Corconsult Rx: Evidence-based Medicine And Pharmacy

On this episode we review the treatment and management of opioid use disorder (OUD). We discuss some background on the opioid epidemic as well as some physiologic changes that are seen with long-term opioid use. We also talk about the diagnosis and work-up of a patient with OUD as well as the three medications used to treat OUD. We close with some tips on managing opioid induced constipation that can occur with two of the OUD treatment options.  Once again we’re excited to announce that listeners can claim ACPE-accredited continuing education for this episode! We have partnered with freeCE™ by PharmCon, to provide listeners with the opportunity to claim 1 hour of home-study continuing education credit. Visit https://hubs.ly/H0NgfKH0 for more information. 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 RECOVERY (all caps) to unlock the post-test for this episode.

On this episode, we are joined by MUSC P4 students Mary Alison Burch and Bernard Best to discuss the treatment and management of nephrolithiasis. We start by reviewing some risk factors that can increase the chances of stone formation as well as some come types of stones. We then discuss pharmacotherapy options that can decrease the risk of stone formation. 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 educa

On this episode, we discuss the management of dyslipidemia. We start by reviewing some basic pathophysiology. Then, we discuss the evidence-based medications utilized for controlling patients' lipid panels as well as the long-term prevention of cardiovascular events. We also breakdown the 2018 lipid guidelines from the American Heart Association, and contrast them with the 2020 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology's lipid guidelines.   We are thrilled to announce that listeners can claim ACPE-accredited continuing education for this episode! We have partnered with PharmCon / freeCE, to provide listeners with the opportunity to claim 1 hour of home-study continuing education credit. Visit https://hubs.ly/H0MYnGj0 for more information. For freeCE members, this service is included in your membership benefits at no additional cost! Simply follow the link above or visit the new ‘podcast’ header at https://www.freece.com to take the post-test and evaluation for this ac

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Sandy Diec, PharmD and Kyle Fischer (PharmD Candidate 2021). Dr. Diec is a clinical professor at Texas A&M College of Pharmacy where she teaches as well as works as an ambulatory care clinical pharmacy specialist. Kyle is a P4 at Texas A&M College of Pharmacy, and he will be receiving his PharmD in May 2021. Dr. Diec is very passionate about helping students (and healthcare professionals in general) cultivate empathy and compassion towards patients that have been entrusted into their care. We discuss how this is applicable to students that are on clinical rotations. We also talk about tactics to grow self-confidence and other ways to ensure you get the most out of rotations.  Make sure to check out Kyle's pharmacotherapy infographics available on twitter (@Kfischer_10) and Instagram (@kgfischerx). If you want to contact Dr Diec, her e-mail is sdiec@tamu.edu Thanks for listening! If you want to support the podcast, check out our Patreon account. Subscribers will h

On this episode, we review the treatment options for ulcerative colitis. We start by discussing the different induction therapies for mild UC according to location in the GI tract. We then give an overview of induction and remission options for moderate to severe UC.  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 podcas

On this episode we review the 2021 KDIGO Guidelines on Managing blood pressure in a patient with CKD. You can read the Executive summary at the link below: https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(20)31269-2/fulltext 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 intend

On this episode, we discuss both otitis externa and otitis media. Review some basic background about both. Then we compare and contrast the treatment options for both types of infection. We also list some caveats that would lead to using alternative treatment options instead of first-line medications.  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 prof

On this episode we are joined by our friend Alex Hovey, PA-C to tackle another patient case. This patient has a history of HFpEF, asthma and COPD overlap, history of ASCVD, uncontrolled hypertension, and GERD. We discuss the changes that we are planning to make to this patient's regimen over the next couple appointments.  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

On this episode, we are joined by 4th year PharmD students Lauren Mitchum and Boone Seagle to discuss purulent and nonpurulent skin and soft tissue infections. We start with some background and treatment options for non purulent (erysipelas, cellulitis, necrotizing disease) infections. We then review the differences when treating a purulent infection (abscess, furuncle, carbuncle).  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 int

On this episode, we discuss acne vulgaris. We start by reviewing some of the pathophysiology involved with this common disease state. We also go over the various treatment options available for managing symptoms.  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 tre

On this episode we review some of the highlights of the updated guidelines from the ADA for managing diabetes. 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.  

On this episode we review restless leg syndrome. We discuss some background information including the diagnosis criteria. We then cover the various treatment options available for treatment.  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.

On this episode, we are joined by Angela Torres, RDN and Ingrid Soto, RDN from the tutoring and education company My RD Guide LLC. They discuss their own personal journeys to become dietitians as well as how they started My RD Guide LLC. We then discuss some dietitian counseling clinical pearls that will hopefully benefit our non-dietitian clinician listeners.  Follow them on Instagram: @myrdguide_llc  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.

On this episode we discuss small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). We review the etiology/pathophysiology as well as risk factors. We also give an overview of the treatment options.  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.

On this episode, we are joined by Lauren DuBose (PharmD candidate 2021) to discuss the 2020 irritable bowel syndrome guidelines published by the American College of Gastroenterology.   We review the IBS diagnostic criteria and pharmacotherapy involved in the management of symptoms.  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 studen

On this episode, we are joined by PGY-1 resident Dr. Sharon Yousif-Dickow, PharmD to discuss the possible value of procalcitonin in antimicrobial stewardship. We give a brief review of the basic science behind procalcitonin. We also review its current place in the treatment of sepsis and other infections. Let us know about your personal experience with procalcitonin! 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

On this episode, we work through a patient case. The case involves a 34 year-old patient suffering from end-stage renal disease, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. We review the pharmacotherapy management involved with managing this patient and hopefully slowing his renal decline.  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 professiona

On this episode we are joined by Dr. Patrick Key and AJ Alford (PharmD Candidate) to discuss the 2020 American Psychiatric Association Schizophrenia Guidelines. We review some of the symptoms that are seen with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. We then review some of the first and second generation antipsychotics that are used in the management of schizophrenia. We also talk in further detail about using clozapine in patients with resistant symptoms. We close with discussing the management of extrapyramidal symptoms.  Thanks for listening! The podcast is now available on Vurbl: https://vurbl.com/station/6yPBstVQnyn/ 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@c

On this episode, we are joined by Kyle Fischer (P4 at Texas A&M Rangel College of Pharmacy) to give a brief review of acute decompensated heart failure. Kyle has some excellent info graphics that he posts on Twitter and Instagram. He is planning on pursuing a residency in critical care.  Make sure to follow Kyle on: Instagram - @kgfiscerx Twitter - @Kfischer_10 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 f

On this episode, we are joined by Rashshana Blackwood and Jason Dressel (both PharmD Candidates 2021 MUSC College of Pharmacy) to discuss pericarditis. We review some basic etiology and pathophysiology. Then, we review the treatment options as well as data from the ICAP trial.  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. T