On this episode, we review the 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults published by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable PowerPoint slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

CorConsult Rx: Evidence-Based Medicine and Pharmacy

2021 C. difficile Treatment Guidelines

On this episode, we are joined by the host of the Pharm So Hard podcast, Dr. Jimmy Pruitt, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, to discuss the 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines. The guidelines can be found at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's website: SCCM Sepsis Guidelines For more critical care educational content, make sure you check out Dr. Pruitt's new website: Acute Care University Follow the Pharm So Hard Instagram page: Pharm So Hard IG Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable PowerPoint slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

2021 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines

On this episode, we discuss the prevention and acute management of migraines. We start by reviewing the pathophysiology associated with a migraine. We then compare and contrast various pharmacological classes utilized in migraine prophylaxis as well as acute relief of symptoms.  Once again, we are excited to announce that listeners can claim ACPE-accredited continuing education for this episode! We have partnered with freeCE, which allows our listeners to claim 1 hour of continuing education credit by visiting the following link https://hubs.ly/H0_kw9p0 For freeCE members, this service is included in your membership benefits at no additional cost! Simply follow the link above to take the post-test and evaluation for this activity. Use the password RELIEF (all caps) to unlock the post-test for this episode. If you are not currently a freeCE member, we invite you to explore all the benefits of their unlimited membership on their platform. freeCE offers hundreds of live webinars, on-demand webcasts, home study monographs, accredited CorConsult Rx podcast episodes, and now offering pharmacy news with CE. Simply put freeCE has all your CE needs covered!  From now until December 31, 2021, CorConsult Rx listeners can receive 15% off the purchase of an unlimited membership by entering the discount code RELIEF at checkout or by clicking the following link https://hubs.ly/H0_kx6B0 We also want to thank the sponsor of this episode, Pyrls! Pyrls is a drug reference for the next generation of healthcare providers. They have info on over 400 commonly used medications, useful clinical pearls, comparison charts, and treatment algorithms for various disease states. You can visit the website or download the mobile app for iOS or Android. CorConsult Rx listeners can sign up for free and download a 10-page diabetes pharmacotherapy chart bundle. Get this and much much more by visiting the website www.pyrls.com/corconsultrx Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable PowerPoint slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment.  

Updates in Migraine Pharmacotherapy *ACPE-Accredited*

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Spencer Carter, MD and Dr. Kyle Fischer, PharmD, to discuss preserved ejection fraction heart failure. Dr. Carter is a cardiologist finishing his fellowship that is focused on heart failure and cardiac transplant.  Dr. Fischer is currently a PGY1 general clinical pharmacy resident. We begin by discussing some background information including pathophysiology and the clinical differences of HFpEF compared to HFrEF. We then review the medications often utilized in HFpEF. We finish with a deep dive into the new data surrounding sacubitril/valsartan in chronic heart failure (PARAGON HF) and the SGLT-2 inhibitors (EMPEROR-Preserved, DELIVER).  Follow Dr. Carter on Twitter: @spencercarter55 Follow Dr. Fischer on Twitter and Instagram: @Kfischer_10 and @kgfischerx Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment.  

New Data in HFpEF

On this episode, we review the pharmacotherapy options for managing Parkinson's disease. We begin with some background pathophysiology/etiology. Then, we compare and contrast the various medication options available.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Parkinson's Disease

On this episode we are joined by MUSC P4, Calynn Dioses, to discuss medications that help patients with their weight loss goals.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Weight Loss Pharmacotherapy

On this episode, we discuss the use of hormone therapy in perimenopausal/menopausal women. We give some background information as well as labs that should be monitored. We then separate the therapy options based on whether the patient is experiencing vasomotor symptoms, vulvovaginal symptoms, or a combination of both. We close by reviewing the results of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Menopausal Hormone Therapy

On this episode, we discuss the management of rheumatoid arthritis. We start by reviewing some background information. Then, we compare and contrast the various medications options including DMARDs, TNF-alpha biologics, and non-TNF-alpha biologics.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Rheumatoid Arthritis

On this episode, we are joined by 4th year, MUSC students, Shannon Himes and Blake Adams. We discuss a patient case that involves HFpEF (with uncontrolled hypertension), type-2 diabetes, stage 2 chronic kidney disease, and benign prostatic hyperplasia.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Patient Case: HFpEF, DM2, CKD, BPH

On this episode, we discuss immunologically mediated adverse reactions that patients can have to foods (food allergies). We provide a brief overview of some background information and pathophysiology. We then review the pharmacological management of an acute allergic reaction and close with some noteworthy information about the drug, Palforzia (peanut allergen extract).  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Food Allergies

On this episode, we are joined by PGY1 resident, Dr. Kristen Ingold, PharmD. Kristen came on the show to discuss her series of training videos designed to help students prep for their residency/fellowship interviews. She virtually interviewed 20-25 residency program directors (RPDs) from across the United States. Each RPD was asked the same list of questions. After collecting all of the interview videos, she took each video and spliced them together to form topic-specific videos that range from 5-15 minutes in duration. Topics include items that RPDs look for on a student’s curriculum vitae, GPA, choice of electives, resident characteristics, appropriate follow-up, social media, and more. There are 40 videos total (8 topics for 5 different regions of the United States). The best part about this video series is the price.....COMPLETELY FREE!  The free video series can be found on the SIUePharmacy YouTube page at the link below: https://m.youtube.com/user/SIUePharmacy   Read more about Kristen's project in the SIUE article at the link below:  https://www.siue.edu/news/2021/08/SIUEAlumna-MadeVideosAnswerCriticalQuestions,GiveSageAdvicetoPharmacyStudentsNationwide.shtml   If you have questions for Kristen, she can be reached on the following platforms: Email: k_ingold2@yahoo.com Instagram: @k_ingold2 https://www.instagram.com/k_ingold2/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristeningold/   Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment.  

Mastering the Residency Interview

On this episode, we discuss the latest pharmacotherapy recommendations for asthma management based on the 2021 GINA guidelines. We review the various medication options as well as compare and contrast the different options for rescue/maintenance therapies. We also discuss the use of biologics in patients with worsening asthma and evidence of type-2 inflammation.  Once again, we’re partnering with freeCE for our listeners to claim ACPE-accredited continuing education for this podcast episode! Listeners will have the opportunity to claim 1 hour of home-study continuing education credit by visiting the following link in the description below: https://hubs.ly/H0Wz-bH0 For freeCE members, this service is included in your membership benefits at no additional cost! Simply follow the link provided to take the post-test and evaluation for this activity and earn your 1 hour of CE credit. Use the password OXYGEN (all caps) to unlock the post-test for this episode. If you are not currently a freeCE member, we invite you to unlock the benefits included with their unlimited membership on their CE platform. freeCE offers hundreds live webinars, on-demand webcasts, home study monographs, accredited CorConsult Rx podcasts, and now offering pharmacy news with the RX News Connection. From now until October 15th, 2021, CorConsult Rx listeners can receive $10 off the purchase of an unlimited membership by entering the discount code CCRX10 at checkout or by clicking the following link -  https://hubs.ly/H0WzDBJ0 We also want to give a big thanks to the sponsor of today's episode, Pyrls. Pyrls is a drug reference for the next generation of healthcare providers. Quickly learn or reference drug information, medication counseling points, clinical pearls, comparison charts and more.  CorConsult Rx listeners can sign up for free and download a 3-page asthma pharmacotherapy chart bundle. Visit www.pyrls.com/corconsultrx to register for your free account and get your asthma med charts. Also, make sure to download the convenient and user-friendly Pyrls mobile app for iOS or Android.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Updates in Asthma Management *ACPE-Accredited*

On this episode, we compare and contrast the various formulations of hormonal contraceptive options. We discuss some clinical pearls that are important for selecting the best option based on a patient's specific comorbidities and symptoms during her menstrual  cycle. We then provide some examples of cormorbidities and explain the process for selecting a hormonal contraception product that will work best. Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Hormonal Contraception

On this episode, we discuss medication safety during pregnancy. We start by listing common teratogens to watch for in patients that are currently pregnant or trying to become pregnant. We then review the preferred treatment options for common disease states in patients that are currently pregnant. The list of common pregnancy/lactation references we mentioned is below: Briggs’ Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation LactMed app (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov) American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists   A HUGE thanks to our sponsor, Pyrls. Click the link below to sign up for FREE diabetes medication/pharmacotherapy charts made specifically for CorConsult Rx listeners. Please support the companies that support this podcast!    www.pyrls.com/corconsultrx   Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

Medication Safety During Pregnancy

On this episode, we revisit the topic of managing acute coronary syndrome. We review some background information and differentiate between a STEMI, NSTEMI, and unstable angina. We then review the inpatient treatment algorithm for each. We close by discussing the follow up including the length of dual anti-platelet therapy.  Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will have access to all previous and new pharmacotherapy lectures as well as downloadable Power Point slides for each lecture. You can find our account at the website below:  www.patreon.com/corconsultrx If you have any questions for Cole or me, reach out to us on any of the following: Text - 415-943-6116 Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment. 

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Evidence-based medicine and drug updates for pharmacists, physicians, NPs, PA-Cs, and students that are on the go.

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CorConsult Rx: Evidence-Based Medicine and Pharmacy

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