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HelixTalk Episode #79 - Cutting Hair and Blood Pressure: Pharmacists in the Barbershop
Date posted: June 5, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we interview Kathleen Lynch, PharmD and Ciantel (Adair) Blyler, PharmD, coauthors of the New England Journal of Medicine article, published in March 2018, investigating the role of pharmacist-led interventions for blood pressure reduction in black barbershops.
HelixTalk Episode #78 - Transitioning from School to Practice - Advice for New Practitioners
Date posted: May 15, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we interview Janeen Winnike, Dean of the Office of Students Affairs at the RFUMS College of Pharmacy, regarding transitions from a student life to a practitioner life. With her previous role as an HR official within a large community pharmacy chain, she offers some “do’s and don’ts” for students transitioning into new practitioners.
HelixTalk Episode #77 - PE: Not Just a Class in Junior High -- Top 5 Clinical Pearls about Pulmonary Embolism
Date posted: April 24, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we discuss five clinical pearls about pulmonary embolism ranging from PE diagnosis, classification, and treatment. We specifically examine when and how alteplase is given for PE and its use with concurrent anticoagulation.
HelixTalk Episode #76 - The New Move: Treating Tardive Dyskinesia
Date posted: April 3, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we discuss two new agents (valbenazine and deutetrabenazine) -- the first of their kind to receive FDA approval to manage tardive dyskinesia most commonly associated with antipsychotic use.
HelixTalk Episode #75 - Taking a break: perioperative management of anticoagulants and antiplatelets, Part II
Date posted: March 13, 2018, 6:00 am
In the previous episodes, we discussed how we should evaluate a patient’s bleeding and clotting risks as well as looked at recommendation for management for various anticoagulants. In this episode, we will continue the discussion to management of antiplatelets as well as when to resume both antiplatelets and anticoagulants following a procedure.
HelixTalk Episode #74 - Taking a break: perioperative management of anticoagulants and antiplatelets, Part I
Date posted: February 20, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we will discuss some important factors to consider in management of various anticoagulants. We will also provide agent specific pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic based recommendations.
HelixTalk Episode #73 - Don’t go with the flow: how antibiotics cause diarrhea and what you can do about it
Date posted: January 30, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we discuss the efficacy and safety of probiotics for the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD).
HelixTalk Episode #72 - Drop It Like It’s Hot: Prazosin and the 2017 VA/DoD PTSD Guidelines
Date posted: January 9, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we will review the surprising results of the VA/DoD’s 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of PTSD, particularly as it relates to the use of one particular agent, prazosin.
HelixTalk Episode #71 - Holy Hypertension Guidelines - Holiday Edition!
Date posted: December 19, 2017, 6:00 am
In this episode, we review the important changes in 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines for hypertension management in adults
HelixTalk Episode #70 - Does rosuvastatin REALLY cause 42 adverse drug reactions? Identifying true ADRs to improve your patient counseling
Date posted: November 28, 2017, 6:00 am
In this episode, we discuss the difficulty in identifying adverse drug reactions (ADR) that ACTUALLY occur from a drug therapy, how tertiary drug references (such as Micromedex or LexiComp) may be misleading, and what tips and tricks you can use to recognize the most clinically relevant ADRs for patient counseling.