This Week in Pharmacy

TWIRx | Veterinarian Pharmacists / Mindfullness & the Placebo Effect

Happy Pharmacy Friday
This Week In Pharmacy, our first interview is with Alexandria Arnett Pharm. D Candidate (class of 2025) ACVP Student Pharmacist Board Member
 
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Our second interview,
Dr. Nhu Truong, PharmD
Dr. Nhu Truong is a Functional Medicine/Holistic Practitioner, an Admission Advisor for the STORRIE Institute, and a concierge for the Burn Out to All Out team. With 13 years of experience as a Clinical Pharmacist in Corporate America, she understands the challenges of being a super-working mom and an overachieving clinician and entrepreneur, which took a toll on her health.
Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment, cultivating self-awareness, and embracing a non-judgmental attitude. It's a powerful tool that can help you navigate the complexities of your career with grace and resilience. Here's how:
Stress Reduction: Mindfulness techniques can reduce stress levels, helping you stay calm and composed even in high-pressure situations.
Enhanced Focus: By training your mind to be present, you can improve your concentration and productivity.
Improved Decision-Making: Mindfulness allows you to make better decisions by fostering clarity and reducing the influence of impulsive reactions.
Increased Creativity: Embracing mindfulness can unlock your creative potential, enabling you to find innovative solutions to challenges.
Work-Life Balance: Achieving a balance between your career and personal life becomes more attainable as mindfulness helps you set boundaries and prioritize self-care.
Dr. Luana Colloca, a physician-scientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, calls this our “inner pharmacy.” Just expecting to feel better can cause the release of these substances.
“Our mindset is so critical,” Colloca says, “because our thoughts are not independent from our bodies’ responses.”
The placebo effect can be powerful. It can help with pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, or nausea. But our inner pharmacy can’t treat everything. It can’t, for instance, make tumors go away, lower your cholesterol, or get rid of infections.
https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2023/01/powerful-placebo#:~:text=The%20placebo%20effect%20can%20be,or%20get%20rid%20of%20infections. 

TWIRx | Your Hidden Superpower

What is your hidden superpower? Emmy Award winning ABC News journalist and Good Morning America correspondent Adrienne Bankert has seen the power of kindness at work firsthand. We welcome Amy Terpeluk - guiding major brands, companies and nonprofits as essential pillars of hope for a brighter future. While challenges persist, their unwavering commitment, creative thinking and collaborative approach are helping to lead the way towards a better world—where social and environmental issues are addressed with courage, conviction and compassion. Purpose & Social Impact are crucial components of communications and marketing. How is your kindness impacting the world around you?

TWIRx | Cost+ Specialty Pharmacy

Lumicera is unique in that it was one of the first to provide transparency to the market. It became the first national, Cost+ Specialty Pharmacy providing clients with true acquisition plus a flat patient management fee pricing model utilizing First-In-First-Out (FIFO) inventory pricing model. Lumicera serves Navitus members, a PBM that employs a full pass-through model, where they pass 100% of all network discounts and pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates they receive directly back to the client, and just celebrated their millionth shipment of specialty medications.

TWIRx | Leading Pediatric Pharmacist & The Best of the Best Celebration Episode

We're celebrating with special guests for SingleCare's 2023 Best of the Best award winning pharmacist Dr. Jan Marie Salcido, Pharm.D along with Dr. Jen Bourgeois, PharmD. 

TWIRx | Assuring Sleep Apnea Gets the Proper Care

Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after a full night's sleep, you might have sleep apnea.Guest: Dr. David Neubauer MD 
Dr. David Neubauer is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University and an expert in sleep medicine.David Neubauer is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, as well as a member of the Sleep Research Society, European Sleep Research Society, and the World Sleep Society, where he serves on the International Scientific Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the National Sleep Foundation.
David is the author of Understanding Sleeplessness: Perspectives on Insomnia published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, as well as numerous articles and book chapters on sleep-related topics. He is coauthor of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for the Pharmacologic Treatment of Chronic Insomnia in Adults and the current Wolters Kluwer UpToDate section on “Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia in Adults.”

TWIRx | Operation Spotlight

This episode of 'This Week in Pharmacy' is special. We have PPN host of the popular podcast 'Sports Pharmacy' Dr. H, Hussam Hamoush PharmD focused on the expansion of the athletic pharmacist consultancy and wellness efforts and Dr. Shane Jerominski PharmD from "Operation Spotlight" —talking about the advancing efforts of thousands of chain pharmacists and technicians dedicated to pressuring the BIG national chains with walkouts across the nation! #OperationSpotlight is in full effect! We stand with #Pharmacists across the nation in support of building safer working conditions!! Metrics and Profit is not the goal, This Week in Pharmacy we talk with Dr. Shane Jarominski PharmD, The Accidental Pharmacist on #TWIRx with an update on the initiatives to make right the chain #pharmacy proper staffing of thousands of #pharmacies!!Now is the time for all chain pharmacy to come #TogetheRx and build specific ratios to ensure maximum effectiveness of #Pharmacists and tech and prescription volume, testing, and immunizations for work place and patient safety. 

TWIRx | The Great Pharmacy STRIKE!!

CVS Pharmacist's have had enough.“Pharmacists all over the nation have talked about, joked about, wanted to, wished that we could do things like this,” one of the walkout organizers told USA TODAY. “I know the pharmacists in this district – a lot of us have worked together for a long time, and we just decided we’ve had enough.” The Nation has heard loud and clear from #Pharmacists in Kansas City and Missouri that the working conditions at CVS Pharmacies is not safe for Pharmacists, Techs, and most importantly Patients. We're joined by 'Would Your Like Shots with That' Marie Wilda  and 'Pizza Is Not Working' Dr. Candace Olusola PharmD collaborators on 'This Week in Pharmacy' 
New boost

TWIRx | What a mess. ’This Week in Pharmacy’ with Shane Jerominski, PharmD

Special Guest:Shane Jerominski, PharmD   The Accidental Pharmacist Chain Retail Pharmacy - What a mess.
 
Sponsored by:Pharm@Seahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpMWUijgST4&list=PPSV

TWIRx | The Misunderstood Complexity of Obesity

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about obesity that are constantly being spread around the world. Despite extensive research and studies, society has developed a toxic concept of obesity and most are not willing to learn the truth behind the complex and chronic disease.While we don’t know everything that there is to know about obesity and weight management, spreading myths and misconceptions is harmful and damaging.Here are some common myths and misconceptions about obesity:“Obesity is not a disease”Culturally, we tend to see obesity as a result of poor lifestyle choices and character flaws. This is simply not the case. Obesity is a complex and chronic disease that should be taken as seriously as any other illness or disease. It is a medical problem that can increase one’s risk for other diseases and health problems and affects millions worldwide.“Obesity is caused by poor diet and no physical activity”There are many reasons that someone may be affected by the disease of obesity. While poor diet and lack of physical activity can contribute to obesity, they are not the only factors that can cause it. Sometimes obesity can be caused by genetics, medication or even rare diseases.For example, some medications that are used to help someone with physical or mental illnesses may cause weight gain which can lead to obesity. There are also people who are genetically predisposed to obesity and may struggle with it from birth. While diet and exercise certainly play a role in someone’s health, it is not the sole cause or treatment for obesity.Special Guests Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-kyle-21a868a Ted is a healthcare professional experienced in collaborating with leading health and obesity experts for sound policy and innovation to address health needs and the obesity epidemic in North America. For the past 10 years, Ted has dedicated his career to understanding how to address health issues and needs created by obesity.Daily Updates from Ted:https://conscienhealth.org/category/news/Katherine H. Saunders MD, DABOMLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-saunders-md-711a8122  Dr. Katherine H. Saunders is a physician entrepreneur and a leading expert in Obesity Medicine. She is on the cutting edge of effective and compassionate obesity treatment. Dr. Saunders is on faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she teaches and precepts. Dr. Saunders received her undergraduate degree Phi Beta Kappa/Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her internship and residency training in Internal Medicine (Primary Care) at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, where she served as ambulatory chief resident. Dr. Saunders was the first clinical fellow in Obesity Medicine at the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell Medicine.Website: https://www.intellihealth.co/ 

TWIRx | Pharmacist Diaries & the Core Life Method

We're excited about TWIRx this week with 2 Pharmacy Podcast Network hosts joining the show! Our first guest is our newest host, Anisha Patel, founder of Pharmacist Diaries, a podcast that reveals the secret lives of pharmacists, from where their journeys began, where they are now and everything in between. Our next guest was voted as one of the most influential Pharmacists for 2022, Dr. Anne Arvizu PharmD is the founder of the 'Core Life Method' - transformational coaching techniques!