by Eric Christianson | Jan 8, 2023 | Clinical Guideline Updates For Pharmacists
The ADA has released its 2023 guidelines. There are a significant number of impacts on medication therapy, and in this post I will outline my most important takeaways. I was also recently catching up with my friend and fellow pharmacist, Derek Borkowski who is the...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 4, 2023 | BCMTMS Exam
If you are preparing for the 2023 BCMTMS Exam, you’ll want to pay attention to the information I provide below. I was spot on in my assessment a couple of years ago. In 2019-2020, the BCMTMS exam pass rates were in the 80% range. I previously posted about the...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 1, 2023 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Opioids are commonly used in clinical practice. Selection on these agents can often be confusion. We’ve outlined some of the most important pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenomic, and dosage form clinical pearls in the table below. For easier reading, we have also...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 28, 2022 | BCACP Exam, Pharmacist Board Certification Information And Help
The 2023 BCACP Exam looks to have some consistency with the previous year. The last major change to the content outline was in 2020. I would anticipate that we may see some changes in 2024 or 2025 as these exam outlines tend to get reviewed and updated every 3-5...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 25, 2022 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Sjogren’s Syndrome is not very common but I do see this diagnosis in practice periodically. This disease has two major symptoms that pharmacists should pay EXTREMELY close attention to. Placing a focus on medications that exacerbate Sjogren’s Syndrome is a...
