Your LMC Pharmacist<\/strong><\/h3>\nWondering whether any of your medications have dehydration cautions or might make you more heat- or sun-sensitive? Book an appointment with the LMC Clinical Pharmacist. Our medication assessments, education and training are available to LMC patients at no charge. And you don\u2019t have to change your home pharmacy!<\/h3>\n
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Summer is here, and with it, the heat!\u00a0 While the sun feels great after our Canadian winter, please remember these tips to protect yourself and your medicines from the heat. Medications & Heat Certain medications can make a person heat-sensitive and\/or more prone to dehydration and accompanying side effects. When you\u2019re taking a drug that […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":68834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
Summer is here, and with it, the heat!\u00a0 While the sun feels great after our Canadian winter, please remember these tips to protect yourself and your medicines from the heat.<\/h3>\r\nMedications & Heat<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nCertain medications can make a person heat-sensitive and\/or more prone to dehydration and accompanying side effects.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n \t- \r\n
When you\u2019re taking a drug that increases the likelihood of overheating, stay alert for\u00a0warning signs such as headaches, light-headedness, nausea, and weakness. If you experience any of those symptoms, get out of the sun and drink water or a rehydration solution.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
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In the event of a severe reaction such as confusion, fever, or fainting,\u00a0contact your doctor or call 911.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nMedications & Sun<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nSome medications can make a person\u2019s skin more sensitive to the sun, making it easier to be sunburned or have rashes and skin flare ups.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n \t- \r\n
Reduce your time in direct sunlight, especially during the most sun-intense periods from 11am \u2013 3pm.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
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Protect the delicate skin on your face, ears, back of neck and scalp with shade from a wide-brimmed hat.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
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Use sunscreen with SFP30 or higher, even on cloudy days.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSummertime Medication Storage Tips<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nExcess heat and moisture can degrade medicines and make them less potent or even ineffective.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n \t- \r\n
Store room temperature medicines in a cool dry place such as a cupboard or drawer. Do not keep room temperature medicines in the bathroom or fridge where extra moisture can affect them.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
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If you are out and about with medicines that are supposed to be refrigerated, take them in a cooler bag or insulated container. If you need, add or replace ice or an ice pack during your outing.\u00a0 Note: Don\u2019t add so much ice that the medicine gets too cold and freezes.<\/h3>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYour LMC Pharmacist<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nWondering whether any of your medications have dehydration cautions or might make you more heat- or sun-sensitive?\u00a0 Book an appointment with the LMC Clinical Pharmacist.\u00a0 Our medication assessments, education and training are available to LMC patients at no charge.\u00a0 And you don\u2019t have to change your home pharmacy!<\/h3>","_et_gb_content_width":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lmc-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmc.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}