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HelixTalk Episode #82 - Let’s Get Heavy! Deuterium Substitution as a Pathway for Drug Design
Date posted: August 7, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we take a closer look at deuteration, specifically involving the medication deutetrabenazine (discussed back in episode 76). We feature a guest contributor from our pharmacy sciences department who assists us as we look at the drug design aspects of this unique molecule and its implications for research moving forward.
HelixTalk Episode #81 - Top 8 Ways to Excel in your APPE Rotations
Date posted: July 17, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we discuss some ways APPE students not only survive, but excel in the APPE rotations.
HelixTalk Episode #80 - HIT Me With Your Best Shot: A Brief Review of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Date posted: June 26, 2018, 6:00 am
In this episode, we will review the diagnosis and treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT).
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).