Monthly Archives: September 2019

How do medications get their names?

We often get questions as to why medications have such long complicated names and people wonder if the names have meaning. In actual fact, the naming of prescription medications is based on international nomenclature regulations. When a new category of … Continue reading

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Looking back…

For many of us September feels like the start of a new year, even though we are still in 2019. As we reflect back over the last 2 1/2 years we have been writing our Wise Words Wednesdays blog, there … Continue reading

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Resources For Dietary Advice

We often get questions regarding the best diet for a person with an inflammatory condition.  Although there are foods that carry a greater inflammatory impact, eliminating these foods don’t always make a difference for a person’s inflammatory condition.  The best person to … Continue reading

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Can I get my flu shot when I just had a Rituxan Infusion?

Every day we get questions in our infusion clinics. Today’s blog features one of those questions… Rituximab (Rituxan) is a biologic therapy that depletes a specific type of B cell in the immune system. This B cell is responsible for … Continue reading

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