Nurse's Letter

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Chart: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

September 2018 Issue

Patients can experience acute opioid withdrawal during a hospital stay...

Reports of wrong-route med errors will put the focus on preventing mix-ups during injectable med administration...

You’ll notice lots of interest in Epidiolex (eh-peh-DYE-oh-lex), the first prescription med to contain cannabidiol (CBD)...

The new antivenom Anavip (AN-nuh-vip, Crotalidae immune fab) is leading to questions about treating venomous snakebites...

Pills over EKG

Epidiolex
cannabidiol oral soluation
An anti-epileptic for treating childhood-onset Lennox-Gestaut and Dravet syndrome.

Lucemyra
lofexidine
An alpha-2 agonist to reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms.

Andexxa
inactivated recombinant factor Xa
Reversal agent for the factor Xa inhibitors apixaban and rivaroxaban.