Pharmacist's Letter Hospital

October 2019 Issue

You'll face questions about how to manage direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) around procedures or surgery....

Chart: Perioperative Management of Chronic Medications in Noncardiac Surgery

You'll guide safe transitions of care for solid organ transplant patients admitted on immunosuppressants....

You'll be asked about perioperative management of chronic buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorder....

Your hospital will start preparing for Candida auris....

Hazardous

Xenleta
lefamulin
An antibacterial for community-acquired pneumonia

Zelnorm
tegaserod
A 5-HT4 agonist returns to the market for women with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation

Evenity
romosozumab-aqqg
A sclerostin inhibitor for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in patients at high risk for fracture