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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1990
Page
11
Seniors account for a quarter of prescriptions in Canada and often take multiple drugs. Extreme care is needed to know dosing and potential interactions. Some medicines react badly with dairy or fruit juice and tyramine rich foods.
Patients on diuretics or digoxin may experience potassium imbalances. Eating potassium rich foods can help, but kidney issues require medical supervision. Elderly patients risk drug nutrient interactions. consult pharmacists or physicians about dosing, food with meds, and dietary supplements. If multiple doctors are involved, share current medications with all providers.
The Mediation Information Line for the Elderly provides free provincial drug guidance from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Pharmacy. Bonnie Schultz notes the service draws on professors, campus libraries, and drug firms to answer seniors questions about doses side effects interactions and reasons for taking prescribed medicines.
MILE started in Winnipeg in 1985 and extended to all of Manitoba by 1988. The information line operates weekdays 9 am to 1 pm at 261 3111, with voicemail outside hours and toll free rural access at 1 800 432 1960 ext 6493. It offers general health advice but not diagnoses, urging patients to carry pill bottles and ask questions. Crocus Court residents celebrate sod turning for a 30 bed expansion on August 24 with Tara Mohr’s singing welcome.
Juniors compete September 8 in the annual Roblin Junior Golf Tournament open to players 18 and under with a $10 registration. September 9 the Rec Commission hosts a Red Cross Emergency First Aid Course from 1 to 7 pm at the arena for $32, with registration at the Rec Office. September 16 marks the 10th Annual Terry Fox Run with school distribution of registration forms in September.
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