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Drug Induced Orthostasis
An 86 year old male is having a difficult time with weakness and falls. With weakness and falls, we always need to take a good hard look at blood pressure to make sure we aren't causing drug...
Discontinuing Anti-Platelet Medications – 6 Must Know Considerations
The decision to discontinue anti-platelet medications is a challenging one. Antiplatelet therapy is something I see everyday in practice. Aspirin and clopidogrel are the two most common...
Trintellix Brintellix – The Struggle to Keep Up is Real
Do you ever feel like you can't get ahead when it comes to knowing and remembering things? It hit me hard the other day. New drugs are coming out all the time, new guideline changes, new studies...
Medication List Review – Azathioprine Allopurinol Interation
A 62 year old is taking the following medications Enalapril 10 mg daily Diclofenac 50 mg twice daily Allopurinol 200 mg daily Indomethacin 25 mg TID prn Azathioprine 50 mg twice daily Ranitidine 150...
Who Doesn’t Like a Free Sample? – Enjoy!
Hey all, through feedback, I have decided to add 10 more mini lectures to the 10+ hours of content already available for the CGP Webinar study guide! Here's the mostly non-clinical topics I've...
Tamoxifen Paroxetine Interaction
Selecting antidepressants is so critical. One of the areas where I believe pharmacists excel above other healthcare professions is the management and recognition of drug interactions. Here, I...
How to Handle Those Annoying “CNS Depressant Interactions”
CNS depressant interactions are everywhere. There are so many patients (typically patients with mental health and pain concerns) on multiple medications that can cause CNS sedation/depression....
A Free Sample of My Biggest Project to Date!
I've been working over the last six months or so on a condensed BCPS study guide. As always, I will be given a substantial discount upon release of the new book, so stayed tuned in the next month...
Wow. The 2016 NAPLEX Pass Rate and What Went Wrong
The 2016 NAPLEX Pass Rate was posted a little while back. I wasn't surprised by a drop in the pass rate for 2016. What I was surprised by was how BIG the drop in the NAPLEX pass rate was. The...
2017 Pharmacist Provider Status Update
Where are we at with 2017 Pharmacist Provider Status? Since the heated election, a host of topics and discussions have been held on National debt and Healthcare. There is really positive news...
Study Materials For Pharmacists
