Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this episode, I’ll discuss how correction of hypokalemia in a hyponatremic patient makes inadvertent overcorrection of hyponatremia more likely. Some patients, such as those with severe vomiting or diarrhea, present with both hyponatremia and hypokalemia. sodium chloride diluent.

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this episode, I’ll discuss how correction of hypokalemia in a hyponatremic patient makes inadvertent overcorrection of hyponatremia more likely. Some patients, such as those with severe vomiting or diarrhea, present with both hyponatremia and hypokalemia. sodium chloride diluent.

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Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 28, 2024

The authors compared 98 patients who were treated with 100 mg alteplase with 186 patients who were treated with 50 mg. Propensity score adjustments were made in an attempt to account for baseline differences between the two groups.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

When this question has come up in my practice, I’ve looked into the reason for the loading dose and the trial protocol under which apixaban was approved for DVT and PE treatment. Venous thromboembolism has an acute phase, during which a patient is at high risk for VTE recurrence and clot extension.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

When this question has come up in my practice, I’ve looked into the reason for the loading dose and the trial protocol under which apixaban was approved for DVT and PE treatment. Venous thromboembolism has an acute phase, during which a patient is at high risk for VTE recurrence and clot extension.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

JANUARY 25, 2023

We have an independent community pharmacy and an embedded medical clinic where our pharmacists and medical providers collaborate to deliver simplified high-quality patient care. So this is my first foray into frontline healthcare. Right now, it’s definitely the feedback that we get from patients.

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ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

APRIL 5, 2023

Mostly verbal, with supplementary images/media usually pulled up on my computer/phone. My learning theory is that I should match whatever learning theory best fits the person I’m trying to teach. There are always things to learn and there are patients attached to the diseases. for the knowledge I think they should know.

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Pharmacy Joe

MAY 17, 2023

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When patients with septic shock require increasing doses of norepinephrine to maintain adequate perfusion, both hydrocortisone and vasopressin are potential second agents to add. Just over 750 patients were included in the analysis. mcg/kg/min.

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Pharmacy Joe

MAY 17, 2023

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When patients with septic shock require increasing doses of norepinephrine to maintain adequate perfusion, both hydrocortisone and vasopressin are potential second agents to add. Just over 750 patients were included in the analysis. mcg/kg/min.

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Digital Pharmacist

JANUARY 25, 2024

How to Set-up Your Pharmacy’s Google Business Profile Now that we understand the importance of a Google Business Profile, let’s walk through the steps to set one up: ✓ Create a Google Account If your pharmacy doesn’t already have a Google Account, create one. Quick Tip: Use language patients recognize.

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Med Ed 101

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) can be a very difficult diagnosis to manage for some patients. Insomnia, pain and significant discomfort can result on account of this disease. Here are a few of my favorite clinical pearls and with a critical update in the RLS guidelines. Assess for iron deficiency first.

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The Happy PharmD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

My pharmacy was embarking on a new service. The hospital was going to become more accurate in their patient drug charges. Each day my pharmacy sent a 24-hour supply of medication to each patient. The pharmacy technicians would generate a computerized list of each patient’s drugs based on what the physician prescribed.

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Pharmacy Joe

MAY 24, 2023

In this episode, I’ll discuss how soon hydrocortisone should be added to patients with septic shock. Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Back in episode 818 , I discussed recently published data that suggested a mortality benefit for adding hydrocortisone to patients on norepinephrine for septic shock rather than adding vasopressin.

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National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

JULY 22, 2022

My first few months as NABP president have flown by, and I expect my year as president will feel like it has passed in the blink of an eye. Altogether, these regulatory changes have had a positive impact on patient health and safety. In comparison, it feels to me like this pandemic has lasted much longer than two years.

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National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

JANUARY 13, 2023

I began working for the Board after selling my pharmacy. Investigating consumer complaints and drug diversion cases of pharmacists, interns, and pharmacy technicians are a top priority of my job. A common issue that I have witnessed and addressed is unacceptable patient counseling on new prescriptions.

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The Happy PharmD

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Previously I wrote about medication errors in my hospital. A few of my hospitals had just culture atmospheres. It was these errors that caused harm or death to the patients. Like most hospitals, my hospital had a Sentinel Event Committee. Some of the cases were severe and actually harmed the patient. I don’t know.

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Putting Patients First Blog

JULY 11, 2023

Putting Patients First (PPF) Blog: Why did you want to work for the NHC? Having friends and family with chronic diseases and disabilities gave me a front row seat of the health care system’s inequities and challenges. I have always been in finance; I once worked as an auditor and accountant. I love reading.

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Pharmacy Joe

MAY 24, 2023

In this episode, I’ll discuss how soon hydrocortisone should be added to patients with septic shock. Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Back in episode 818 , I discussed recently published data that suggested a mortality benefit for adding hydrocortisone to patients on norepinephrine for septic shock rather than adding vasopressin.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal published my opinion piece: The Federal Program That Keeps Insulin Prices High. My arguments will be familiar to regular readers of Drug Channels. Note that my commentary focuses primarily on hospitals, which account for the vast majority of 340B program sales.

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InCrowd

JULY 14, 2022

As much as I and my fellow colleagues try to separate work and home life, being a female provider is unique in that we face the same challenges as other professional women when it comes to having children. I am unsure if in his opening he recognized that he had a partner dedicating her full time energy to caring for the family and home.

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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 23, 2023

The patient was a 73 year old male who received a 900 mg subcutaneous dose of enoxaparin as a result of an error involving multiple dose vials. The patient was intended to receive 90 mg enoxaparin subcutaneously every 12 hours for treatment of pulmonary embolism. The team decided to give a 50 mg IV bolus of protamine.

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Drug Channels

DECEMBER 16, 2020

I'll share my thoughts on the latest developments during this Friday's webinar. In the meantime, please enjoy my op-ed from September, which focuses on how 340B warps *prescription* prices (not drug list prices) and patient out-of-pocket costs. My arguments will be familiar to regular readers of Drug Channels.

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The Physician Pharmacist

OCTOBER 27, 2023

And I was my father was a accountant. And he kind of encouraged me to go into accounting and maybe go into practice with him. And the next thing I knew I was a third year college student starting my first year of pharmacy school. And in my clinical rotations, I was very impressed. Nathan Gartland That's incredible.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 8, 2022

Darina Shopova (DS): My first job, in 2005, was as a structural CAD engineer in my home country of Bulgaria. Our products are used primarily in the fight against cancer – to aid drug discovery – while also ensuring patients and laboratory workers are safe. And I’ve always spoken my mind since then.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the pharma industry, “patient engagement” and “patient centricity” might seem like interchangeable bits of corporate jargon. Going from the vital activity of patient engagement to the more encompassing state of patient centricity requires big steps in the evolution of new-drug discovery, development, and delivery.

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The Happy PharmD

JUNE 3, 2022

Evaluations— they were a necessary evil of my job. My staff didn’t like getting them. I wrote and gave the greatest number of evaluations when I was a pharmacy manager in my second hospital. All my evaluations had to be written and given by April 1. I had 76 people (full-time, part-time, and per diem) in my department.

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Pharmacy Joe

JULY 12, 2023

Episode 834: Expectations for the onset of action of IM medications used for acute agitation Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When caring for an acutely agitated patient, the delay between IM medication administration and the onset of action can seem exceedingly long. 5 minutes later, the patient became sedated and cooperative.

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Pharmacy Joe

JULY 12, 2023

Episode 834: Expectations for the onset of action of IM medications used for acute agitation Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When caring for an acutely agitated patient, the delay between IM medication administration and the onset of action can seem exceedingly long. 5 minutes later, the patient became sedated and cooperative.

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

I saw my primary care doctor, an allergist, a gastroenterologist, and an ear, nose, and throat doctor. I went the holistic route and tried to get “adjustments” from a chiropractor to push my “hiatal hernia” back in. Dairy had been a daily staple in my diet. My dinner dishes almost always featured some kind of cheese.

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The Digital Apothecary

MAY 11, 2018

My parents and family still don't understand what I do (maybe this will help, who knows, if they read it). My Years as an Assitant Professor Luckily (sarcasm) part of going up for promotion includes creating a document a couple hundred of pages long detailing what you did. It's still hard to make out in my mind).

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RX Note

MARCH 18, 2023

Self-Driven Initiatives Nonetheless, multiple unofficial attempts have been made, first started with My Blue Book by My Pharmacist House (last updated to FUKKM 2016-2) , followed with Blue Book (Updated+Brand Name Search) by Apicel (last updated to FUKKM 2020-2). Both these applications are no longer updated.

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Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 1, 2023

Fomepizole’s efficacy eliminates the need for dialysis in some patients, but there is still believed to be a cohort of ethylene glycol toxicity patients who will also benefit from dialysis. Prior to the widespread availability of fomepizole, dialysis was a frequent treatment for ethylene glycol poisoning.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

As part of our Patients Insights series, the founder and CEO of Motherhood Understood shares her experience of postpartum depression, talks about the power of peer support, and explains what the wider healthcare community could do to play their part. All through my pregnancy, I had this fairy tale vision of motherhood.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This structure relies on in-person visits of patients to operate and become profitable. But when the industry suddenly shifted due to COVID-19, so too did the power dynamics of the patient-provider relationship. Burden on the patient. Omri Shor, CEO of Medisafe, explores how. Tech shift.

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Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 19, 2023

units/min decreased the need for blood products in trauma patients. sodium chloride or balanced crystalloid solution be initiated in the hypotensive bleeding trauma patient (Grade 1B). We recommend that hypotonic solutions such as Ringer’s lactate be avoided in patients with severe head trauma (Grade 1B).

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Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 19, 2023

units/min decreased the need for blood products in trauma patients. sodium chloride or balanced crystalloid solution be initiated in the hypotensive bleeding trauma patient (Grade 1B). We recommend that hypotonic solutions such as Ringer’s lactate be avoided in patients with severe head trauma (Grade 1B).

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STAT

JULY 24, 2023

The most common cancer types trending upward were breast, colorectal, uterine, kidney, and thyroid cancers among women, and colorectal, kidney, liver, prostate, and thyroid cancers among men (although increased screening may account for the last two). ” Chris Gosline is one of her patients. And so it does go beyond just obesity.”

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