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Oral Semaglutide, Diabetes Care Game Changer
The author has no conflicts of interest regarding oral semaglutide or any other diabetes medication. The GLP-1 agonists have been growing in popularity. The benefit of good A1C lowering effect...
Pharmacy Cheating Scandal In California – CPJE
While I like to focus my time on clinical pharmacy topics, I deeply care about the profession of pharmacy and wanted you to all be aware of this troubling situation. My friend Tony Guerra pays close...
Top 5 Lithium Drug Interactions
Lithium has numerous clinical pearls that are essential to remember. Of all the educational points about this medication, you must remember some of these important lithium drug interactions. The...
Top 5 Beers Criteria Updates 2019
The Beers Criteria was updated in 2019. Of the numerous updates, I wanted to pull out my top 5 clinically relevant Beers Criteria updates. It is important to note that there were many more updates,...
Hydrochlorothiazide, an Unexpected Drug of Abuse
I'm a little bummed about my Minnesota Twins. Drug problems are everywhere and my team is not exempt. Apparently, hydrochlorothiazide is a drug of abuse in MLB's drug testing policy. Mike Pineda,...
Methotrexate and Thrombocytopenia Case
The following case on methotrexate and thrombocytopenia was donated by Kirk Seale, M.S., PharmD, BCGP. Kirk received his Master’s degree in Drug regulatory affairs from the University of Florida and...
Can You Use a TCA With an SNRI? Case Review
A 66-year-old female has a past medical history of diabetes, neuropathy, depression, and hypertension. In this case scenario, I discuss the use of a TCA with an SNRI. Her current medication list...
Comparing Lorazepam and Diazepam
Benzodiazepines are on the Beers criteria. They can have significant adverse effects like sedation, confusion, the risk for dependence, and increased fall risk. We like to avoid benzodiazepines if...
Cumulative Risk of Medications and Renal Failure
Medications and renal failure can go hand in hand. This is of course if we are talking about the right medications. There are numerous medications that can cause an acute renal failure situation,...
CYP2D6 – Comparing Paroxetine and Tamoxifen
As I'm working on 2020 updates for all of our board certification study material, I couldn't help but recognize that I did not have a dedicated lecture on pharmacogenomics. Below I discuss how...
Study Materials For Pharmacists
