HealthFormation

This week's guest is registered dietician and creator of Tips with Toni, Toni Marinucci. Toni brings us all of her nutrition knowledge. We talk:

Find Toni's blog and more information on how to work with her here: https://tipswithtoni.com/

We are excited to present to you the first episode in our new mini-series we are calling the Supplement Series. Each episode will be a deep dive into one specific supplement, the different types, what it is used for, and the data surrounding the use of the supplement.

For week one, we start with a 10,000 foot overview of supplementation, the importance of high-quality supplements, and why supplementation is not the cure-all you may be hoping for.

Regarding zinc, we discuss:

Let us know what supplements you are interested in for our Supplement Series! Next up: magnesium.

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We have another pharmacy-focused episode perfect for anyone working to improve efficiency in their CV vaccine rollout. Our guest this week is Dr. Neal Smoller, independent community pharmacy owner and COVID vaccine champion.

Neal + I discuss how he and his volunteer army were given a week to administer 3200 vaccines, and they did it in 3 days. He shares about the systems he put in place to increase the efficiency of his process, from FAQs, to sign-ups, to billing. He also shares these resources for anyone who is interested.

And, of course, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to rant about all things pharmacy that bother us, from the reimbursement models to the woes of PBMs.

Neal's resources:

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This week, we talk with Davon Howell, a pharmacist and mom about her wellness journey. Before getting pregnant, Davon lost around 40 lb, but the stressors of life as a working new mom made focusing on herself difficult, and she found herself not feeling her best. We talk with Davon about her wellness journey and how her physical and mental health has completely changed since reshaping her relationship with food.

If you are interested in connecting with Davon, you can do so on her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davon.townsend.71 or via Instagram @dr_howell1027.

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In this week's podcast episode, we cover all things COVID vaccine. We do the best we can to present the information in the most unbiased, objective way simply giving you the information you need to make your own decision on the vaccine.

Topics covered include:

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Our guest this week is antibiotic stewardship expert Dr. Richard Drew. We talk about the role of antibiotics over time and how this evolved over his career, superbugs and what this means for the future of medicine, and delve in on the impact of antibiotics and the gut. We conclude with ways to support the gut after a necessary round of antibiotics.

A few of the articles we discussed:

WE ARE BACK after an unintentional hiatus with our favorite topic: the gut, with a major focus on probiotics. Which probiotics may be best, what food sources matter, and when should we recommend probiotics? When we do, what do we look for on a label? All of this is covered in today's episode.

Articles discussed in this episode include:

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This episode is ALL things CrossFit. Today's guests are my friends and CrossFitters Kelly Gehman, Carl & Amanda Teachey, and Sean Greene.

Disclaimer: I am not a CrossFitter. But I was interested in the allure behind it - it seems like most people (those that I know at least) get sucked in and never look back. So, I gathered four of my pharmacist friends who have all been CrossFitting for many years to get the inside scoop. And there is way more to the story than you may have thought!

This week, we bring you a very special episode of the podcast. I was a guest on The Political Pharmacist Podcast with host Eric Geyer to discuss President Trump's new executive orders on drug pricing. If you haven't listened to last week's episode on cashflow in pharmacy, I recommend you do that first as it will give you a good primer on PBMs, which will be impacted by these new laws.

Check out The Political Pharmacist Podcast for more!! Thank you Eric for having me as a guest!

President Trump just unveiled four new executive orders he plans to sign that can effect how Americans afford their prescription medications. These orders mainly affect how middlemen price savings are passed along to patients at the pharmacy counter with a few other more nuanced changes while also calling out the ridiculously high insulin and epinephrine (EpiPen) prices.

On this episode, I sit down with Dr. Benjamin Jolley and Dr. Katie Trotta to discuss the impact each of these may have on patients and pharmacies in the US, as well as if these are legal or are just political maneuvering by a president who is down in the polls.

Reference links to the podcast that you may find useful:

Dr. Jolley's blog:

Bottle of Lies book:

Dangers of buying drugs online:

We have a very pharmacy-focused episode this week and I personally think anyone in pharmacy should give it a listen! Beth Mills is back with me as my guest co-host for the episode, and we sit down with Steven Rhodes, Founder and CEO of Alliance GPO. Steven utilizes his financial background to help independent pharmacies purchase drugs at the cheapest price he can, so they can save patients money and hopefully make a little for themselves. We also discuss pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) so get ready for that wild ride.

Check out Steven's company at alliancegpo.com