Medication Talk - Expert Insights on Drug Therapy & Patient Care

In this episode, listen in as our expert panel discusses the challenges and solutions for ensuring access to specialty medications, including how social determinants of health play a role and strategies to overcome barriers caused by these factors.

Our panel for this conversation includes: 

• Laura Sosinski, PharmD, MBA, BCPS; Pharmacy Manager, Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy; PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Director
• Patricia Romero, PharmD, CSP; Pharmacist, Walmart Specialty Pharmacy 
• Rachel Popp, CPhT; Patient Panelist; Contact Center Specialist, Walmart Specialty Pharmacy
• Jake Galdo, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCGP; CEO, Seguridad, Inc; Managing Network Facilitator, CPESN Health Equity
• Meredy Ayers, CPhT-Adv, CHW; Development Specialist, Bremo Pharmacy

None of the speakers have anything to disclose.

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• Chart: Guide for Helping Patients Afford Their Medications
• FAQ: Facts About Biosimilars

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Special guest Marshall E. Cates, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, FCCP, FALSHP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice from the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University joins us to talk about pharmacotherapy for anxiety and depression.

Listen in as we discuss pharmacotherapy for managing generalized anxiety disorder and major depression, with a focus on tailoring first- or second-line options to individual patient needs.

You’ll also hear practical advice from Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS, a member of TRC’s Editorial Advisory Board and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Oregon Health and Science University.

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Cates reports relevant financial relationships [psychiatry] with Biogen, Sage Therapeutics (honorarium); Otsuka (speakers bureau).

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

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Chart: Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Disorders in Adults
• Chart: Choosing and Switching Antidepressants
• Chart: Combining and Augmenting Antidepressants

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Special guest Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, FAPhA, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice from the University of Rhode Island joins us to talk about opioid safety.

Listen in as we discuss strategies for reducing risks with opioid use, including safe opioid dosing and identifying risky med combos.  And you’ll hear a review of the different opioid overdose reversal options as well as important counseling tips for all patients taking an opioid.   

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Chart: Equianalgesic Dosing of Opioids for Pain Management
• Toolbox: Appropriate Opioid Use
• FAQ: Opioid Tapering: Tips for Success

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In this episode, TRC Healthcare staff members, Pam Piotrowski BSP, RPh, MBA, Product Manager for Pharmacist’s Letter & Prescriber Insights, and Mary Franks, MSN, APRN-FPA, FNP-C, Lead Nurse Planner with NetCE discuss practical strategies to promote medication safety across healthcare teams.

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Checklist: Responding to Med Errors
• Chart: Potentially Harmful Drugs in Children
• Chart: Potentially Harmful Drugs: Beers Criteria

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Featured panelist Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Oregon Health and Science University joins us to talk about diabetes treatment updates.

Listen in as we discuss management of type 2 diabetes, including overcoming hurdles with metformin, GLP-1 agonists, and SGLT2 inhibitors.

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

• Andrea Darby Stewart, MD, Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program and Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Chart: Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes
• Algorithm: Improving Tolerability to Metformin
• FAQ: Hyperglycemia in the Hospital

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Special guest Jennifer N. Clements, PharmD, FCCP, FADCES, BCPS, CDCES, BCACP, BC-ADM,  Clinical Professor and Director of Pharmacy Education from the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy joins us to talk about meds for obesity and weight loss.

Listen in as they discuss management of overweight and obesity, including the role of newer injectable medications, oral options, and lifestyle changes.

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

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

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Clements reports relevant financial relationships [GLP-1 agonists] with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk (speakers bureau).

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Chart: Weight Loss Products
• Toolbox: Weight Loss: Helping Your Overweight and Obese Patients

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Special guest Sarah E. Stumbar, MD, MPH, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Office of Medical Education and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Medical Education from the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University joins us to talk about oral contraceptives.

Listen in as our expert panel discusses safety and efficacy of combined oral contraceptives and progestin-only pills.  They’ll also prepare you to help patients navigate norgestrel tablets, the first over the counter daily oral contraceptive.

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

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

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• FAQ: Choosing a Contraceptive
• Chart: Comparison of Oral Contraceptives and Non-Oral Alternatives (United States)
• Chart: Comparison of Oral Contraceptives and Non-Oral Alternatives (Canada)

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Special guest Luke Laffin, MD, FACC, the Co-Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders with the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic joins us to talkabout first-line meds for hypertension.

Listen in as they discuss nuances regarding selection of a first-line medication for the treatment of hypertension.

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 and Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
• Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Luke Laffin reports relevant financial relationships with CRISPR Therapeutics [hyperlipidemia], Eli Lilly [obesity], Medtronic [hypertension] (honorarium); Arrowhead [hyperlipidemia], AstraZeneca [hyperlipidemia], Mineralys Therapeutics [hypertension] (grants/research support).

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

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Chart: Treatment of Hypertension
• Chart: Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
• Chart: Comparison of Calcium Channel Blockers
• Chart: Comparison of Commonly Used Diuretics

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Special guest Shana Castillo, PharmD, MBA, RPh, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Creighton University’s School of Pharmacy and Health Professions joins us to talk about vaccinations.

Listen in as they discuss the latest recommendations for COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations, along with options to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and practical approaches for giving multiple vaccines in a single visit.

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

• Reid B. Blackwelder, MD, FAAFP, Associate Dean of Graduate and Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Family Medicine at East Tennessee State University
• Stephen Carek, MD, CAQSM, DipABLM, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Prisma Health/USC-SOMG Family Medicine Residency Program at the USC School of Medicine Greenville
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Oregon Health and Science University

None of the speakers have anything to disclose.

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast. Log in to your Pharmacist’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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• Chart: COVID-19 Vaccines
• FAQ: Flu Vaccines for 2023-24
• Chart: Preventing RSV
• Algorithm: Addressing Vaccine Myths and Hesitancy

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Special guest Dave L. Dixon, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FNLA, BCACP, CDCES, CLS, the Nancy L. and Ronald H. McFarlane Professor of Pharmacy and Chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, joins us to talk about chronic coronary disease.

Listen in as he discusses the management of chronic coronary disease with a focus on the new American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines.

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

• Anthony A. Donato, Jr., MD, MHPE, Associate Program Director, Tower Health System Internal Medicine Residency Program and Professor of Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine
• Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC, the Chief Academic Officer at the Heart and Vascular Institute and the Lewis and Patricia Dickey Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Oregon Health and Science University

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Dixon reports a relevant financial relationship [GLP-1 agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors] with Boehringer Ingelheim (grants/research support). Dr. Steven Nissen reports relevant financial relationships [cardiology] with AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Esperion, Medtronic, MyoKardia, New Amsterdam Pharma, Novartis, Pfizer, Silence Therapeutics (grants/research support).

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

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

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• Toolbox: Optimizing Care of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
• Chart:  Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease
• Chart:  Treatment of Hypertension

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

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