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The Spring Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA is Saturday, April 22, from 10 AM to 2 PM. People who live in areas that do not normally have access to permanent disposal boxes can safely dispose of unneeded or expired medications. 💊 Share the locator tool with patients to help them find a participating site 🔎🗺️http://ow.ly/g1N050NJJRo

The next Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA is Saturday, October 29, from 10 AM to 2 PM. It's a great opportunity for patients to dispose of unneeded or expired meds safely. 💊 They can find a participating site using this locator tool. 🔎 http://ow.ly/eBE450L2yQp

A Pandemic of Counterfeit Drugs 💊💉
*Guest blog post

World Patient Safety Day 2022

https://apharmda.com/blog/2022/8/23/a-pandemic-of-counterfeit-medicines-and-the-poverty-trap

A Pandemic of Counterfeit Medicines and the Poverty Trap — Alimole PharmD & Associates, LLC Over the past few years, a world gripped in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, came together to some degree, and as a result, many countries have relaxed social restrictions in response to stabilizing disease mortality rates and the availability of vaccines. This is good news; however, the prolife

COVID.gov/tests - Free at-home COVID-19 tests Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order a 3rd round of free at-home tests. Order yours today.

Reading the product label is the most important part of taking care of yourself when using over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.

This , learn how to read the “Drug Facts” label on OTC drugs to help you compare & select products: https://go.usa.gov/xuS5F

💊What is this pill?
💊Was my prescription filled correctly?
💊My pills are mixed up. Which pill should I take?

There are many pill identifiers out there, try Pill ID from Poison control: http://ow.ly/Zgf150K2szY

You can search by imprint code, shape, color, or medication name.

Are you wearing white today? This , show your support for awareness.

Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that affect 20 to 80 percent of women by the time they reach age 50.

Learn more about fibroids, who is affected, and treatment options by following along with FDA Office of Women’s Health’s content this month.

Now is a good time to review your resources for reporting drug/vaccine reactions.

https://apharmda.com/blog/2020/8/7/reporting-adverse-events

Reporting Adverse Events | Blog — Alimole PharmD & Associates How many people have an adverse event reporting site saved to their browser ‘bookmark/favorite’ folders? Most of us who have one or two staring back at us from our work computers rarely use them unless we are in Drug Safety roles. While we can respond to events as they occur, taking the next ste...