Vital - Med Online Pharmacy

09/03/2019

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

Pharmacy technicians can work in hospitals, clinics, community practice, rehabilitation and long-term care facilities, but according to the National Health Law, they are most frequently supervised by a licensed pharmacists. If you are interested in getting your pharmacy technician certification, you might be curious about what to expect day to day as a pharmacy technician.

In an interviewed granted to me by Linx communication tagged "A day in the life of a Pharmacy Technician" due to my past experience as a Retail Pharmacy Technician, I was able to provide some great insight into what a day in the life is like for a retail pharmacy technician.

Most retail pharmacies will open in the morning between 8am and yet to closed 9pm. Since the pharmacy is part of a larger front store, Pharmacy Technician to the pharmacy Store play a major role by contributing more than 70% of the daily job task by acting as a Pharmacist and at a same as the cashier and Store Assistant. In this, pharmacy technician also function as the cashier for prescriptions and purchases from the retail store also receiving phone calls.

There are four possible roles the pharmacy technician will need to fulfill in his/her daily required activities:

Selling prescriptions: In this role, the pharmacy technician will cost the prescriptions to patients at the counter and also act as cashier received payment and issuing of receipt.

In this aspect, a Pharmacy Technician needs to fully wised and clinical oriented for fax medications and understands all possible side effects and interactions that the patient would likely to experience while on the medication and also tracked possible error that may incurred from the prescription as a Pharmacy is a last side of medicine and clinical practice.

Filling the medication orders: This usually involves using a computerized queue which will fax to generates scripts of medications.
The pharmacy technician will gather the necessary prescriptions and count out the required amount of medication in a required containers, label them, and give them to the pharmacist to verify if required mostly poisonous drugs.

The pharmacy technician will be responsible for handling the influx queue. This requires him or her to verify the prescriptions that are sent from doctors and must be adjudicated through the patient’s insurance. Their primary responsibility is to ensure they receive a paid claim and then send the scripts to the other technicians queue to fill. This services includes counselling the patient by incurring advice on the usage of their prescribed medication and being a career-oriented.

Inventory & Requisition: This position is sometimes a part-time one. The technician keeps counts on all of the products within the pharmacy and orders supplies and medications that are running low; expire date checking, entry of invoices, documentation, inventory updating & balancing, temperature monitoring, stock taken, pricing control, computing data's, much often modulation of Micro pharmaceutical preparation and other logistics services and adventures.

Oftentimes, this role is granted to a senior technician who is familiar with the needs of the specific patient needs for whom they serve.

As you might expect, the pharmacy technicians function as a team and must be willing to work together and swap roles as necessary throughout the day in duel cooperation.

At the end of the day, the pharmacy is closed and the cash drawer is then counted, as well as any necessary end-of-day cleanup and preparation for the following day. This would include wiping down counters, taking out the trash, and other neccesity.

There is very little downtime in the retail pharmacy environment. Lunches are a requirement of most employers but you may find yourself taking a short break instead due to being short-staffed or extremely busy.

While retail pharmacy work can be a challenge, there are many rewards which include a fast-paced learning environment, additional training, and interaction with patients. If you’re up to the job, consider attending a pharmacy technician training program and earning your CPhT certification so you too can become one and motivates on your profession of services.
And quality education and service in Pharmaceutical practices shouldn't be excluded to promotes services adequately.

CPhT Pharmacy Times Technology Vital Medicines Evaluation Unit

Adopted by:
Yekinni Azeez CPhT
CEO, Vital-Meds Online Pharmacy & Logistics.

12/02/2019

HOLISTIC HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCE

10/02/2019

BRIEF FACT ABOUT EPILEPSY AWARENESS

Epilepsy is a neurological condition - which means it affects the brain. It is also a physical condition, because the body is affected when someone has a seizure. Epilepsy is described as the tendency to have repeated seizures that start in the brain.

Epilepsy is a condition that causes seizures, temporary episodes that often include twitching and convulsions.

These seizures happen when the brain's electrical impulses act abnormally and send erratic signals. Think of it as your brain getting confused by these haywire messages, and the result is a seizure.

Epilepsy can make driving, walking across the street, or cooking dinner a dangerous activity because you never know when a seizure may strike. But epilepsy can usually be managed well through medication and other treatments. Learning how to reduce your risk for a seizure through lifestyle changes and learning your triggers can also help you to better manage your epilepsy.

Sometimes seizures can be triggered by something that's out of your control. Running a high fever may result in a seizure, despite taking medications to manage epilepsy. Having high or low blood glucose or sodium or taking certain medications can also cause a seizure.

Among the primary symptoms of epilepsy episodes includes:

Slight twitching of all or parts of the body, including arms, hands, and legs; Convulsions that affect the entire body, Loss of consciousness, Twitching of the face, Affected speech, Sudden stillness with a blank stare, Temporary loss of control of your bladder or bowels.

Although there is no way to prevent epilepsy, you can take steps to help prevent seizures:

Don't drink alcohol, use illegal drugs, or smoke.

Protect your head with a helmet during any sport or activity that could result in a head injury.

Get plenty of sleep every night.

Do your best to avoid getting a cold or the flu.

Talk with your doctor about all of your prescription medications to be sure they won't aggravate seizures.

Always take all of your epilepsy medications as prescribed.

Find healthy ways to cope with stress.

Enjoin me all to celebrate the WORLD EPILEPSY DAY come Monday, 11th of February, 2019 and hand on support to all patient if victim and build the world.

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03/02/2019

QUICK FACTS on Hypertension & High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is measured as two numbers, written one over the other and recorded in millimetres of mercury – for example, 120/78 mmHg.

The top (higher) number is the systolic pressure – the pressure in the arteries as the heart is contracting – and the bottom (lower) number is the diastolic pressure – the pressure in the arteries when the heart is relaxed between beats. High blood pressure is defined as a repeatedly elevated systolic pressure of 140 or higher OR a diastolic pressure of 90 or higher.

Globally, nearly one billion people have high blood pressure (hypertension); of these, two-thirds are in developing countries.
Hypertension is one of the most important causes of premature death worldwide and the problem is growing; in 2025, an estimated 1.56 billion adults will be living with hypertension.
Hypertension is the leading cause of CVD worldwide.

People with hypertension are more likely to develop complications of diabetes.
High blood pressure is called the “silent killer" because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people do not realize they have it; that is why it's important to get blood pressure checked regularly.

What counts as hypertension?

High blood pressure is defined as a systolic blood pressure at or above 140 mmHg and/or a diastolic blood pressure at or above 90 mmHg.

Systolic blood pressure is the maximum pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts. Diastolic blood pressure is the minimum pressure in the arteries between the heart’s contractions.

How Hypertension Impacts On Your Heart & Blood Vessels:

Hypertension is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and the single most important risk factor for stroke. It causes about 50% of ischaemic strokes and increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.

Hypertension stresses your body’s blood vessels, causing them to clog or weaken. Hypertension can lead to atherosclerosis and narrowing of the blood vessels making them more likely to block from blood clots or bits of fatty material breaking off from the lining of the blood vessel wall. Damage to the arteries can also create weak places that rupture easily or thin spots that balloon out the artery wall resulting in an aneurism.

When was the last time you checked your blood pressure? Regular check up of your blood pressure can help detect if you have hypertension and afford you the opportunity to start an effective management as early as possible. Stop by a pharmacy today to check your blood pressure for free.

09/01/2019

MENTAL HEALTH TIPS

Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness - the "psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment".
From the perspectives of positive psychology or of holism, mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, and to create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health includes "subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others.

The WHO further states that the well-being of an individual is encompassed in the realization of their abilities, coping with normal stresses of life, productive work and contribution to their community.

Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how one defines "mental health".

mental health is the successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people, and providing the ability to adapt to change and cope with adversity.

The term mental illness refers collectively to all diagnosable mental disorders—health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress or impaired functioning.

A person struggling with their mental health may experience this because of stress, loneliness, depression, anxiety, relationship problems, death of a loved one, suicidal thoughts, grief, addiction, ADHD, Cutting, Self-harm, Self-Injury, burning, various mood disorders, organic ailment or other mental illnesses of varying degrees, as well as learning disabilities.

Therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners or physicians can help manage mental illness with treatments such as therapy, counseling, or medication

For sufficient and stress free lifestyle to be well attained; personal adjustment ( free thinking and exercise) and qualitative mental reasoning towards a healthful living to grants a holistic mental health.

*Yekeen 2019.

05/01/2019

Beta-blockers and Beta-agonists in Asthma

Beta-agonists are commonly used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Beta-blocker use in asthma has been widely studied. In general, cardioselective beta-blockers (eg, acebutolol, atenolol, bisoprolol, celiprolol, metoprolol) appear to be effective for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis, tachyarrhythmias, hypertension, heart failure, and acute coronary syndrome without increased risk of asthma exacerbation.

In an analysis of 10 studies on the effect of beta-blockers in patients with asthma where selective beta-blockers were administered for up to 14 weeks, there was no change compared with placebo in FEV1, symptoms, or inhaler use.1 Further, the use of selective beta-blockers following the administration of a beta-agonist produced a greater increase in FEV1 than placebo. While there are few data on the use of non-cardioselective beta-blockers (eg, carvedilol, nadolol, pindolol, propranolol, timolol) in patients with asthma, it would seem prudent to avoid beta-blockers that inhibit the beta-2 receptor in patients using beta-2 agonists.

08/12/2018