The Newsletter – "Medication and Wellness Focus"
"Medication and Wellness Focus" is published monthly and available in pdf or print format. Content common to virtually all issues includes the following:
- Topics relevant to all age groups, pediatric to elderly.
- Prevention and treatment of frequently occurring, high cost chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, coronary artery disease, bone and joint disease, depression, disease of the urinary tract).
- Cost savings opportunities for employees such as using generic drugs when available and encouraging self-care with nonprescription (over-the-counter) drugs that may avoid trivial or unnecessary physician office visits and prescription drug use.
- Drug safety issues that seek to assure safe and appropriate drug use while discouraging inappropriate drug use.
- Diet, nutrition and weight management.
- Smoking cessation and alcohol abuse.
- Safety and effectiveness (or lack thereof) of nutritional supplements/herbal "therapies" and their effects on other drugs.
- ………….and more!
"Medication and Wellness Focus" is unique in its emphasis on ways to maximize the benefit and decrease the risk of drug therapy. Being "medication smart" is important as 85% to 90% of all illness is managed with drug therapy. Click here to view a sample issue of "Medication and Wellness Focus". If you would like to evaluate additional samples of "Medication and Wellness Focus", click here to contact us.