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BCPS Exam Tips – 2 Types of Statistical Data you Need to Know
Need a few BCPS Exam Tips? You've come to the right place. Everyone knows you need to understand statistics to pass the BCPS Exam. I'm going to cover 2 basic types of statistical data that are...
Don’t Quit Too Soon – Maximizing Analgesia
Pain management is often very challenging. Patients differ from one another. One medication may totally take away the pain for one patient, while that same medication might not even touch the next...
A Journey Through Pharmacy School and Beyond: Shattering the Labels
One of my great friends from pharmacy school recently got married, and I had the honor of being able to attend the wedding. Our lives crossed paths for 3 challenging years of pharmacy school in...
Simplifying Pharmacokinetics, Why do I Have to Take This Medication Four Times per Day?
Pharmacokinetics is a scary word for many in the medical field. The best way that I remember being taught pharmacokinetics is to think about what the body does to the drug. If we understand...
An Elderly Gentleman Owns the Punch Line – How Slow Am I?
I was recently at a nursing home where a gentleman was going to "sign out" so he could leave the facility for the afternoon. He asked me where the clipboard was that he normally uses. I had no...
Bugs and Drugs Chart, Lessons Learned from the Front Lines
Hi! My name is Tim (@IDstewardship, http://bit.ly/TimothyGauthier) and I am a pharmacist with advanced training in the field of infectious diseases & antimicrobial stewardship. Eric...
Tremor with SSRI
62 year old male who has been struggling with depression and anxiety is place on an SSRI, sertraline (Zoloft) 50 mg daily. No response is noted within a few weeks, so it was planned to titrate up...
A Mother, Wife, Classmate, Friend, and a Life Changing Cancer Diagnosis
I'm taking a break tonight from the usual case studies, because I have a friend who has had a mountain placed in front of her that no one should have to climb. Shortly following the birth of their...
Mineral Oil for Constipation – Med List Review
78 year old female is receiving the following medications: Aspirin 81 mg daily Tramadol 50 mg twice daily Lisinopril 10 mg once daily Amlodipine 5 mg daily Losartan 25 mg daily Omeprazole 20 mg...
NSAIDs and CHF – The Prescribing Cascade
88 year old male has a history of osteoarthritis. He has tried self treatment with acetaminophen 325 mg twice daily with no benefit. Upon a recent evaluation with his primary provider, he was...
Study Materials For Pharmacists
