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Pharmacist gives women tips on drug safety, health
By Alice Hmicek
Safe drug use and errorless prescription
filling are more likely when a person sticks
with one pharmacist, a registered pharma
cist said, Wednesday.
Linda Brown, who spoke at Women
Speak, works with four other pharmacists
at Family Drug and is Involved with Plan
ned Parenthood. She said a person should
expect a pharmacist to be a resource per
son who freely gives information.
"If he doesn't, then you can't iise the
drugs as safely, she said. "When you:ask
questions, it tells the pharmacist to carry
on his responsibilities."
A pharmacist who keeps a patient pro
file is important because one might cause
problems when another drug is added to
the patient's intake, she said. Often two
drugs are prescribed by two different
physicians for different purposes without
either being aware of the other condition.
Information sheets
The pharmacist said patient information
sheets, which explain possible symptoms or
side effects of each drug, are necessary for
consumers.
MI would like to push for legislation that
mandates patient Information sheets for all
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drugs. There's no way the pharmacist or
doctor can tell you aU about a drug," she
said.
Addressing the issue of generics, sub
stitutes which cost, less than patent drugs,
Brown said she will usually honor prefer
ences by the consumer if he expresses an
interest in buying a less expensive variety.
However, if a physician states a preference
in the prescription, she will not substitute,
she said.
The difference between generics and
patents is in the way they are formulated,
Brown said.
"A doctor may say the body doesn't
absorb the generic as well for certain drugs.
The formulation makes a difference on
how viable the product Is to the body."
Generic laws necessary
"A lot of judgment is involved," she
added. "In most cases, a pharmacist
doesn't know more than a doctor and will
follow what they say."
Because cf uncertainties about effects,
generic laws and more viability studies .are
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necessary, she said.
In considering birth control, pills, a
woman must weigh the risks, Brown said.
"I can't sit here and feel any drug Is
completely safe. We know they are highly
effective for preventing pregnancy. A
young, healthy woman has little chance of
developing a blood clot, but if she takes
birth control pills she has a slightly higher
risk."
Women over 40 are five limes , more
likely to have a blood dot If she's on the
pill, she said.
The labels of high- and low-dose pills
refer to the estrogen component. A British
study indicates that anyone on more than
50 micrograms of estrogen per pill falls In
higher risk category for side effects. Thirty
five micrograms still offers good protect
ion, she said. When no estrogen is in the
pill, the woman might suffer from unpre
dictable side-effects, she said.
Brown said women should realize that
vaginal infections are extremely common,
especially with women on the pill.
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Appleton, Wis. (CH)-Trivia lovers can
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I4th Annual Midwest Trivia Contest spon
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final question (by tradition, next year's
100-point first question) is out.
The question: 'Twenty miles south of
Dublin there is a hill called Bray's Head.
On that hill is a cross. What is the inscrip
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regi ad 1950."
Traditionally held the first weekend in
February, the Lawrence trivia contest
claims to be the "granddaddy" of all such
contests.
LU's Larry Page, director of broadcast
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been turned loose to find questions tor
next year.
The job is hot as taxing as it may seem;
any subject is fair game. For example, this
year no one answered Page's question :
"What was the name of the cat named Best
Maine Coon Cat in the Midwest in 1978?"
The only reason Page knew the answer was
because the cat is his.
First place in this year's off-campus
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