A, B, and widespread

That’s what you need to know about the flu in Georgia at the moment. Well, that and the fact that it’s affecting school-age children most of all — and now that the holiday germ-swap is over, more cases are probably going to appear.

The truth is somewhere in the middle

The FDA says cannabis is only approved to treat a handful of conditions (e.g., nausea from chemotherapy, some forms of epilepsy). People who use it say it helps with a lot more, but just hasn’t been sufficiently studied.

And Twitter bots? Well, they say it can treat anything. It’s almost as if it’s a bad idea to get your news and information from social media posts.

Start the new year with a new CPE course from GPhA

Are you frustrated hearing about the opioid crisis? Then help end it!

GPhA is offering a new course in 2020: Opioid Stewardship 101: Optimizing Non-Opioid Analgesic Therapy. It teaches the ins and outs of using non-opioids to treat both acute and chronic pain — which medications are best for which kinds of pain and how best to deliver them, and it’s taught by Danny Basri of WellStar Kennestone.

The course is one hour long, ACPE-approved, and it’s part of our growing catalog of CPE webinars — it also meets an education requirement for the Georgia Pharmacy Foundation Champions of Opioid Safety program. Check it out, yo!

Thursday, January 30, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (from your favorite Internet connection)

Just $20 for GPhA members ($50 for non-members)

Click here for more info!

Bad combo

Gabapentinoids (e.g., Lyrica, Gralise, Neurontin), if combined with opioids, can cause serious breathing problems. New labels are coming, but we figured you should know right away.

HPV vaccine: One is enough?

Women may need only a single dose of the HPV vaccine to prevent infection. (The key word is “may.”) Really, that’s the whole story. Studies continue.

Wile-E-Coyote, this is for you

If you’re prone to migraines, here’s a pro tip: Avoid nitroglycerin.