Statin Intolerance

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).

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Special guests Lauren B. Angelo, PharmD, MBA from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Jean-Venable “Kelly” R. Goode, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA, FCCP from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy join us to talkabout influenza vaccines.

Listen in as they review flu vaccine recommendations for the 2023-2024 influenza season.  

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
• 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
• 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
• Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Angelo reports relevant financial relationships [vaccines] with Moderna (honorarium); Pfizer (speakers bureau). Dr. Goode reports relevant financial relationships [vaccines] with Merck, Pfizer, Sanofi, Valneva (honorarium).

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

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• Chart: Flu Vaccines for 2023-2024

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Special guests Lauren B. Angelo, PharmD, MBA from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Jean-Venable “Kelly” R. Goode, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA, FCCP from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy join us to talk about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines.

Listen in as they review new RSV vaccine recommendations in adults age 60 years and older.  

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
• 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
• 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

For the purposes of disclosure, Dr. Angelo reports relevant financial relationships [vaccines] with Moderna (honorarium); Pfizer (speakers bureau). Dr. Goode reports relevant financial relationships [vaccines] with Merck, Pfizer, Sanofi, Valneva (honorarium).

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

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Special guest 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 and a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University joins us to talk about cardiovascular risks with testosterone.

Listen in as they discuss the latest evidence regarding cardiovascular risks with testosterone replacement therapy in men with hypogonadism.

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

• Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine
• Craig D. Williams, PharmD, FNLA, BCPS, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Oregon Health and Science University

For the purposes of disclosure, 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.

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• [Chart]: Comparison of Testosterone Products

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Special guests Christopher Daly, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement, at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD, the Associate Director, Honor Health Family Medicine Residency Program and a Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Occupational Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix join us to talk about social determinants of health.

Listen in as they discuss strategies to help address social determinants of health in practice.

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
• Anthony A. Donato, Jr., MD, MHPE, Associate Director, Reading Health System Internal Medicine Residency Program and Professor of Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

None of the speakers have anything to disclose. 

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

The clinical resources mentioned during the podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter: 

• Toolbox: Overcoming Patient Communication Challenges
• Chart: Guide for Helping Patients Afford Their Medications

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Special guest Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC, the Chief Academic Officer at the Heart and Vascular Institute, Lewis and Patricia Dickey Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University joins us to talkabout LDL targets.

Listen in as they debate whether to aim for a specific goal for LDL cholesterol.

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
• Anthony A. Donato, Jr., MD, MHPE, Associate Director, Reading Health System Internal Medicine Residency Program and Professor of Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson 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. 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.

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

The clinical resources mentioned during the podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter: 

• FAQ: Cholesterol Guidelines (United States)

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