medication Discontinuation in Dementia Patients By Corina Reyna, PharmD, BCGP

Hospice, MedicalBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsMarch 8, 2017

Understanding the progressive nature of dementia can help in the decision to continue or discontinue dementia medications in patients on hospice care for end-stage dementia.  Goals change as patient’s progress…

When Discontinuing Medications is Continuing Compassionate Care

Hospice, MedicalBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsFebruary 8, 2017

If ever there is a time for compassionate medicine, it is when a patient is nearing the end of life.  Unfortunately, when hospice becomes involved in patient care and recommendations…

Cannabis: Effects, Interactions, and the Hospice Patient

Medical, NewsBy Origins Pharmacy SolutionsDecember 1, 2016

Despite the American Medical Association’s stance that “cannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern,” the use of medical cannabis, or medical marijuana, is increasing. …

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