Prescriber's Letter

March 2019 Issue

Limit Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After a Stroke or TIA to Short-Term Use

More patients will be discharged on a SHORT course of aspirin plus clopidogrel after a minor ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA....

Resources

Chart: Antiplatelets for Recurrent Ischemic Stroke
Guideline: Early Management Acute Ischemic Stroke, AHA/ASA, 2018

Consider the New Beers Criteria When Prescribing Meds for Older Adults

You'll see more focus on appropriate med use in adults over 65....

Keep Heart Failure in Mind When Prescribing Meds for Diabetes

Heart failure is a frequent and often fatal complication of type 2 diabetes....

Use Muscle Relaxants With Caution

Questions still come up about using muscle relaxants for back pain....

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March
Using Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel After a Minor Stroke or TIA
February
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March 2019 Issue

Limit Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After a Stroke or TIA to Short-Term Use

Resources

Consider the New Beers Criteria When Prescribing Meds for Older Adults

Keep Heart Failure in Mind When Prescribing Meds for Diabetes

Use Muscle Relaxants With Caution

Editor's Picks

Generic Options for ProAir HFA, Ventolin HFA, and Advair Diskus

Optimizing Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fib Patients

Emergency Epinephrine Devices

Med Updates

Journal Club

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March 2019 Issue

Limit Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After a Stroke or TIA to Short-Term Use

Resources

Consider the New Beers Criteria When Prescribing Meds for Older Adults

Keep Heart Failure in Mind When Prescribing Meds for Diabetes

Use Muscle Relaxants With Caution

Editor's Picks

Generic Options for ProAir HFA, Ventolin HFA, and Advair Diskus Optimizing Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fib Patients Emergency Epinephrine Devices

Med Updates

Journal Club

Webinars

Popular Charts

Popular Patient Education Handouts

Generic Options for ProAir HFA, Ventolin HFA, and Advair Diskus

Optimizing Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fib Patients

Emergency Epinephrine Devices