Overview. American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting & Exposition is organized by American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and will be held from Mar 18 - 21, 2022, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. The Pharmacy Podcast Network was selected as the media partner. Here's the POST-Conference summary: Episode 2 Guests: Dr. Sean Jefferey Dr. Atonio Ciacia Dr. Manek Emmen (Spelling is a guess) Dr. Marci Strauss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cloud technology has been ubiquitous for some time now and its usefulness to long-term care pharmacy can provide optimum benefits -- driving greater efficiency, business continuity, and doing so more quickly, accurately, and securely.    Join hosts Frances Nahas and Jim McDonald as they sit down with Bob Bates, president of Integra and QS/1, as he shares why cloud technology should be an integral part of a long-term care operations and what Integra is doing to help their customers maximize this technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overview. American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting & Exposition is organized by American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and will be held from Mar 18 - 21, 2022, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. The Pharmacy Podcast Network was selected as the media partner. Here's the POST-Conference summary: Episode 1 Guests: Dr. Wendy Buckstein, PharmD Dr. Mark Garofoli, PharmD Bruce Kneeland and Dr. Zack Renfrow Dr. Bled Tanoe, PharmD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Medical Affairs will be discussed in this episode of the DarshanTalks podcast. Host Darshan Kulkarni welcomes guest Irene von Hennigs. Irene von Hennigs, Pharma D who is Vice President Medical Affairs at ChemoCentryx talks about her journey and specifically about medical affairs. She is been in the pharma industry and medical affairs for a period of 26 years. While in her consulting career she started her own company partnering with pharmaceutical companies and ChemoCentryx was one of them. There are pros and cons to consulting versus being on board, consulting business was at first for her, and held that position for about six months in ChemoCentryx. She was keen on building medical affairs and fascinated by the science of it. A pertinent question was asked - how do you build a medical affairs team? - on this, the expert answered it depends on the structures, procedures, priorities, and recruitment ( building the team and bringing in the right individuals) She mentioned the process of the structure that has been undertaken by the organization. The one-word answer was 'data', she also mentioned usage of clinical trials data and extracting it, but the prominent part is the right minds putting the effort while finding and training such minds enables building a strong team. The complement science, also known as complement cascade, is a part of the immune system that enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear microbes and damaged cells from an organism, promote inflammation, or immune oneself from the infection. They then talked about building relationships and healthcare is a relationship business for eg., physician relationship with the patient, company's relationship with the physician, etc. Speaking of relationship-building she explained about the company focusing on various databases like publications, speaking engagement, medical leadership, academic institutions, centers of excellence for disease state and one can compile a list for this purpose. Collecting and forming a certain list is performed by any company however giving a human touch and tweaking the list is of utmost importance for building relationships thereon. In the mid-segment, it was asked how GDPR impacts the formation of the company, and the regulatory side was discussed. In closing, she talked about the field medical team should include the right team, the right talent, they have to have the right training and the resources to represent the company Connect with us: Website: http://www.darshantalks.com Law Firm: http://www.kulkarnilawfirm.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/darshantalks ---- Disclaimers: 1. This discussion is merely an oral discussion and should not be relied upon solely on its own to support any conclusion of law or fact. 2. The discussion does not and should not reflect any individual products status as safe, efficacious, adulterated, or misbranded or meeting or not meeting expectations at a local, state, federal, or international agency or organization. 3. The discussion should not be construed to be complete advice that is right for you and may not necessarily represent a specific product. 4. This discussion is provided for general educational purposes and should not be construed as legal advice, regulatory advice, or medical advice. 5. This does not create an attorney-client relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PDS is 100% focused on equipping independent pharmacy owners with the skills they need to make their life better and their business more valuable. Each year, PDS hosts the leading independent pharmacy business conference, The PDS Super-Conference has thousands of pharmacy owners attend to discover what’s hot and what’s working right now in the industry. The Pharmacy Podcast Network was a proud media partner of the PDS 2022 Event. Special Guests: Sebastian Dennison The RxDelivered Team InView Team Debbie Marcello - Happier at Home Dan Benamoz, RPh Chip Phillips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LYFE Balance was founded by Dr. Tamar Lawful, PharmD, a Doctor of Pharmacy, Pharmacogenomic Specialist, Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist professional. She founded LYFE Balance to help others maintain a healthy lifestyle, rebalance their health and embrace self-care; all while making it normal to Love Yourself First Every day. Integrating her love for relaxation, health and pharmacy, Tamar provides health coaching to clients who are ready to take control of their health.  LYFE Balance is a holistic nutrition health coaching practice that re-balances lives through diet and lifestyle changes. We do not promote any one specific diet, but work with you to develop and maintain the best nutrition for your health. Everyone is different and health is not cookie-cutter. Our founding belief is that food is medicine and like medicine, food can influence your overall health.   Your Health Coach is a pharmacist, nutrition and genomic specialist. She will work with you to Achieve and maintain your health by using a personalized approach. Whether it be weight loss, sleep, mood or life-balance, the power to transform is in your hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The role of the community pharmacist is changing as millions of Americans rely on community pharmacists to provide a new level of care during this healthcare challenged time. Independent pharmacists are able to take active roles to improve outcomes for their patients and lower costs for payers and patients alike. Todays special guest is Dr. Rina Shah, PharmD. Rina is Group Vice President of Pharmacy Operations and Services at Walgreens. Her passion for pharmacy has been centered around transforming patient care to make an impact on patients’ lives as well as empowering those around her to do more. In her current role, Rina leads a team that is responsible for pharmacy operations, services and specialty pharmacy across 9,000+ Walgreens pharmacies. In the last year, Rina has led Walgreens pharmacy response to COVID-19, implementing changes such as waiving prescription delivery fees, initiating proactive outreach by pharmacists to vulnerable patients, and enhancing team member and customer safety protocols. In addition to her current role, she now leads pharmacy operations for COVID-19 vaccination services. Rina helped launch Feel More Like You in 2019, a health and beauty service available at no cost to help people living with cancer manage the medical and physical changes associated with cancer treatment. She also spearheaded the creation of a new team of dedicated pharmacists at Walgreens called Health Outcomes Pharmacists. Often outside of a traditional retail setting, these specialized pharmacists work closely with patients most at-risk of medication non-adherence to address barriers that could prevent them from taking their medications as prescribed. In 2020, Rina led the pharmacy team that secured the first enterprise-wide URAC accreditation in Specialty Pharmacy for more than 300 community-based specialty pharmacies. Often patients with life-changing health challenges need support from their pharmacy team in their local community, this accreditation assures patients of the high standards of care in place as they access their medications and understand their treatment. She began her career at Walgreens in 1998, where she held various pharmacy roles in store. In 2007, Rina joined the corporate support center to lead several pharmacy-specific initiatives across the organization, including the launch of the Walgreens immunizations program chain-wide. The program increased immunization rates among customers covering 7 million people. She has also led sales operations and client services within market access.  Rina was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of “40 under 40” for her leadership at Walgreens, by Fierce Healthcare as one of 2020’s Most Influential Minority Executives, and by Drug Store News as one of the Top Women in Retail for her business excellence. Rina is actively involved with the UIC College of Pharmacy, APhA, NASP, the CDC and NACDS. She received her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pharmacist & Physician Opioid Collaborative Part 5 - Pain Care Labs with Dr. Amy Baxter Dr. Baxter directs innovation, invention, operations and strategy for Pain Care Labs. After graduating from Yale University and Emory Medical School, as a double boarded pediatric emergency physician Dr. Baxter founded PEMA Emergency Research while also founding Pain Care Labs (initially called MMJ Labs). Her contributions to science include creating and validating a pediatric pictorial nausea scale for nausea research, creating a liver enzyme algorithm to time abusive abdominal injury, creating the M-Stim platform for external pain relief, and extensive NIH scientific review group work. Accomplishments include pain and sedation textbook chapters, publications, national and international invited lectures, and testimony before HHS on the impact of needle fear on vaccination adherence; innovation impact comes from multiple NIH SBIR Fast-Tracks and patents developing Buzzy, VibraCool, and Duotherm pain relief and opioid-sparing devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for the best erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment? In this podcast, Dr. Greg McKettrick discusses the causes of ED, medication, and more. Currently, in the United States, over 20 million men live with erectile dysfunction. A variety of factors can cause ED; however, underlying diseases are often the culprit, including: diabetes, kidney disease, neurological diseases, and vascular disease. Other lifestyle factors can increase the likelihood of ED, such as smoking, alcohol, and medications. ED can also result from daily stressors, including anxiety, depression, and generalized anxiety. Thankfully, ED medications and treatments today are available in a variety of options. Visit us at Stanley Specialty Pharmacy so we can find the best option for you. Use code "SexPharmD" at www.berkeleylife.com for 10% off your first purchase. #BerkeleyLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join host Jenna Carmichael, PharmD as she discusses A multi-center, double-blind, randomised study of the Lavender oil preparation Silexan in comparison to Lorazepam for generalized anxiety disorder with guest Kari Coody, PharmD. Kari Coody is a Christian, wife, mom, Integrative Health Practitioner, Pharm D., and co-host of Take the Upgrade Podcast. Helping women prioritize their health is a real passion after seeing how broken the healthcare system is. She loves putting the pieces together and getting to the root cause of her client's issues and walking on their journey with them. Kari’s greatest role is being a wife to BJ and mom to Edy and Cooper. Article link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19962288/ Silexan link: https://www.naturesway.com/products/calmaid To learn more about our guest, Kari Coody: Website: www.karicoody.com IG: www.instagram.com/karicoody Kari is also offering a free Natural Health Toolkit here: https://kari-coody.aweb.page/p/72c3dc98-a4f0-4cc9-8b05-4b7247264d67 Dr. Jenna Carmichael of Wobbly Arrow Wellness is a holistic oncology pharmacist and health coach. She works with women on the cancer journey looking for a different perspective on wellness. She combines her knowledge in the oncology space along with holistic healing methods of meditation, reiki, and yoga to help empower her clients to choose the path that works the best for their goals. She also offers genetic testing services to get a true, personalized idea of how her clients process their medications for safe and effective therapy. Go to www.wobblyarrowwellness.com to learn more about her services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Scott Knoer, PharmD is the CEO of the American Pharmacists Association. Scott has been very vocal about the FDA eliminating barriers to Pharmacists prescribing COVID antivirals and how the American Medical Association (AMA) seeming to be more concerned with their 'turf' and political position compared to the benefit to public health within America. Amesh Adalja, MD wrote in MedPage Today, an article titled: "A Successful 'Test-to-Treat' Program Requires All Hands on Deck" Within the article, Dr. Adalja wrote. In encouraging news, President Biden just announced a new plan to increase faster access: test-to-treat. The plan will enable pharmacies to become one-stop shops for COVID-19 diagnosis and oral antiviral treatment. Having treatment available at the point-of-diagnosis has the potential to significantly improve prescribing rates, which will have the downstream impact of reducing hospitalizations. More sick patients will quickly be able to access treatment. "We can't have a guild-like mentality that seeks to use government force to exclude qualified persons from engaging in a field for which the AMA wants physicians to be the exclusive purveyors. This has been evident in organized medicine's general opposition to expanded practice scopes for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, and -- as is clear -- pharmacists. It's bad enough to advocate for this on a day-to-day basis. To do so during a public health emergency, where all hands are needed on deck, is destructive." -- Amesh Adalja, MD  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune into the Darshan Talks Podcast as we discuss pharmacy law. The host Darshan Kulkarni invites guest Erin Albert to share her insights, views, experiences, and much more. Erin Albert PharmD JD MBA CPBS CHVP - Edutainer, is a Kinetiq Health Pharmacy Benefit Practice Leader at Apex Benefits, Co-Host of The Point Podcast, President of American Society for Pharmacy Law. The conversation began with the question of what is pharmacy law on which the expert explained that it is a curious intersection of pharmacists and regulatory aspects. While pharmacy is already a highly regulated industry, it offers various niches for lawyers who are now pharmacists. For example, one person might know the life sciences and regulatory aspect but completely not expertise in reimbursement. It is the broader intersection of law and the pharmacy profession. Erin leads ASPL. ASPL is a combination of lawyers, pharmacists, and pharmacists-lawyers who like to talk about pharmacy, law, ethics, and policy that directly relate to healthcare. They are in total five hundred members associated with ASPL, an annual conference is held every year, two and half days of legal and pharmacy education. ASPL helps develop leadership, education and brings thought leaders in the space of pharmacy and law to work on a year-long project ---- Disclaimers: 1. This discussion is merely an oral discussion and should not be relied upon solely on its own to support any conclusion of law or fact. 2. The discussion does not and should not reflect any individual products status as safe, efficacious, adulterated, or misbranded or meeting or not meeting expectations at a local, state, federal, or international agency or organization. 3. The discussion should not be construed to be complete advice that is right for you and may not necessarily represent a specific product. 4. This discussion is provided for general educational purposes and should not be construed as legal advice, regulatory advice, or medical advice. 5. This does not create an attorney-client relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where there is healthcare for people's lives, Pharmacists must be present. Where were all the Pharmacists at ViVE 2022? The very first ViVE conference was absolutely amazing. ViVE created an immersive environment for interactive learning, idea generation and collaboration for the digital health community to come TogetheRx to advance healthcare. ViVE's inaugural event was on March 6-9, 2022, in Miami Beach, Florida. Where were all the #DigitalHealth Pharmacists? The Pharmacy Podcast Network will work with HLTH and ViVE to assure Pharmacists play a greater role in Tennessee at ViVE 2023. Learn more: https://www.viveevent.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Carolina Ung of University of Macau and Dr. Joanna Harnett are conducting a study to obtain pharmacist opinions on their professional role in complementary medicines. The results of this survey will be used to inform key discussion points in a consensus process and a step towards developing an agreed and defined professional role for pharmacists in traditional and complementary medicines while establishing the support required for pharmacists to enact that role effectively. This is a public health matter implicating the quality and safe use of T&CM.  The findings of this international survey contribute to the development of an international consensus regarding: professional role of pharmacists regarding T&CM support required to enact the role effectively and safely More information about the study and a link to the survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Ph_T_CM_US_20220316   The study is entirely voluntary and is completed anonymously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pennsylvanians suffer while pharmacy middlemen profit By Suzanna Masartis Pennsylvanians are getting crushed by the costs they face at their neighborhood pharmacy counter. The situation has grown so bad that a shocking one in five Keystone State residents report they are unable to take their medications as prescribed due to the cost burden.[1] As a lawmaker and an advocate who speaks to patients in Pennsylvania every day with liver disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions, I am convinced more strongly than ever that we need to reform the prescription drug supply chain. To understand how we got here we need to understand what’s driving increasing costs. A new report found that, in 2020, manufacturers of brand-name and generic medications received only 37 cents of each dollar of the more than $680 billion spent on medications. If you look exclusively at manufacturers of brand-name medications, the drug makers are taking in just under 50 cents on the dollar. So where is the money going? Turns out that it’s little-known middlemen corporations, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), that are taking a bigger and bigger share of the pie.[2] PBMs were created to negotiate with insurers and drug manufacturers and establish which prescription drugs are covered by a health plan. In reality, they demand steep discounts from drug makers off of the original list price as a condition to include those drugs on the approved list of medications – and then keep the savings for themselves. But here's the real rip-off: Patients at the pharmacy counter still face co-insurance charges based on the list price -- not the discounted price insurers actually pay. In other words, PBMs are enriching themselves while hiking prices for the rest of us. {3} Worse still, PBMs manipulate their powerful market position to reduce the availability of prescription medications by excluding them from formularies. PBMs make their money when they demand exorbitant rebates from drugmakers and charge patients full cost, meaning they prefer to include drugs with higher list prices on their formulary over an equally effective drug with a lower list price. As a result, a number of drugs are excluded from formularies because PBMs can’t make as much money from them. In 2020, the three largest PBMs excluded 846 FDA-approved drugs, denying patients access to more medications than ever before. This market manipulation has disastrous results for patients. A study published last year found that these practices, called “drug utilization management,” can lead patients to abandon their prescribed medications and delay treatment. Approximately 20% of prescriptions in the U.S. are never filled, according to the study.[4] This outcome is simply unacceptable, and our leaders need to take action. Congress needs to ensure that any attempt to rein in out-of-pocket prescription drug costs includes taking a close and hard look at PBMs. Doing so would go a long way toward ensuring every patient and healthcare consumer in our state can access and afford to take their medications as prescribed by their doctor. Suzanna Masartis of Pittsburgh is the CEO of the Community Liver Alliance. [1]https://www.healthcarevaluehub.org/advocate-resources/publications/pennsylvania-residents-worried-about-high-drug-costs-support-range-government-solutions [2]https://ecommunications.thinkbrg.com/44/2328/uploads/brg-pharmaceutical-supply-chain-2022.pdf?intIaContactId=24HydQaSTYqd85tTztTDcQ%3d%3d&intExternalSystemId=1 [3] https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/study-drug-utilization-costs-health-industry-93b-a-year-patients-bearing-most-cost [4] https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00036 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Educational Objectives Examine challenges in current treatment options for seizure clusters, including efficacy and safety, and differentiating routes of administration Highlight considerations in treatment of seizure clusters, including addressing barriers to treatment and providing patient counseling to improve outcomes Faculty: Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM, FCCM, FNCS, MCCM  Professor Departments of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science and Neurosurgery Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Richmond, Virginia Neurocritical Care Clinical Pharmacist Virginia Commonwealth University Health Richmond, Virginia Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM, FCCM, FNCS, MCCM, has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose: Grant/Research Support: Department of Defense Consultant: UCB, Chiesi, Marinus, Alexion, Ceribell Speakers Bureau: UCB, Chiesi Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-129-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through March 31, 2023. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Neurelis Inc. Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, MCCM is Professor of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Sciences and Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia Campus. She is a Past President of the Neurocritical Care Society. Dr. Brophy’s research interests include neuropharmacotherapy, traumatic brain injury, biomarkers, hemostasis, stroke, and status epilepticus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pittsburgh Headquartered based Pharmacy Podcast Network welcomes 3 Pittsburgh Pharmacy Business Innovators.  Todd Eury welcomes Dr. Kyle McCormick to an interesting discussion with fellow pharmacy owners Shawn Nairn and Chris Antypas. Payment model changes, PBM Reform, Cost-plus pricing strategies, and some surprise growth announcements --all part of this dynamic conversation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two accomplished professionals share insights into key things to look for, and to do, have a successful nutritional supplement business in your pharmacy. Dennis Song, R.Ph. and owner of Flower Mound Pharmacy in Flower Mound, Texas is doing remarkable things. Critical to his success, he says, is working closely with prescribers and finding ways for nutraceuticals to become part of their prescribing habits. Getting out of the pharmacy and taking at community events is also a key aspect of success. Mike Ewers, CEO of Medella Springs provides an “insider's” view of the way his company decides which products they can produce that meet a need in the consumer market place and how clinical and functional trials help them produce products that deliver on their promise. At the end of the day, Song says there is a need for pharmacists to get more involved in helping people prevent illness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Educational Objectives Describe the impact of ADHD and new non-stimulant class of ADHD treatments Highlight the role of the pharmacist in patient counseling, monitoring and medication management in ADHD Faculty: Sandy Mullen, PharmD, BCPP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  Department of Pharmacy  Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health Richmond, VA Sandy Mullen, PharmD, BCPP, has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose. Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-127-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through March 30, 2023. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Supernus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the DarshanTalks Podcast, we have a discussion about Digital Health with Bakul Patel, Director, Digital Health Center of Excellence of US FDA department. He has over 28 years of leadership, business development, marketing, product management, assessing long and short-term needs, establishing objectives, improving organizational performance, and resource management. Expertise in medical device regulations, product development processes, software engineering, embedded systems, wireless communication systems, and robotics and control systems. Masters in Electronics Engineering, MBA in International Business. Six Sigma, Black-belt certified. With all the bucket of knowledge of digital health, the conversation started off with FDA going through massive changes currently. He explains his area of work in the digital health technology sphere and leading digital health with no jurisdiction boundaries, as this sector is wide in nature, and he further explains how it's always been fun to work in such an atmosphere. When it comes down to FDA there are portions of that spectrum of digital health as it may be general wellness. According to the expert, digital health is a spectrum, a continuum, a journey for an individual and purview under FDA's jurisdiction. The focus of the conversation was on the department that the expert works and the people who don't know much about can reach out to the department for advice, suggestions, reviews or portions of review depending on the products that come to different parts of the agency. There are some policy challenges, he emphasised on FDA needs to start evolving that their agency have been actively working on with other parts of the agency. Recent guidance on digital health tech in clinical trials was launched by his department and he described all the related information and implications in this podcast. ---- Disclaimers: 1. This discussion is merely an oral discussion and should not be relied upon solely on its own to support any conclusion of law or fact. 2. The discussion does not and should not reflect any individual products status as safe, efficacious, adulterated, or misbranded or meeting or not meeting expectations at a local, state, federal, or international agency or organization. 3. The discussion should not be construed to be complete advice that is right for you and may not necessarily represent a specific product. 4. This discussion is provided for general educational purposes and should not be construed as legal advice, regulatory advice, or medical advice. 5. This does not create an attorney-client relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have ever wondered what government affairs executives do and how they affect the practice of pharmacy then you’ll want to spend 35 minutes listening to this episode. Mark Kinney, a pharmacist, has more spent more than 30 years meeting with elected officials and other influential officials to help them better understand the complex and important role pharmacy owners play in our society. And, as you’ll learn in this podcast, government affairs work goes far beyond PBM and DIR fee battles.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Description: On this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, Chief Science Officer at Coriell Life Sciences, and I discuss the importance of population health level pharmacogenomics versus one time pharmacogenomics tests and how clinical decision support software that integrates pharmacogenomics data into patients’ medication therapy management is a key tool to optimize population health level pharmacogenomics programs. References: 1. Real-World Impact of a Pharmacogenomics-Enriched Comprehensive Medication Management Program https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/3/421 2. Idiopathic Symptoms Resolved by Pharmacogenomics-Enriched Comprehensive Medication Management: A Case Report https://www.cureus.com/articles/81096-idiopathic-symptoms-resolved-by-pharmacogenomics-enriched-comprehensive-medication-management-a-case-report 3. Consequences of CYP2D6 Copy-Number Variation for Pharmacogenomics in Psychiatry https://www.coriell.com/resources/consequences-of-cyp2d6-copy-number-variation-for-pharmacogenomics-in-psychiatry/ 4. The Coriell personalized medicine collaborative pharmacogenomics appraisal, evidence scoring and interpretation system https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978656/ 5. ASP Establishes March 24th as National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day https://www.stopadr.org/blog/asp-establishes-march-24-as-national-adverse-drug-event-awareness-day-launches-awareness-campaign Guest’s Bio: Jeffrey A. Shaman, PhD, MS, is the Chief Science Officer at Coriell Life Sciences (CLS), an international leader in precision medicine. Leveraging extensive experience in genetics and pharmacology, he is a leading expert in the rapidly evolving field of pharmacogenomics (PGx), the study of how an individual’s DNA impacts his or her response to medication. Most importantly, Dr. Shaman plays a critical role in bridging the gap between genetic science and clinical application. This includes translating decades of cutting-edge genetic research into actionable insights on the safest and most effective medications for individuals based on their unique DNA and dozens of other factors. Driven to advance public health, Dr. Shaman is focused on enabling the delivery of personalized medicine at scale and empowering the most precise medical care worldwide. He consults with large employers, public and private payer organizations, healthcare systems, academic institutions, and laboratories around the globe, advising them on how to eliminate trial-and-error prescribing, improve population health, and control rising healthcare costs Dr. Shaman is dedicated to setting the industry standard for PGx and pioneering new advancements in the field. Along with his team, he actively researches and presents findings in top peer-reviewed journals and at leading industry events. He is an active member of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC), Standardizing Laboratory Practices in Pharmacogenomics (STRIPE) Collaborative Community, Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network (PGRN), and other organizations. Dr. Shaman holds a doctoral degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, where his research centered on DNA, epigenetics, and nuclear structure and function. He earned his Master of Science degree from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Cell & Developmental Biology. Dr. Shaman held a faculty position at the University of Hawai‘i Institute of Biogenesis Research before serving a fellowship at Harvard Medical School and implementing a translational research program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The unethical business practices by PBMs when it comes to our nation's seniors run the gamut from unreasonable fees and metrics to underhanded pricing models and what could easily be considered larceny against taxpayers. Join PUTTcast co-hosts Monique Whitney and Lauren Young, with special guests Tim Hamrick and Greg Reybold of APCI to discuss the results of their explosive 3Axis study, possible outcomes of the proposed CMS rule change, and why moving prescription drug plans to a NADAC pricing model is so important for lowering costs and increasing transparency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Teckman, Executive Chairman at ActiveRADAR joins the PBM Reform Podcast series about the impact of therapeutic interchange technologies on PBM pricing & the powerful data at the pharmacist's fingertips with ActiveRADAR. Through rigorous clinical evaluation of all drugs in over 112 therapeutic categories, ActiveRADAR first establishes which drugs are clinically equivalent and therefore therapeutic alternatives to one another. This creates our Clinical Catalog of over 26,000+ therapeutically equivalent “perfect pairs”. Then ActiveRADAR determines the economic value using plan specific data to value each drug within its respective therapeutic class and sets pricing and reimbursement accordingly. This type of program has historically been called “reference pricing”, however ActiveRADAR takes it a step further by establishing both THE CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF EACH AND EVERY DRUG IN EACH THERAPEUTIC DRUG CLASS. About ActiveRadar: ActiveRADAR, formerly RxTE Health, is a healthcare analytics and patient education company providing unique data-driven, cost-saving customized prescription options. Using proprietary technology, ActiveRADAR identifies the lowest cost prescription options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PDS is 100% focused on equipping independent pharmacy owners with the skills they need to make their life better and their business more valuable. Each year, PDS hosts the leading independent pharmacy business conference, The PDS Super-Conference has thousands of pharmacy owners attend to discover what’s hot and what’s working right now in the industry. The Pharmacy Podcast Network was a proud media partner of the PDS 2022 Event. Special Guests: Jennifer Diehl, CPA, CPC, DBA PDS | Business Coach Drew Hegi, MBA Loan Officer Pharmacy Owner [email protected] Jon Allman and Mike Wilhoit Mac's Pharmacy | Hometown Pharmacies in Tennessee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do Mexico, drugs, society, the Bible, and whiskey have in common? Join us on this episode of the PAIN POD, as Mark “Pain Guy” Garofoli chats with Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland” and “The Least of Us”, with the later having just released in October 2021. It’s often hard to see the forest within the trees, but Sam clears the fog for all of us to whittle it down on how to provide patient care for those in pain and/or with addiction. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!! Sam Quinones https://samquinones.com/ Drug/Overdose Trends https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-united-states FreeCE Substances of Abuse Specialty Pharmacist (SASP) Certificate https://www.freece.com/Programs/SeriesCertification/ab66a419-b5e5-458b-9494-0acb6af1be92 CDC Opioid Guideline Updated Draft for Public Comment https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2022-0024/document Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What will Cost Plus Drugs mean for your pharmacy? What New Challenges does it bring and what opportunities does it present? And then what do you do about it? Join us for a discussion on the impact of of Cost Plus Drugs on retail pharmacy with Hartig Drug CEO Charlie Hartig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how the University of Maryland Medical Center reversed its reliance on 503B vendors through an IV robotics insourcing program for compounded sterile products (CSPs). The result is a strategic services operation delivering advanced CSP services across its organization, resulting in improved safety, increased efficiencies, and significant cost savings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PDS is 100% focused on equipping independent pharmacy owners with the skills they need to make their life better and their business more valuable. Each year, PDS hosts the leading independent pharmacy business conference, The PDS Super-Conference has thousands of pharmacy owners attend to discover what’s hot and what’s working right now in the industry. The Pharmacy Podcast Network was a proud media partner of the PDS 2022 Event. In this episode: Marci Strauss PharmD, Tom Wheelwright, CPA, Nina Klemm, and Patrick Lott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Hegi and Bo Garmon SBA Financing for Pharmacies Why is FFB Qualified? Is SBA the best option? What types of loans are offered? Can an existing loan be refinanced? What information do you ask for? What make a bankable loan? How do you valuate a pharmacy? What’s the difference between valuation and appraisal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association, joins co-hosts Frances  Nahas and Jim McDonald to discuss the role and circumstances of nursing at long-term care  facilities – on-going staffing shortages, maintaining mental well-being, and how nurses’ deep  commitment to caring for patients remains key.    Listen in as they discuss ways LTC pharmacies and nursing can work together to improve  communication and most importantly, patient care.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am a licensed professional counselor, and a certified sex therapist. I have spent the last 15 years in private practice helping couples and individuals with all types of relationship, communication, and sexual struggles. Over the last few years I have started offering coaching and consulting services and transitioning to more of an online model but I do still have a small private practice that I will probably always keep going just because I love it. I work with all elements of sexual functioning from arousal and desire struggles to orgasm problems to helping my clients maintain healthy sexual practices throughout their life cycle.  In addition I focus a lot on individuals that identify as part of the LGBT community and make it a safe place for them to discuss things that may be on their mind. I can be found all over social media, and the following link will give you access to everywhere you can find me https://www.lindsaywalden.com/connect-with-me If you are needing to send me a direct email you can reach me [email protected] or contact my office 314-485-9189. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks for joining us today as our host, Dr. Jamie Wilkey talks with a patient, Kristen, who strongly feels that PGx testing saved her life.  Join us for a patient’s side of the story today! You may reach Kristen at her website: https://www.imnotcrazyproject.org/ her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/imnotcrazyproject or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-ruth-davis-5540142a/ You may reach Jamie at her website: drjamiewilkey.com or on her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jamie-wilkey/ *This episode discusses mental health and suicidal ideation. While it is not discussed in great detail, if you are having thoughts of ending your own life we strongly encourage you to push pause and call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline right away at 800-273-8255* References: IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. Medicine Use and Spending in the U.S. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/medicine-use-and-spending-in-the-us-a-review-of-2018-and-outlook-to-2023 Published May 2019. Accessed June 10, 2020. Spear BB, Heath-Chiozzi M, Hu J. Clinical application of pharmacogenetics. Trends Mol. Med. 2001; 7, 201–204. Table of Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers in Drug Labeling. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website.: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/science-and-research-drugs/table-pharmacogenomic-biomarkers-drug-labelinghttps://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ScienceResearch/ucm572698.htm Accessed June 10, 2020. Preventable Adverse Drug Reactions: A Focus on Drug Interactions. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/DevelopmentResources/DrugInteractionsLabeling/ucm110632.htm. Accessed June 10, 2020. Van Driest SL, Shi Y, Bowton EA, et al. Clinically actionable genotypes among 10,000 patients with preemptive pharmacogenomic testing. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014; 95(4):423‐431. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone, I’m super excited to be back with Season 5 of the Holistic Pharmacy Podcast! And I have some announcements and updates to share with you about what I’ve been up to during the break between seasons. I’ve partnered with the Pharmacy Podcast Network to expand my reach and to collaborate with like-minded professionals! And I will be changing the format of the podcast to include subject matter expert insights, journal clubs to dissect the latest literature together, and a regular FM segment in addition to bringing you inspiring stories that have always been at the heart of this show. Joining me today and all season long are my co-hosts Dr. Lauren Castle and Dr. Jenna Carmichael. I interviewed Dr. Castle earlier in season 2, and Dr. Carmichael’s interview will be featured in the very next episode, so stay tuned for that! We came together to share our perspectives on the various terms we commonly reference when in the realm of caring for our clients’ health. The slew of them can get quite confusing and overwhelming - holistic, natural, naturopathic, integrative, functional, complementary, alternative, not to mention conventional and allopathic!  Join us as we break it down and set the stage for the rest of the season. Related Episodes S02E13 - Bridging Pharmacy and Functional Medicine with Dr. Lauren Castle - Dr. Marina Buksov Hashtags: #holisticpharmacy, #holisticpharmacist, #herbalmedicine, #herbalism, #functionalmedicine, #integrative, #complementary, #alternative, #natural, #naturalmedicine, #naturopathic, #conventional, #allopathic, #traditional, #journalclub, #scientific, #spiritual, #holistic, #pharmacy, #pharmacist, #ppn, #collaboration, #cohost, #holisticpharmacypodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PQA Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Resource Guide profiles 20 real-world SDOH services that are promising for improving the quality and safety of medication use. Created by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), the guide focuses on SDOH screenings, referrals and interventions conducted by or involving pharmacists or pharmacies. The guide covers services that address seven SDOH barriers, and many of the initiatives profiled address multiple barriers: Cost of Medications   Cultural or Literacy Barriers   Decent, Safe and Affordable Housing   Food Security   Screening for Unmet Needs   Social Isolation   Transportation  This is the first resource guide that catalogues pharmacist and pharmacy-centered SDOH services. The guide provides health care professionals with ideas and examples of SDOH services they can implement and was designed to be widely used in many different settings. The guide provides information on each service’s location, scale, target population, care setting, intervention and outcomes.  LINK HERE: https://pharmacypodcast.com/2022/02/25/pqa-social-determinants/ PQA welcomes feedback on the guide and suggestions on SDOH services which can be highlighted in future editions. You can submit feedback and interventions for consideration below.  This activity was supported by an independent medical education grant from Merck & Co. and by Humana, whose mission is to help people achieve lifelong wellbeing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Let’s Talk Stigma, we will hear about medications for opioid use disorder, or “MOUD,” and how patient accessibility to these medications can play a huge role in helping someone reach recovery. The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association has partnered with Pharmacy Podcast Network to bring you a series of podcasts designed to help community pharmacists implement change and practice transformation. The Let’s Talk Stigma podcast miniseries is designed to equip community-based pharmacists to provide culturally sensitive care to individuals with opioid use disorders. This podcast miniseries was developed by the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in collaboration with Duquesne University School of Pharmacy and paid for through CDC grant funding provided by the Allegheny County Health Department to the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University Schools of Pharmacy. Did you listen to all 5 podcasts? Visit the link below to complete the post test and evaluation. 1.5 hours of CE credit is available only for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. Once you click on the link below, you will need to click register on the left-hand side of your screen, complete the registration fields, and you will be sent an e-mail with information on how to access the post test and evaluation.    Link: https://www.lecturepanda.com/a/LetsTalkStigma1 CE Information Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians CE Credit: 1.5 Contact Hours (0.15 CEU) UAN: 0159-9999-22-011-H08-P; 0159-9999-22-011-H08-T Activity Type: Knowledge   If you have any questions about LecturePanda or receiving credit for this course, please use the help desk feature located within LecturePanda. You can also contact PPA at [email protected] The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Did you listen to all 5 podcasts? Visit the link below to complete the post test and evaluation. 1.5 hours of CE credit is available only for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. Once you click on the link below, you will need to click register on the left-hand side of your screen, complete the registration fields, and you will be sent an e-mail with information on how to access the post test and evaluation.    Link: https://www.lecturepanda.com/a/LetsTalkStigma1 CE Information Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians CE Credit: 1.5 Contact Hours (0.15 CEU) UAN: 0159-9999-22-011-H08-P; 0159-9999-22-011-H08-T Activity Type: Knowledge   If you have any questions about LecturePanda or receiving credit for this course, please use the help desk feature located within LecturePanda. You can also contact PPA at [email protected]    The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelsey Hennig '18 is the perfect example of the power of mentorship. In this episode of Occupation Station, Henning talks about the incredible guidance she received while at ACPHS and how she now tries to give that back as a clinical assistant professor at Binghamton University. Henning says it was some of that mentorship during a research opportunity at ACPHS that helped her realize her passion for the study of the patient/provider relationship. Hennig was so impressed with the education that she received at ACPHS that she later returned as a PGY2 resident to learn more about the transitions of care field. From her experiences both as a student and now as a teacher, Hennig has a clear view of what is required for a successful learning environment. One of her greatest goals is to try to remove any sense of shame that some students have as they try to master new material. Hennig knows that to get a full understanding of any field of study a student has to be confident that making mistakes is a part of the learning process. She also shares advice with students about staying open-minded about their ultimate career goals. Hennig says earning a degree at ACPHS can take a student in unlimited and incredible directions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Let’s Talk Stigma, we will hear about the impact that both naloxone and harm reduction services have on the lives of individuals with opioid use disorder. We will hear from patients, practitioners, family members and those who work directly with people who use drugs. The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association has partnered with Pharmacy Podcast Network to bring you a series of podcasts designed to help community pharmacists implement change and practice transformation. The Let’s Talk Stigma podcast miniseries is designed to equip community-based pharmacists to provide culturally sensitive care to individuals with opioid use disorders. This podcast miniseries was developed by the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in collaboration with Duquesne University School of Pharmacy and paid for through CDC grant funding provided by the Allegheny County Health Department to the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University Schools of Pharmacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Educational Objectives •Review the clinical and economic burdens associated with transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) •Recall key characteristics supporting the use of current and emerging therapies for the treatment of ATTR including mechanisms of action, clinical data, dosing, administration, and potential adverse effects Faculty: Svetlana Goldman, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist UC Davis Health Sacramento, California Yvette Hellier, PharmD, BCACP Clinical Pharmacist UC Davis Health Sacramento, California The following contributors have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:  Faculty Svetlana Goldman, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, and Yvette Hellier, PharmD, BCACP Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hour (0.075 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-045-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through February 28, 2023. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Educational Objectives Describe the impact of COVID-19 on surgical pain management  Review current postoperative pain management guidelines and emerging non-opioid treatment approaches for pain management, including safety and efficacy data on newer treatments, and key considerations for pharmacists Faculty: Jawad N. Saleh, PharmD, BS, BCPS, BCCCP Clinical Manager of Pharmacy Services Pharmacy Department The Hospital for Special Surgery New York, New York Faculty, has the following financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose: Jawad N. Saleh, PharmD, BS, BCPS, BCCCP, has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose: Consultant: Heron Therapeutics, Baudax Bio Speakers Bureau: Heron Therapeutics, Baudax Bio Scientific Advisory Boards: Heron Therapeutics, Baudax Bio Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hour (0.075 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-22-046-H08-P. The activity is available for CE credit through February 24, 2023. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Heron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special interview with Dr. Philip Ovadia, MD  What foods to put on your table so you don’t end up on mine For the past century, we’ve been bombarded with diet ads and advice from gurus and governments. Yet heart disease remains the #1 killer worldwide, and 88% of adults are metabolically unhealthy. Up to 95% of dieters gain back all the weight they lost while following both dietary guidelines and popular fitness fads. Here’s why they fail. Most diet books teach you to set short-term weight loss goals. Whether low-carb or low-fat, the typical plan goes like this: restrict your food choices, exercise until exhaustion, and swallow stacks of supplements. These “solutions” do a better job of lightening your wallet than lightening you. Meanwhile, the healthcare industry fails to prevent chronic disease. Rather than showing people how to remain healthy and prevent illness through proper nutrition, the system offers drugs and surgery to manage symptoms. As a heart surgeon who used to be morbidly obese, Dr. Philip Ovadia has seen firsthand the failures of mainstream diets and medicine. He realized that what helped him lose over 100 pounds was the same solution that could have prevented most of the thousands of open heart surgeries he has performed—metabolic health. What you eat determines how long and how well you live. Yet most doctors don’t learn that in medical school. And pharmaceutical companies and food manufacturers have a vested interest in the public not knowing how to live and eat metabolically healthy. In Stay off My Operating Table, Dr. Ovadia shares the complete metabolic health system to prevent disease and optimize your health, a system that the diet and drug industries don’t want you to know about. Unlike quick-fix, “7-day,” radical diets, Dr. Ovadia’s approach is a sustainable, long-term solution that works. This book teaches: How most leading causes of death are rooted in metabolic disease How to measure and improve your metabolic health, from a doctor’s perspective How to eliminate your need for most supplements with a nutritionally complete diet How to eat metabolically healthy on any diet, from carnivore to vegan How light, everyday exercises benefit you more than brutal workouts How metabolic health holds the answer to most health, food, and fitness questions Whether you’ve suffered from chronic diseases or want to prevent them decades from now, Stay off My Operating Table will help you take back control of your health from the institutions and experts that have failed you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PUTTcast Episode 23 Where's the PATIENT in PBM Equations? Join PUTTcast hosts Monique Whitney and Scott Newman for an eye-opening conversation on the world of Oncology - where pharmacy benefit manager tactics cost patients far more than just their hard-earned dollars.  Special Guest: Ricky Newton, CFO, COO, Community Oncology Alliance  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Jason Callori and licensed pharmacists Tonya Shackelford and Cheri Schmit discuss pharmacist burnout examining the current demands placed on pharmacists and some solutions to the matter. You can subscribe to the Cardinal Health™ Counter Talk™ Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing the Cardinal Health™ Counter Talk™ Podcast with Pharmacy Podcast Network. Join host Jason Callori and Debbie Weitzman, President of Pharmaceutical Distribution and Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. to discuss the resilience of independent pharmacists, new models of care, and other industry trends. You can subscribe to the Cardinal Health™ Counter Talk™ Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Farrington is a clinical pharmacist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) in Wilmington, North Carolina. Farrington received a B.S. degree in pharmacy from the University of North Carolina and a Pharm.D. degree from the University of Kentucky (UK), followed by a residency at UK and a pediatric fellowship. Her clinical practice is focused on pediatric critical care and general pediatrics. Recently elected as American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), President Elect. Dr. Allison Chung and Dr. Elizabeth Farrington discuss how they both got interested in pediatrics and the different paths they took to become pediatric specialty pharmacists.  Potential paths include: Being hired as a staff pharmacy in a Children’s hospital and gaining experience there Doing a PGY1 w/ pediatric emphasis in a pediatric hospital Completing a general PGY1 and then doing a PGY2 in Pediatrics Doing a general PGY1 and then doing a Fellowship in Pediatrics Obtain Board Certification in Pediatric Pharmacy Info can be obtained here: https://www.bpsweb.org/bps-specialties/pediatric-pharmacy/#1517746745397-c50604ba-9a311517780015777151785407768915178583338251517863453680 Also discussed why pediatric pharmacists are important and how pediatric patients are a unique entity that requires specialized knowledge. Discussed some of the things that pediatric pharmacists do and what makes pediatrics so unique. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, there are more than 50 Cytochrome P450 enzymes but there are just 6 of them that metabolize about 90% of the drugs. One of the most significant ones is the CYP2D6. In an article on healio written by Dr. Jai Patel, he talks about CYP2D6 metabolizing many of the SSRIs, SNRIs and TCAs that are the treatment options for depression. The clearance of TCA’s for example is 50-67% lowered in CYP2D6 poor metabolizers compared to normal. www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0801/p391.html  Pharmacogenetic testing may improve outcomes for patients with depression (healio.com) Kristine Ashcraft is a molecular biologist by training and is the former CEO and founder of YouScript which was recently acquired by Invitae. She has worked in pharmacogenomics space since 2000 and was recently named one of the 25 leading voices in precision medicine. Kristine has authored multiple publications on both the clinical and economic benefits of PGx testing. She serves on the Steering Committee of STRIPE which is the FDA collaborative community for PGx. She has been interviewed by numerous media including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and NBC Nightly News and has spoken at American Society of Human Genetics, and numerous precision medicine conferences and now speaking at one of the top 20 genomics podcast in the globe, PGx for Pharmacist Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Let’s Talk Stigma, we focus on the voices of individuals directly impacted by the stigma associated with opioid use disorder. We talked with family members, friends, and people in long term recovery who discuss intrapersonal and interpersonal stigma associated with opioid use disorder. The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association has partnered with Pharmacy Podcast Network to bring you a series of podcasts designed to help community pharmacists implement change and practice transformation. The Let’s Talk Stigma podcast miniseries is designed to equip community-based pharmacists to provide culturally sensitive care to individuals with opioid use disorders. This podcast miniseries was developed by the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in collaboration with Duquesne University School of Pharmacy and paid for through CDC grant funding provided by the Allegheny County Health Department to the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University Schools of Pharmacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the PAIN POD, Mark “Pain Guy” Garofoli will chat with Dr. Eric Christianson, a nationally recognized pharmacology expert, about drug interactions with particular attention in the pain management realm. CYP-450, of course, Serotonin Syndrome, we’ll give the down and dirty on explain what all the hub bub is about, and might even have a conversation for our snowbirds out there and everyone else who enjoys grapefruit juice! Considering drug interaction database flag every medication known to mankind, and yet with completely different recommendations, it’s best to hear it from the source as to how in the world to best help our patients in pain. Listen in, right here, right now, on the Pain Pod. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!! MedEd101 https://www.meded101.com/ Real Life Pharmacology (Grapefruit Juice Interaction Podcast Episode) https://www.reallifepharmacology.com/grapefruit-juice-interactions/ AGS Beers List (2019) https://geriatricscareonline.org/toc/american-geriatrics-society-updated-beers-criteria/CL001 Chicago Tribune Drug Interaction Secret Patient Article (2016) https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-drug-interactions-pharmacy-met-20161214-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices