RxNotes

OCTOBER 12, 2019

With just under 9 days left until the 2019 Federal Elections, party platforms have been released, important topics have been debated, and election promises have been made. As a pharmacist, the debate on national pharmacare as one of the hot topics of this year’s election campaigns has been intriguing.

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Med Ed 101

JANUARY 23, 2019

The last update was from 2013 so PCSK-9 inhibitors hadn’t even been approved at that time. In late 2018, ACC and AHA came out with an update to their cholesterol guidelines. Very High Risk Patients – My Biggest Takeaway I always had a hard time knowing when to recommend further lipid lowering therapy to a […].

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Med Ed 101

AUGUST 21, 2019

A 62-year-old male had a heart attack about 9 months ago. He was stented and placed on both aspirin 81 mg daily and clopidogrel 75 mg daily. He presents today to the emergency department and is diagnosed with a STEMI. His wife is wondering why the medications used to prevent this from happening didn’t work. […].

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The Nontraditional Pharmacist

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Question 9 [00:11:56] And the last question is, where do you see the profession of pharmacy moving in the future? [00:12:05] So even if you just put in that little bit of effort I would say it will get you really far.

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The Nontraditional Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

And today, if you’re a pharmacist and you want to work in the pharmaceutical industry, 9 times out of 10, you’re probably going to work in the function known as medical affairs. But I worked in the pharmaceutical industry for almost 20 years and I worked most of the time in an area called Medical Affairs.

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