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Pre-Pharmacy Society umdprepharm@gmail.com studentorg.umd.edu/ prepharm

Pre-Pharmacy Society umdprepharm@gmail.com studentorg.umd.edu/ prepharm. Get on the ListServ ...Join Our Facebook Group…Visit Our Website…CMNS Updates. 2 ND GENERAL BODY MEETING OCT . 10, 2011. Welcome! Don’t forget to sign-in Active Membership Requirements

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Pre-Pharmacy Society umdprepharm@gmail.com studentorg.umd.edu/ prepharm

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  1. Pre-Pharmacy Societyumdprepharm@gmail.comstudentorg.umd.edu/prepharm Get on the ListServ...Join Our Facebook Group…Visit Our Website…CMNS Updates 2NDGENERAL BODY MEETING OCT. 10, 2011

  2. Welcome! Don’t forget to sign-in • Active Membership Requirements • Community Service Opportunities • T-Shirt Contest & Fundraising Opportunity • Drug of the Week: Zoloft • Pharmaceutical Issue: Healthcare Reform Expands Women’s Wellness • Dangers of Drug Abusepresented by • Helen Wu Agenda

  3. 3 Meetings per semester • 3 Hours of Community Service per semester • Please do not wait until till the end of the semester to fulfill your community service hours • Exceptions will not be made Active Membership Requirements

  4. Off-Campus Community Service Events

  5. Food and Friends • Monday, October 24th • Leave from ATM outside of Stamp at 5:00pm • Bring $10.00 for the Metro • Must wear close-toed shoes • 6 people may sign-up • Email: lauren.biagiotti@yahoo.com • *Cannot be physically ill if attending. Community Service Events

  6. Bake Sale Fundraiser • Counts as 1 hour for on campus service: • Bring individually wrapped baked goods (enough to serve at least 10) • Sign up for 1 hour block to help sell baked goods. • When: • ~October 20th from 10am-2pm • Where: • Outside STAMP (near the Capitol One ATM) Community Service Events

  7. Please send all ideas to Long at • LLA@terpmail.umd.edu • It’s easier said than done- don’t send an idea, but create the shirt on websites such as customink.com • More colors means it will be more expensive so try to be conservative, but creative • Winner will get the shirt for free! • **The Maryland Terrapin is not allowed to be on it T-Shirt Design Contest!!!

  8. Each card is valid for one year or longer in participating Papa John’s restaurants in DC, Maryland and Virginia. • $15 per card • Cardholders are eligible to buy any amount of pizzas at menu price and receive an equal amount free • Whoever sells the most tickets will receive a free T-shirt! Papa John’s Fundraiser

  9. Drug of the Week Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors

  10. Tumor necrosis factors (TNF) are a family of cytokines that are secreted during the immune response. • Specifically, TNF-α is a potent pyrogen involved in systemic inflammatory response produced by activated macrophages. Tumor necrosis factors

  11. How does it work?

  12. Sertraline comes in a tablet and a liquid form, both of which can be taken by mouth. How is it taken?

  13. SSRI’s do not cause as many side effects as older tricyclic antidepressants • The possibility of a happier, healthier life • Reduces depression and anxiety-related symptoms Pros

  14. Side effects can include: • Worsening symptoms • Nausea • Headache • Nervousness, agitation or restlessness • Reduced sexual desire • Weight gain • Drowsiness • Insomnia • It may take up to 4 weeks to feel the effects • Costly: approx. $30.00/month= $360.00/year • Withdrawal symptoms Cons

  15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001017/ • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ssris/MH00066 • http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/zoloft/ • http://www.zoloftsideeffects1.com/zoloft-withdrawal/ Sources

  16. Pharmaceutical Issue Healthcare Reform Expands Women’s Wellness

  17. Contraception, emergency contraception & contraception counseling without co-pay • Well-woman visits without co-pay • Gestational diabetes screening • HPV DNA testing • STI screening • Domestic violence screening Affordable Care Act

  18. Will take effect August 1, 2012 • Medicine and services at no cost will only be offered to insured women • Applies to all NEW health insurance plans Affordable Care Act (cont.)

  19. 49% of all pregnancies in 2001 were unintended; 42% of those unintended pregnancies ended in abortion • Providing birth control to women will help prevent some of these unintended pregnancies, especially in poor and low-income women most at risk for unintended pregnancy • Preventive care could reduce overall health care costs Potential Benefits

  20. Since patients will be getting medicine and services for free, insurance companies will have to absorb the cost: health insurance premiums could go up • Some people may not be able to afford increased premiums • Ethical concerns for religious pharmacists and doctors Potential Consequences

  21. Why is preventive care and medicine so important? • How will providing contraception and emergency contraception affect insured women? Uninsured? • How will this law affect pharmacists? Questions to Consider

  22. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Clinical-Preventive-Services-for-Women-Closing-the-Gaps/Recommendations.aspxhttp://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Clinical-Preventive-Services-for-Women-Closing-the-Gaps/Recommendations.aspx • http://babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/11/16-22/birthcontrol.jpg • http://women.webmd.com/news/20110801/no-more-copay-for-womens-wellness-birth-control • http://women.webmd.com/news/20110720/panel-drop-co-pay-for-womens-birth-control Sources

  23. Pre-Pharmacy Society Proudly Presents… Helen Wu, University of Maryland Pharmacy Candidate Dangers of Drug Abuse

  24. THE END! THE END! Pre-Pharmacy Societyumdprepharm@gmail.comstudentorg.umd.edu/prepharm Get on the ListServ...Join Our Facebook Group…Visit Our Website…CMNS Updates THE END! THE END! 2NDGENERAL BODY MEETING OCT. 10, 2011

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