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So you’re finding yourself thirsty all the time — a lot more than usual. Or you’ve been really, really tired lately. Can’t seem to get
enough sleep.
Maybe you’ve dropped a bunch of weight — without even trying. Funny, but these days, it seems you always have to go pee, even when you’ve just gone.
You dismiss it all as just something you’re going through. Somethingthat will pass.
Well, it could be that you’ve developed something that’s going tostick around for the rest of your life.
You could be one of the almost 250 million people around the world who has diabetes. A third of those people aren’t even aware they have the condition. Forty-six per cent of them are between 40 and 59 years old.
Quick facts 2007 2025
World population (billions) 6.6 7.9
Number of people aged 20-79 years with diabetes (millions) 246 380
World diabetes prevalence (%) 7.5 8.0
Source: Diabetes Atlas: International Diabetes Federation
Two million of them are Canadian.
Diabetes — or complications from the disease — now kills 3.8 million people a year or about the same number as HIV/AIDS.
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Can some one tell me what a Pharmacy Technology is all about? I have found a
university that actually offer an associate degree in Pharmacy Technology. I am
not sure how this degree can actually help me in the Pharmacy. Will it actually
help me with my wage, or does it just look good on paper when I apply for job
elsewhere?
Researchers and a scientific watchdog group are calling on regulators
to take a new look at the safety of aspartame following a new study
concluding that the popular sweetener promotes cancer in rats.
The study, published in a U.S. government journal, found increased
rates of malignancies in animals fed aspartame throughout their
lifespan. The product, which is the key ingredient in sweeteners
including NutraSweet and Equal, is also used to sweeten thousands of
food products and is widely used in diet soft drinks.
Aspartame first gained U.S. approval in 1981. Ever since,
manufacturers have vigorously defended its safety. On Tuesday, an
industry group blasted the study as flawed and warned it would
needlessly alarm consumers.
But the Italy-based research team said their study shows that lifetime
exposure of rats to aspartame — beginning in the womb — increased
the incidence of having cancerous tumors by the time they died.
“We believe that a review of the current regulations governing the use
of aspartame cannot be delayed,” wrote researchers from the European
Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in
Bologna. The study was published online in the journal Environmental
Health Perspectives, published by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences.
The consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest followed
the study with a call on the FDA to revisit its original approval of
aspartame.
“Because aspartame is so widely consumed, it is urgent that the FDA
evaluate whether aspartame still poses a ‘reasonable certainty of no
harm,’ the standard used for gauging the safety of food additives,”
Michael Jacobson, the group’s executive director, said in a statement.
“But consumers, particularly parents, shouldn’t wait for the FDA to
act. People shouldn’t panic, but they should stop buying beverages and
foods containing aspartame,” he said.
Previous Study ‘Reassuring’
A study published last year by the National Cancer Institute found no
correlation between aspartame consumption and cancer growth in nearly
475,000 people. While the study was not designed to find a causal link
between aspartame and cancer, Jacobson’s group at the time said they
were reassured that aspartame is safe for humans at typical amounts
most people consume.
On Tuesday, Jacobson said that sense of reassurance was gone thanks to
the latest Italian animal study.
“The previous study was reassuring but certainly not definitive,”
Jacobson tells WebMD. “I think the FDA needs to take a new look at
this, and then we’ll go from there.”
Beth Hubrich, a spokeswoman for the industry group Calorie Control
Council, criticizes the study’s methods.
“This goes against the overwhelming scientific literature that
aspartame is safe,” she tells WebMD.
That was echoed by the FDA. Spokesman Michael Herndon says the agency
was interested in reviewing the Italian study. But he says the results
are “not consistent” with results from a large number of other studies
evaluated by the agency.
“Therefore, at this time, FDA finds no reason to alter its previous
conclusion that aspartame is safe as a general purpose sweetener in
food,” the statement says.
Speaking of Certificates that do not mean anything, except you paid
for it….I found a place you can get a Doctor Degree in Pharmacy in
just 7 days. Looks like you can purchase the degree for less than our
pretend to be national organization NPTA charges for their “IV
Certificate.”
Why should NPTA be making all the money!
Joe Medina, CPhT
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Here is some info on it:
“…Students seeking admission in our online Doctorate degree
program are required to have at least 8 years of work or life
experience relevant to their desired major.
If you want to get your PHD degree online on the basis of prior life
experience, the eligibility requirements for a Doctorate degree may be
satisfied in any of the following ways:
• Prior job experience in any field
• Previous educational achievements
• Employer-sponsored training and attendance of workshops
• Participation in organizations, both professional and non - professional
• Personal goals, lifestyle, hobbies, and travel
• Participation in volunteer activities and community service
• Independent reading, viewing, listening or writing
If you have the required work or life experience, click below to apply
for a work experience college degree in your desired major and get it
in just 7 days!…”
HI everyone,
I was just wondering if any other techs get the treatment that our
techs do concerning pharmacist. I know that pharmacist have gone to
school for years to receive their degree, but it seems as though the
techs do all of the work, without any recognition. Pharmacist get all
the praise and glory for filling a stat med or handling a problem that
the tech originally solved. To make things worse pharmacist get all
this responsibility for narcotics and signing of important documents
and they are the ones who make the mistakes of not correcting
discrepancies in the OMNICELL or narcotic log.(One pharmacist actually
lost a Morphine PCA, and still has a job). Let that had been a tech, we
would have lost our jobs and the DEA would have been on our backs.
My point being pharmacist get placed upon this pedestal as being
superior and without flaws, but in reality they are the ones making most
of the mistakes.
Just wanted to vent a little, does anyone else feel similar to this ?
I recently did something that I thought was the right thing to do in
helping a former student with her hospitalization bills. I generally
have no problem in helping others in need, but this did set me back
very much as I paid a hospital bill in excess of ten thousand dollars.
I suppose most of us would have seen that if we cannot afford this,
than we cannot help. I saw this, but I also saw a young lady who had
no insurance and a former student that had so very much potential in
the betterment of her life.
Call me very kind or stupid as they both seem to equate to each other
in certain situations. I suppose a few who know the specifics would
of done the same thing, but most would of simply closed the door as we
tend to think of our own needs over others.
Anyways due to this I need help and am asking for you to order from
Tech Lectures yourself or find someone who may find Tech Lectures to
be of value to them. Yes there is a fee, but for those who have not
tried Tech Lectures, much is offered in specific Pharmacy Technician
CE offerings and in the value of actually learning something. Also,
the Tech Lectures Review Manual/Workbook has helped many in the
passing of the national exam and always includes FREE email support.
I am proud and not one to beg…so I am asking for orders and not
donations. Your help during this time will be greatly appreciated.
Is being overqualified for a position often a problem with Pharmacy
Tech’s? I was passed over for a job recently and I took it to
heart. I called to check on my application and resume I left at an
inpatient pharmacy over a week ago and they said that I
was “overqualified”. So, I asked for clarification. How I took it
is he basically hired a person they could train that was never a
pharmacy tech and not nationally certified to do the same job as I
could for less. I understand we all got to start somewhere but I
don’t fully understand other than we all try to pinch pennies here
and there. I do not put a required dollar amount in the $ field,
instead I put negotiable or neg. I attach my resume to every
application with a paperclip but now I am beginning to wonder if I
should do that? I have noticed around here that most retail
pharmacies pay A LOT less than inpatient. The avg starting pay is
about $7.50, whereas some classmates of mine who are in inpatient
setting or longterm care are making about $9/HR as starting pay.
How can anybody make ends meet with that? Something is better than
nothing I suppose.
Just curious if this has ever happened to anyone else and any
suggestions on how to change this problem. I do not want to
be “underqualified” by any means!
Thanks,
Hi Everyone,
Enjoyed this recent review of the Pharmacy Technician Series:
Pharmacology, NPTA puts out. I thought Mr. Johnston, who claims to be the author, had spent a great deal of our money to come up with a good book. Apparently not.
Not bashing… just informing.
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The author seems to have a poor understanding of physiology. Many times the book read like a high school term paper written from note
cards with little deep understanding of the subject. The error per paragraph ratio was near 0.8 error / paragraph. The publisher should be ashamed of this product and submit it for rewrite or at least proof reading. I sampled some random questions in the review test and found
one glaring error (wrong answer) in the first two questions that I selected.
I gave it two stars only because the book could be useful to someone that has a strong background in A&P and a sense of humor.
NATIONAL PHARMACY TECHNICIAN DAY 2007
is
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007
The first National Pharmacy Technician Day was 1991. The Congressional
Record of July 16, 1991 contains a note about Technician Day, and the
theme in 1991 was “Technician Recognition.” This year we are
celebrating the 17th annual Pharmacy Technician Day.
Along with Pharmacy Technician Day being recognized on the National
level, many technicians have gotten their State legislators to
recognize National Pharmacy Technician Day. We encourage you to do
the same.
The theme for National Pharmacy Technician Day 2007 is:
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN EDUCATION:
A Key to Safe Medication Distribution
American Association of Pharmacy Technicians
1-877-368-4771
www.pharmacytechnician.com
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