Outline:

Speed Dating with Drugs

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Objectives

Disclosure

Risky (Opioid) Business

Helpful Resources to Share

Vitamin H

An Itch you can’t scratch: Gabapentin in liver failure

Let It Go?! Calcium and Vitamin D

Pumping Iron

That’s Atypical…Long term bisphosphonates-> Fx?!

ACP Osteoporosis Guidelines Updated

Going STEADI

Scraped Knees and Boo Boos

Speaking of cows…

Pair Off…

11 animals in 1 minute

Metformin – New Cutoffs for Use

I’ll take combo #3 – trouble in River City

Hypoglycemia – How low can you go?

Hypoglycemia – How low can you go?

Kratom – So sad, too bad…You’re BUSTED!

Changing role of beta-blockers in cirrhosis

What was the first BILLION-DOLLAR drug?

Cimetidine (Tagamet)

STOP! Before you stop that medication!

Codeine – World-Class Stinker! Tramadol too!

DEA mandates reduction in opioid manufacturing

Preventing Urinary Tract Infections

OK, how about some D-mannose?

OK, how about some D-mannose?

The Disimpactor

Emergency visits

For relief of fecal impaction

Goodnight, sleep tight

Medications Inducing Insomnia

Sleep aid to the rescue?!

Grapefruits and Friends

Grapefruit ok with statins?!

Other Juicy Tidbits

New COPD GOLD Guidelines

Spirometrically confirmed diagnosis

Drug Therapy Algorithms

Here’s how we do it in Hospicetown…

Palliative Care is GOLDen for COPD Patients

Good as GOLD?!

NOAC’s

Medical Cannabis Use in Older Adults

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Opioid Stewardship Interventions

Patient opioid-naïve

Patient opioid-naïve and in a pain crisis

Patient opioid-tolerant, but can swallow, uncontrolled pain

Patient already receiving parenteral morphine

Patient already receiving parenteral morphine

Patient cannot swallow tablets, buccal route not feasible

More on intensols

Even MORE about intensols!

Say what?

Benzodiazepines and opioids – no, no bad dog!

BZD and Opioid Overdose Deaths

Gabapentin and Opioids

Tell me true – are we buying what they’re selling?

Who would like to recoup the cost of this trip?

Pseudobulbar Affect – Who’s up for Nuedexta?

Can we duplicate this and save some $$??

Speed Dating with the Pharmacy Ladies: PharmasOnly.com

Kathryn Anne Walker, PharmD, BCPS, CPE is the Senior Clinical and Scientific Director for Palliative Care for MedStar Health System. She is charged with developing clinical outcomes, research and education along with developing the palliative clinical services at the ten hospitals and in the outpatient community of MedStar Health. She also serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy where she contributes to both didactic and experiential pharmacy education. She has served as principle investigator on several grants and co-investigator on an NIH/NINR R01 grant to validate a pain assessment tool for non-communicative patients. Dr. Walker has been an invited speaker both nationally and internationally at professional conferences and disseminated her work through posters, paper sessions and peer reviewed journal articles. She has served as a research mentor for over ten years to medical students from University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Medicine and Georgetown University. After her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Duquesne University Dr. Walker completed the only specialty residency at the time in palliative care at University of Maryland School of pharmacy. She is also a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and certified pain educator. Dr. Walker's passion for safe and appropriate medication use includes a major focus on relief of suffering and drives her efforts in clinical practice, research and education. Disclosure: Kathryn A. Walker, Pharm.D., BCPS, CPE has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.

Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE, is Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore. Dr. McPherson has a Master's degree in Instructional Systems Development, and a Masters in Distance Education and e-Learning. Dr. McPherson has maintained a practice in both hospice (local and national) and ambulatory care her entire career. Dr. McPherson teaches extensively in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum on pain management and end of life care, including didactic and experiential content. She is the Program Director of the Online Master of Science and Graduate Certificates in Palliative Care at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She also developed one of the first and few palliative care pharmacy residencies in the U.S. Dr. McPherson has won numerous awards for teaching, and her innovative practice in end of life care. She has published numerous articles, chapters, and four books including the best-selling "Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing." Disclosure: Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.