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Hypertension Patient Case (JW): Longitudinal Case Study for Students
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.; Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
James Watkina is a 51 year old black male diagnosed with hypertension 7 years ago. James visits your pharmacy and enrolls in your hypertension care program. You are to work with James to manage his hypertension and prevent complications.

Hypertension Patient Case (SP): Longitudinal Case Study for Students
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.; Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
Sam Powel is a 51 year old black male diagnosed with hypertension 7 years ago. Sam visits your pharmacy and enrolls in your hypertension care program. You are to work with Sam to manage his hypertension and prevent complications.

Hypertension Patient Case (TM): Longitudinal Case Study For Students
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.; Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
Thomas McEwan is a 51 year old black male diagnosed with hypertension 7 years ago. Thomas visits your pharmacy and enrolls in your hypertension care program. You are to work with Tom to manage his hypertension and prevent complications.

ONU College of Pharmacy Adopts Ecivon: Use the Monitoring Tools - Connect with Your Health Care Providers: Improve Communication with Your Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists!
The monitoring tools can be used to follow your home self-management of asthma, diabetes, and high blood pressure. This site allows you to track your numbers, relates the numbers to how you are doing and...read more by clicking on the article title!

Diabetes Patient Case: Longitudinal Case Study for Students
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.; Jeff Allison, Pharm.D.
Joyce Watkina is a 38 year old black female diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus at 9 years old. Joyce visits your pharmacy and enrolls in your diabetes care program. You are to work with Joyce to manage her diabetes and prevent complications.

Asthma Patient Case: Longitudinal Case Study for Students
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.
Sandra Powel is a 13 year old white female diagnosed with asthma at 8 years of age. Sandra visits your pharmacy and her mom enrolls her in your asthma care program. You are to work with Sandra to manage her asthma and prevent complications.

Links to Content for Asthma, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure: On-line Sites that Update their Content
As we have limited resources, we want to provide links to sites that can be of further help. Our basic articles are a place to start, and our tools are available to you, but check out these sites.

Advair Diskus: A Combination Medication for Asthma
Heather L. Westendorf, Pharm.D. Candidate
This product combines two medications that work to increase airflow in people with asthma.

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month!
This is the time each year when organizations across the country join together to increase public awareness of high blood pressure and promote improved prevention and control.

The Increasing Number of Adults with High Blood Pressure
Statement from Barbara Alving, M.D., Acting Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

An Overview of Gestational Diabetes
Vera M. Krainik; Stacy M. Ramga; Jessica Marie Roberts
Gestational diabetes can affect any woman during pregnancy and is related to having type 2 diabetes later in life. This article briefly reviews gestational diabetes.

Findings About Drugs to Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol from the NHLBI
Drugs have been developed in recent years to treat high blood pressure and high cholesterol, major risk factors for heart disease. This summary is from a major study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

An Introduction to Asthma: From peak flow monitoring to medication compliance!
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.; Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
Understanding asthma and how to prevent complications can keep you healthy and out of the hospital.

An Overview of Hemoglobin A1C: An ECIVON article on the basics of hemoglobin A1C
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.
Managing your blood sugar is important to prevent the complications of diabetes. Your A1C value plays an important role in the self-management of diabetes.

An Introduction to Hypertension: (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertension: what it is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated.

Controlling Your Asthma: From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
If you have asthma, you are not alone. More than 14 million people in the United States have this lung disease. Of these, almost 5 million are children.

Vanlev: High Blood Pressure
Article - Vasopeptidase Inhibitors: A new drug class for helping people with high blood pressure. Check out this new approach to treatment.

Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure: Adapted from (with links to) the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
What is blood pressure? What is high blood pressure? How do you detect high blood pressure? How do you prevent high blood pressure? How due you treat high blood pressure? What are special issues for women? Real life examples! From the NHLBI!

An Overview of Medications for Asthma
Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
An overview of the medications used in the treatment of asthma

Watch your BMI: The Body Mass Index (BMI)!
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.
"Watching your weight" is important, but it is the body mass index (BMI) that categorizes a person as normal, overweight, or obese.

Diabetes: Do Not Let The Smoke Get In Your Eyes: (Smoking and diabetes do not mix!)
Heather L. Westendorf, Pharm.D. Candidate
Smoking can increase the risks of heart, lung, and others diseases. People with diabetes who smoke are at even greater risk for heart disease.

2002 National Diabetes Fact Sheet: From the Center for Disease Control
Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death.

Diabetes: Assembling Your Health Care Team
Heather L. Westendorf, Pharm.D. Candidate
As the leader in preventing complications of your diabetes, you need to be aware of potential team members that can help you be successful!

Pregnancy and Drugs for Asthma, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure: A Reference of Drug Risk Categories in Table Form
Women need to manage their disease throughout pregnancy. This article presents the FDA risk categories for drugs used during pregnancy.

A Basic View of Ketoacidosis in Diabetes
David F. Kisor, B.S., Pharm.D.
A lack of insulin can lead to fat being metabolized for energy. The build up of ketone bodies from fat metabolism can lead to coma and death. Being aware of the causes and symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis is an absolute necessity.

An Overview of Medications for Hypertension
From diuretics (water pills) to beta blockers to calcium channel blockers, among others...This is an overview of the medications used in the treatment of high blood pressure. For a basic understanding of how your medication works, check out this article!

An Introduction to Diabetes
Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
An introduction to diabetes: what it is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated.

An Overview of Medications for Diabetes
Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D.
From insulin to oral medications, there are many different therapies for people with diabetes. This article presents an overview of the medications used in the treatment of diabetes. Read this article to get a basic understanding of your medication.

Starlix (nateglinide)
Brian E. Gulbis, Pharm.D.
A look at the newest medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes