Medication Talk - Expert Insights on Drug Therapy & Patient Care

A bonus episode from our sister show, Natural Medicines: Evidence in Practice. 

Weight loss supplements labeled tejocote, Nuez de la India, or Brazil seeds have been found to contain toxic yellow oleander, and as few as two seeds can be lethal. 

In this episode, NatMed editors Jeff Langford, Andrea Stafford, and Kelly Daniels break down what yellow oleander is, how it keeps ending up in weight loss products, how to recognize toxicity, and how third-party quality certifications can help steer patients toward better quality options.

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Questions we answer:

• What is yellow oleander, and why is it dangerous even in trace amounts?
• What does oleander toxicity look like clinically, and how is it treated?
• Which third-party quality certifications verify a supplement’s content? 

We also cover:

• How dietary supplements are regulated. 
• How oleander toxicity mirrors digoxin poisoning, and how it’s reversed.
• The difference between adulterated and misbranded supplements, and why it matters clinically.

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NatMed / TRC Healthcare Editor Hosts: 

• Jeff Langford, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP (Managing Clinical Editor)
• Andrea Stafford, PharmD (Assistant Editor)
• Kelly Daniels, BA (News Editor & Associate Content Manager)

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CE Information:

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast for subscribers. Log in to your NatMed account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to NatMed: 

• 🌱 NatMed Pro
• 💊 TRC Healthcare
• Newsletter
• Infographic
• Monograph: Oleander
• Chart: Quality Certifications
• Chart: FDA Information on Select Dietary Supplement Ingredients and Other Substances
• FDA Issues Warning About Certain Products Containing Toxic Yellow Oleander 

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Poisonings are a significant public health concern — in 2024 alone, U.S. poison centers received over 2 million reported exposures. 

Listen in as our expert panel of toxicologists and poison-center specialists discusses common questions and best practices about poisoning treatment, from when to call the poison center versus head to the emergency department, to which everyday medications belong on the “one pill can kill” list for kids. They’ll also take a close look at acetaminophen poisoning — one of the most common reported and treatable exposures — including how the antidote N-acetylcysteine (NAC) works. Plus, you’ll walk away with practical takeaways on which antidotes to keep in stock and how to counsel patients on safe medication storage and disposal.

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in August 2026.

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Special guests:

• Anita C. Ma, PharmD
  • Managing Director – San Francisco Division, California Poison Control System
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco
• Amber Patt, PharmD
  • Toxicology & Addiction Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
  • University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY

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You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University

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CE Information:

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Chart: Drugs for Selected Medication Overdoses and Poisonings
• FAQ: Meds for Opioid Overdose
• Quick Start Guide: Opioid Reversal Agents

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Listen in as our expert panel breaks down what clinicians need to know about the 2026 dyslipidemia guidelines, such as the role of lipoprotein a, apolipoprotein B, and coronary artery calcium scoring. Plus, you'll walk away with practical takeaways to optimize lipid management including when to add non-statin therapies like PCSK9 inhibitors and ezetimibe for your patients.

Special guests:

• Mary Katherine Cheeley, PharmD, BCPS, CLS, FNLA
  • Executive Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
  • Grady Health System
• Joel C. Marrs, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, BCCP, BCPS, CLS, FAHA, FASHP, FCCP, FNLA
  • Cardiology Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist
  • Cheyenne Regional Medical Group Heart & Vascular Institute
  • Adjoint Associate Professor
  • University of Colorado School of Medicine

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Stephen Carek, MD, CAQSM, DipABLM
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
  • Prisma Health/USC-SOMG Family Medicine Residency Program
  • USC School of Medicine Greenville
• Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD
  • Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine
  • The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Cheeley reports relevant financial relationships with [lipids] Novartis, Regeneron (honorarium). 

The other speakers have nothing to disclose.  All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in July 2026.

🏷️Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter,or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Chart: Cholesterol Guidelines (United States)
• Chart: Non-Statin Lipid-Lowering Agents
• FAQ: Statin Muscle Symptoms: Managing Statin Intolerance
• Technician Tutorial: Dispensing Cholesterol-Lowering Medications
• Toolbox: Medication Adherence Strategies

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Listen in as our expert panel untangles the latest recommendations for using equations to estimate kidney function. You’ll hear their insights on when and how to use creatinine, cystatin C, or both to help safely adjust medication doses in kidney disease.

Special guests:

• Erin F. Barreto, PharmD, PhD, FCCM, FASN, BCCCP
  • Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Mayo Clinic
• Tracy Anderson-Haag, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP
  • Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Transplantation
  • Residency Program Director, PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant
  • Hennepin Healthcare

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in June 2026.

🏷️Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter,or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Chart: Medications and Kidney Function
• Chart: Lab Monitoring for Common Medications
• Website: National Kidney Foundation eGFR Calculator
• Chart: Lab Monitoring for Common Medications: Condensed Version

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In this bonus episode of Medication Talk, join us for an extended conversation on hypertension with our expert panel. We continue the discussion from Episode 505 with additional insights on improving medication adherence, motivating patients to stay on therapy, switching blood pressure medications, laboratory monitoring, and emerging treatments in the hypertension pipeline.

**No CE Credit is available for this bonus episode.**

Special guests:

• Michael E. Ernst, PharmD; BCGP, FCCP, AHSCP-CHC
  • Clinical Professor
  • Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy; and, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Carver College of Medicine
  • The University of Iowa
• Catherine G. Derington, PharmD, MS
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Division of Cardiology
  • University of Colorado School of Medicine

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University
• Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD
  • Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine
  • The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

This podcast is an extended conversation with our expert panel from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, which originally aired in May 2026.

🏷️Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Chart: Meds That Can Increase Blood Pressure
• Checklist: Measuring Blood Pressure Checklist
• Chart: Hypertension Goals in Adults
• Algorithm: Treatment of Hypertension
• Chart: Management of Severe Hypertension in Adults

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Listen in as our expert panel breaks down what every clinician needs to know about the 2025 hypertension guidelines. You’ll hear them discuss what’s changed, some controversies, and other practical takeaways to optimize blood pressure management for your patients.

Special guests:

• Michael E. Ernst, PharmD; BCGP, FCCP, AHSCP-CHC
  • Clinical Professor
  • Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy; and, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Carver College of Medicine
  • The University of Iowa
• Catherine G. Derington, PharmD, MS
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Division of Cardiology
  • University of Colorado School of Medicine

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University
• Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD
  • Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine
  • The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in May 2026.

🏷️Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter,or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Chart: Meds That Can Increase Blood Pressure
• Checklist: Measuring Blood Pressure Checklist
• Chart: Hypertension Goals in Adults
• Algorithm: Treatment of Hypertension
• Chart: Management of Severe Hypertension in Adults

🗪 Send us Fan Mail

Email us: [email protected].

The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Medication Talk is a production of TRC Healthcare.

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Listen in as our expert panel unpacks updated definitions of complicated vs. uncomplicated urinary tract infections, navigates antibiotic selection and duration, and shares the latest evidence-based strategies to stop recurrent UTIs in their tracks.

Special guests:

• Dana Bowers, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
  • Associate Professor
  • Washington State University
• Akshith Dass, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCIDP
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Pharmacy Clinical Specialist 
  • Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in April 2026.

🏷️Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter,or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Article: Keep Boosting Antibiotic Stewardship for Complicated UTIs
• Article: Antimicrobial Stewardship: Separate Facts From Fiction
•  Chart: Urinary Tract Infections
• Chart: Antibiotics in Pregnancy and Lactation
• FAQ: Antibiotic Therapy: When Are Shorter Courses Better?
• Toolbox: Antimicrobial Stewardship

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Listen in as our expert panel covers the latest evidence on using menopausal hormone therapy and nonhormonal options for treatment of vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, etc). You’ll also hear experts discuss treatments for genitourinary symptoms (vaginal dryness, etc) as well as low libido and brain fog.

Special guests:

• Veronica Vernon, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, MSCP, FAPhA 
  • Associate Professor, Chair of Pharmacy Practice
  • Butler University
• Sarah M. Westberg, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
  • Associate Dean for Professional Affairs Professor, College of Pharmacy
  • University of Minnesota

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD
  • Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine
  • The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in March 2026.

🏷️Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter,or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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Charts:

• Menopausal Hormone Therapies
• Managing Vasomotor Menopause Symptoms
• Managing Genitourinary Menopausal Symptoms

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Listen in as our expert panel tackles real-world questions about GLP-1 agonists, from starting them and setting expectations with patients to strategies for switching agents. You’ll also hear them review key considerations to limit muscle loss with GLP-1 agonist use and discuss why some patients hit a plateau or don’t respond to GLP-1 agonists.

Special guests:

• Jennifer N. Clements, PharmD, FCCP, FADCES, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, BC-ADM
  • Clinical Professor and Director of Pharmacy Education
  • University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
• Jennifer M. Trujillo, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, CDCES, BC-ADM
  • Professor and the Associate Dean for Education
  • University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Stephen Carek, MD, CAQSM, DipABLM
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
  • Prisma Health/USC-SOMG Family Medicine Residency Program
  • USC School of Medicine Greenville
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University

For the purposes of disclosure Dr. Jennifer Clements reports relevant financial relationships with Novo Nordisk (Ozempic, Rybelsus), Eli Lilly (Zepbound, tirzepatide) [speakers bureau].

The other speakers have nothing to disclose.  All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in February 2026.

 🏷️ Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off. 

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Clinical Resources:

• Comparison of GLP-1 and GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
• GLP-1 and GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Interactive Comparison Chart
• Comparison of Weight Loss Products
• Improving Diabetes Outcomes
• Diabetes Medications: Cardiovascular and Kidney Impact

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Listen in as our expert panel reviews important concepts behind antimicrobial stewardship along with tips to help limit unnecessary antimicrobial use.

Special guests:

• Madeline King, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP
  • Co-Director, Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Cooper University Health Care
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Cooper Medical School at Rowan University
• Michael A. Deaney, PharmD, AAHIVP
  • Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
  • Denver Health & Hospital Authority

You’ll also hear practical advice from panelists on TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board:

• Stephen Carek, MD, CAQSM, DipABLM
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
  • Prisma Health/USC-SOMG Family Medicine Residency Program
  • USC School of Medicine Greenville
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Oregon Health and Science University 

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Madeline King reports a relevant financial relationship with Shionogi (speakers bureau for cefiderocol).

The other speakers have nothing to disclose.  All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

This podcast is an excerpt from one of TRC’s monthly live CE webinars, the full webinar originally aired in January 2026.

Use code mt1026 at checkout for 10% off a new or upgraded subscription.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter,or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

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The clinical resources related to this podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights: 

• Toolbox: Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Algorithm: Investigating Possible Drug Allergy
• CE Course: Implementing Rapid Diagnostic Testing
• Chart: Antibiotic Therapy: When Are Shorter Courses Better?

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The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Medication Talk is a production of TRC Healthcare.

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