Pediatric
Suggest lifestyle changes first for HYPERtensive kids
As a clinical pharmacist, you will hear buzz about how to treat hypertension in children and adolescents, due to Hypertension guidelines. About 2% to 4% of children in have hypertension . Kids are considered hypertensive if their BP is at the 95th percentile or higher for their age, sex, and height, measured on at least 3 separate occasions. …
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Nutrition
Olive oil for the HEART
As a nutrition support pharmacist, you will be asked more about the benefits of olive oil for patients with hypertension and heart diseases. Olive oil has long been touted for its health benefits. It’s rich in the monounsaturated fatty acid oleic acid, as well as linoleic acid. Help patients understand its benefits and encourage them to incorporate it into their dail…
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Weight Loss
Rybelsus may be prescribed for weight loss
As a nutritional support pharmacist, you will hear about using Rybelsus (semaglutide) for weight loss , it is now available in Egypt . Rybelsus will be the first ORAL GLP-1 agonist for type 2 diabetes, it's a tablet version of injectable Ozempic . Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is inactivated in the…
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Nutrition
Diet and medication therapy for kidney stones
As a nephrology pharmacy specialist, you will get questions about how to prevent kidney stones. Calcium stones especially calcium oxalate stones, account for about 80% of kidney stones. And about 50% of patients with a first kidney stone will have another within 5 years without any treatment. NUTRITIONAL AND DIETARY THERAPIES Emphasize dietary changes first.…
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Nutrition
Nutrition for patients with CKD
Overview ㅡ Chronic kidney disease CKD usually takes a long time to develop and does not go away. the kidneys continue to work, just not as well as they should. Wastes may build up so gradually. Salts containing phosphorus and potassium may rise to unsafe levels, causing heart failure , bone problems and anemia . Dietary factors may have an effect on the progress…
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Type-2 Diabetes
Lifestyle changes to help PREDIABETIC patients
Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) constitute approximately 90%-95% of all patients with diabetes worldwide. In 2013, 382 million adults were diagnosed with diabetes worldwide. This number is expected to grow to 592 million in 2035. About 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 5 adolescents in the U.S. have prediabetes, but most are unaware. Prediabetes is the term used for ind…
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Peripheral Artery Disease
Optimizing medications for peripheral artery disease
How to manage stable peripheral artery disease (PAD)? ㅡ Now that Xarelto (rivaroxaban) is approved for this use. Think of managing peripheral artery disease (PAD) as similar to coronary artery disease . Plaque buildup puts peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients at high risk of complications, such as cardiovascular (CV) events or limb amputation. And they may devel…
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