New FDA Approval: Ingrezza

Drug

Valbenazine [Ingrezza]

Indication

The treatment of adults with tardive dyskinesia.

Clinical, FDA Approval, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonMay 5, 2017valbenazine, ingrezza, ingrezza cost, valbenazine cost, tardive dyskinesia, antipsychotic, first generation antipsychotic, second generation antipsychotic, vmat2 inhibitor, fda approval

Hypercalcemia: An Overview for Pharmacists

Electrolyte disorders is a subject that usually gets filed in the dreaded "learn and dump" part of your brain.

You know that place? Your own personal island of misfit toys where information goes to be forgotten

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonApril 21, 2017hypercalcemia, hypercalcemia of malignancy, pamidronate, bisphosphonates, RANKL, RANK, denosumab, zoledronic acid, calcium metabolism, calcium, electrolyte, electrolyte disorders, calcitonin

Surviving the Showcase: Your Guide to Midyear Success

Editor's Note: The following is a sample chapter from our new guide: Mastering the Match: How to Secure a Pharmacy Residency. Are you thinking about residency? If so, click here.

Pharmacy School, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonMarch 29, 2017residency, pharmacy residency, pharmacy residency interviews, the showcase, midyear, ashp midyear, PGY1, PGY-1, student pharmacist, pharmacy student

How to Be Awesome at Biostatistics and Literature Evaluation - Part II

This post explores the more applied concepts such as odds, risk, hazards, and correlation. These concepts are the heart of inferential statistics because they represent different ways of comparing one thing to another

How to Transition from a Student to a Pharmacist

Hello tl;dr friends. In addition to creating lovingly hand-crafted pharmacy knowledge bombs for your reading enjoyment, I also occasionally write for Pharmacy Times. I don't post every article that I write for Pharmacy Times here on tl;dr pharmacy...

Pharmacy School, Practice, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonMarch 2, 2017pharmacy student, pharmacist, pharmacy resident, residency, pharmacy residency, pharmacy times

New FDA Approval: Parsabiv

Drug

Etelcalcitide [Parsabiv]

Indication

The treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in adults on dialysis.

Clinical, FDA Approval, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonFebruary 13, 2017hyperparathyroidism, PTH, parathyroid gland, etelcalcitide, Parsabiv, secondary hyperparathyroidism, calcimimetic, phosphate binder, osteoclast, bone resorption, calcium metabolism, sensipar, cinacalcet

How to Be Awesome at Biostatistics and Literature Evaluation - Part I

As with all things tl;dr pharmacy, this post will (ironically) be stupendously long. But it will serve as your one stop shop for all things biostats and clinical literature related.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonFebruary 6, 2017biostats, biostatistics, literature evaluation, p-value, clinical significance, type i error, type II error, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, confidence interval, standard deviation, mean, median, mode, normal distribution

New FDA Approval: Vemlidy

Drug

Tenofovir alafenamide [Vemlidy]

Indication

The treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with compensated liver disease

Clinical, FDA Approval, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonJanuary 12, 2017Vemlidy, Tenofovir Alafenamide, tenofovir, HBV, Hepatitis B, HIV drugs cheat sheet, Viread

How to Be a Successful Pharmacy Resident

One thing that new pharmacy residents struggle with is transitioning from "student" to "pharmacist." Since residents are still under the umbrella of being a trainee, the first few months of residency are not all that different from their P4 year

Pharmacy School, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonDecember 16, 2016pharmacy residency, pharmacy resident, successful residency, PGY1

New FDA Approval: Zinplava

Drug

Bezlotoxumab [Zinplava]

Indication

To reduce the recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in patients 18 years old and over.

FDA Approval, Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonDecember 4, 2016zinplava place in therapy, zinplava, bezlotoxumab, bezlotoxumab place in therapy, zinplava adverse effects, bezlotoxumab adverse effects

How to Study for the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment (PCOA)

There's a new acronym on the rise in pharmacy education. One that's striking fear in the hearts of students everywhere.

PCOA

The Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment.

Pharmacy School, Residency, Clinical, ProfessionalBrandon DysonNovember 20, 2016pharmacy curriculum outcomes assessment, PCOA, How to study for the PCOA, How to study for PCOA, What is the PCOA, What to do if you fail the PCOA, PCOA Pharmacy, PCOA Test, What is the PCOA pharmacy test

Pain Management: The tl;dr Pharmacy Guide

Opioid abuse comes in many forms; and it's not just the stereotypical junkie that's doctor shopping and trying to refill their Norco 2 weeks early "because the cops stole them." Opioid abuse can also show up in more insidious ways.....

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeSamuel OhOctober 13, 2016Clinical Pearls, Pain, Pharmacotherapy, COX-2, NSAIDs, Opioids, Tramadol, Pain Management, Neuropathy, Nociception, opioid conversions, opioid clinical pearls, opioid cheat sheet, pain management, pain management cheat sheet