Health for Life - Winter 2017

health spotlight

MEDS Managing Your

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harmacists don’t just hand out pills. They dispense information. Import- ant information. For Jay Joson, PharmD, assistant director of pharmacy at Kern Medical, the job is about giving the patient all the tools to get better, not just feel better. The distinction matters, says Joson. Many medications relieve symp- toms quickly but if patients stop taking the medicine, they soon may find themselves back at the hospital.