Pharmacy Podcast Network

The Pharmacy Podcast Network was a press & media partner for the NCPA 2022 Annual Tradeshow & convention October 1st through 4th. Listen to the interviews with leaders in community pharmacy. 

Guests:

Joseph Delaney

Matt Gilbert

Jessica Toth

Jim McDonald

Heather Martin

Dr. Alex Latala

Van Coble

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Dr. Larry Shapiro is a clinical psychologist that started back in 1990 but quote on quote retired to become a financial advisor. He was having a discussion with his brother one day, who was a career officer in the Army, returning from Afghanistan. That make Dr. Shapiro to re-think about his contributions to his community, so he got his license back, trained in military trauma, and started again as a psychologist in 2014. He started at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute specializing in treatment of OCD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, simple phobias, depression, and combat trauma. Last year he attended the annual Boston Trauma Conference and heard for the first time about the use of psychedelic medicines for treatment of trauma. So after a 150 hour certification program at Integrative Psychiatry Institute he became certified in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy which now is part of his current practice. Just this year in January he went into private practice so he can focus more on psychedelics. He is also an adjunct instructor in the department of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis and a clinical consultant for psilocybin research at Healthy Minds Lab at Washington University.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is one of the most common psychiatric disorders which affects about 8 million adults at some point in their lifetime in the United States. But it is not clear as to why only some people who experience a traumatic event develop PTSD. Some people say it’s a social construct but in the largest and most diverse genetic study of PTSD to date, scientists from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and more than 130 additional institutions participating in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium found that PTSD has a strong genetic component similar to other psychiatric disorders. Genetics seem to accounts for between 5 and 20 percent of the variability in PTSD risk following a traumatic event.

Resources: https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2019-10-08-study-reveals-ptsd-has-strong-genetic-component.aspx

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In Episode 6 of The Physician Pharmacist Podcast, we talk with Dr. Brandon J. Smith, who is a newly appointed Infectious Disease Attending Physician. I had the amazing opportunity to hear about Dr. Smith's personal journey into medicine all while receiving fellowship training during the COVID-19 Pandemic!

Topics covered; applying to medical school as a pharmacy applicant, considerations for pharmacy residencies, life as a medical resident, life as an infectious disease fellow, and living the life as an attending in the era of COVID-19.

Links:

1. NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/

2. The Physician Pharmacist: www.PhysicianPharmacist.com

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Vegas Baby!!!

The vibe at PAINWeek 2022 was electric! Electricity flowing through the Cosmo Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard (“the strip”), similar to what’s generated by the Colorado River, Lake Meade, and a miles and miles of electrical wires! Pain Guy was the beat on the street” strolling through the PAINWeek presentations, exhibit hall, and Cosmo hallways chatting it up with fellow faculty, exhibitors, and attendees alike! Dr. A.J. Gupta (an attendee), Barby Ingle (author, speaker, and overall dynamic iPain exhibitor and attendee), Nicole Hemmenway (CEO of our U.S. Pain Foundation), and Richard Tuorto (Pain Medicine News) join us for energized conversations revolving around what their organizations do for healthcare professionals and patients in pain, pain management in general, and of course, their experiences at PAINWeek 2022. Checkout this mobile mic episode of the Pain Pod as we team up with the folks of PAINWeek to give you, Pain Pod Nation, the audio vibe of the electricity of being there in person.

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod (and PAINWeek 2023)!!!

Episode References

•PAINWeek: https://www.painweek.org/

•iPain (International Pain Foundation): https://internationalpain.org/

•Barby Ingle: https://barbyingle.com/

•US Pain Foundation: https://uspainfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/

•Pain Medicine News: https://www.painmedicinenews.com/

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Today we are hoping to make sense of the Inflation Reduction Act which is designed to protect Medicare recipients from catastrophic drug costs by phasing in a cap for out-of-pocket costs and establishing a$35 cap for a month's supply of insulin. And, as an historic win, Medicare will be able to negotiate prices for high-cost drugs for the first time ever.

Guests: 

Mark Blum 

Mark is the Executive Director of America's Agenda, an organization he’s led since its founding in 2005. America's Agenda is a national healthcare alliance that brings together labor unions, businesses, healthcare providers, and policymakers who share a common commitment to smart policy and effective action to advance our mission of affordable, high-quality, readily accessible healthcare for every American. Mark currently serves on the State Health Benefits Value and is a former member of the Quality Task Force in New Jersey and previously worked as an economics professor as well as national director of organizing for the American Association of University Professors. He completed his graduate studies at the London School of Economics.

 

A major focus for Mark in recent years has been the Pharmacy Benefit Manager issues facing our country. Mark is a founding member of the PBM Accountability Project. He works tirelessly to educate the public and advance solutions to help redirect prescription drug savings from very high PBM profits back to patients, employee health plans, and taxpayers.

Antonio Ciaccia

Antonio Ciaccia (cha-cha) is the President of 3 Axis Advisors, a firm that among many things studies drug pricing. He was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show talking about the lengths PBMs force independent pharmacies to go to find savings for their patients. He’s also spoken publicly about PBMs in the context of the Inflation Reduction Act. Antonio has been in and around pharmacies his entire life. A graduate from The Ohio State University in 2007 with dual degrees in communications and political science. For six years he headed up government affairs for the Ohio Pharmacists Association. After years of studying the pharmacy marketplace, Antonio became increasingly perplexed and concerned as he saw drug costs spiking while payouts to pharmacies were declining. Knowing something was being lost somewhere in the middle of an ever-growing transaction, Antonio has spent years working to crack the drug pricing code and pull the rug out from what he believes is one of the most dysfunctional marketplaces in the world.

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Dr. Nardine Nakhla's career has had one common denominator since her graduation in 2007 from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — striving to help as many people as possible. That desire is seen in her work with students, as a faculty member at the University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy. Dr. Nakhla’s patient-centered approach also comes through in her research, which has focused on issues like smoking cessation and high-risk, non-prescription drug interactions in older people. Her professional writing also reflects her desire to help patients. Dr. Nakhla has authored four chapters for the Canadian Minor Ailments reference, one chapter for the American Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, and one chapter for the Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy.  

 

In this episode of Occupation Station, Dr. Nakhla talks about how her career path evolved. She entered ACPHS thinking that she would devote herself to community practice. While she and her husband do own a community pharmacy, she has achieved so much more than she initially envisioned. Hear why she calls her time at ACPHS “magical” and how the school has led to lifelong friendships and meaningful connections with professors.

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Founded in 1898, the National Community Pharmacists Association is the voice for the community pharmacist, representing nearly 19,400 pharmacies that employ 215,000 individuals nationwide. Community pharmacies are rooted in the communities where they are located and are among America’s most accessible health care providers. To learn more, visit www.ncpa.org.

Join us while we talk about how independent pharmacies are hosting members of Congress in their pharmacies. Support the NCPA by joining today. 

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Disclaimer: This podcast is not approved for CME credit. Every diabetes treatment plan is different, individual results may vary – nothing you hear on this podcast should be considered medical advice. All claims are supported by clinical evidence referenced in the show notes. For clinical study results, please refer to the Dexcom G6 User Guide. For product-related questions, please refer to the instructions for use. For complete safety information, go to dexcom.com/safety-information.

Smart devices are sold separately. For a list of compatible smart devices, visit: dexcom.com/compatibility.

 

Fingersticks required for diabetes treatment decisions if symptoms or expectations do not match readings.

 

Data from collaborator devices and products must be verified by those collaborator devices and products. Users should confirm data and connections with their collaborator devices and products.

The Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (Dexcom G6 System) is a real time, continuous glucose monitoring device indicated for the management of diabetes in persons aged 2 years and older.

Thomas Grace, MD is a paid spokesperson for Dexcom. Dr. Grace is a guest on this episode of the podcast.

Dexcom G6 System User Guide

 

Safety Information

 

About Hello Dexcom

 

About Freestyle Libre System

 

Libre 3 user guide available here, including information about sensor survival rate, which was 68.3% at 14 days.

 

Dexcom Follow app: The Dexcom G6 App allows you to share your glucose data with up to 10 people. By downloading the Dexcom Follow App, followers can view your glucose data directly from their smart device whether they live down the street or across the country. Separate Follow App required. For a list of compatible devices, visit www.dexcom.com/compatibility.

 

Connectivity – basics (https://provider.dexcom.com/dexcom-cgm/collaborators)

Time in Range: Recommendations from the International Consensus on Time in Range, 2019 recommend individualized glycemic targets for high risk and/or older adults with a focus on reducing the percentage of time spent less than 70 md/dL and preventing excessive hyperglycemia. Everyone’s treatment plan is different, talk to your healthcare provider before changing your Time in Range settings.

Dexcom, Dexcom Follow, Dexcom CLARITY, and Dexcom Share are registered trademarks of Dexcom, Inc. in the U.S., and may be registered in other countries.

References:

1.          Steven V. Edelman, Nicholas B. Argento, Jeremy Pettus, Irl B. Hirsch; Clinical Implications of Real-time and Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring. Diabetes Care 1 November 2018; 41 (11): 2265–2274. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc18-1150

2.          Visser MM, et al.; Comparing real-time and intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring in adults with type 1 diabetes (ALERTT1): a 6-month, prospective, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2021 Jun 12;397(10291):2275-2283. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00789-3

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Join NCPA’s Doug Hoey and Ronna Hauser and Cardinal Health’s Jerrica Mathis, Scott Streater and Rebecca McGrath for an update on provider status, DIR fees and learn what NCPA and Cardinal Health are doing to encourage positive legislative changes for independent pharmacy. You can listen to this episode on cardinalhealth.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Sources: 

•    11:40 - https://www.pharmacist.com/APhA-Press-Releases/majority-of-pharmacists-prepared-to-administer-covid-19-vaccine-to-children-under-5-apha-survey-finds#:~:text=CDC%20recently%20reported%20that%2070,5%20to%2011%20years%20old.

•    12:30 - https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/dashboard/vaccination-administered.html

•    20:15 - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/top-15-specialty-pharmacies-by-revenue-2.html

•    24:30 – Number compiled from Stateside – Cardinal Health’s internal bill tracking system

•    27:30 - https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/en/resources/2021-plan-design-survey-employer-perspectives-on-the-health-care-landscape#b-employers-guide-with-view-all

•    37:40 - https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2022 

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