Downloadable PDFs of our Best Articles
Have you ever tried to print one of our articles straight from the website? If so, sorry about that. Have you ever wished you could save one of our articles to your device for your perusal in the internet dead zone that you call a basement hospital pharmacy? Apologies all around.
But don’t worry, we’ve heard you. Now, for less than the price of a PSL, you can get formatted, offline-friendly versions of your favorite posts. Please (pretty please) do not share or redistribute these PDFs. We are a small operation and we have no ads on our site. These articles are all available for free on the website, and these PDFs help us keep tl;dr pharmacy up and running.
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What Every Pharmacist Should Know about Drug-Induced (Acquired) Methemoglobinemia ($3)
It's a rare condition, but one that you're likely going to see on exams. We've covered drug-induced methemoglobinemia in this post and it has everything you need to know.
Now, you can download it in PDF format and bring it everywhere you go!
What Every Pharmacist Should Know about Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia ($3)
Is it high-intensity interval training? High intensity training? Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia? Well, this post has got you covered if its the last one.
Now, you can download it in PDF format and bring it everywhere you go!
Pharmacology 101: Vasopressors ($3)
Vasopressors. You've kept this post bookmarked. Now, you can download it in PDF format and bring it everywhere you go!
When Good Drugs Go Bad: Acetaminophen Toxicity ($3)
Acetaminophen haunts your dreams. You've read this post again and again. But, you just need it one more time so you don't get that question on rounds wrong. Can you really blame yourself?
Now, you can download it in PDF format and bring it everywhere you go!
The ABCs of LVADs for Pharmacists ($3)
You saw our post on LVADs, now you can have it in PDF form to save and take with you anywhere! Brush up on what an LVAD is, how LVAD patients are managed, and what the pharmacist's role is in the care of these patients!
How to Study for the MPJE (and Pass on Your First Try) ($3)
Are you ready for the MPJE? Do you find yourself looking at this post again and again?
If you do, and you just want to print this gem for your wall, now is your chance!
How to Study for the California Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam (CPJE) ($3)
Are you ready for the CPJE? Is this post on your favorites bar?
Well, now you can print it and have it on your desk or in your pocket, ready for review anytime.
An Introduction to Pediatric Infectious Diseases ($3)
Kids sometimes bring every bug home, both seen and unseen. For those times where the bugs are unseen and unwanted, you might find yourself going over to this page. Now, you can use this PDF as a quick guide for when you might have questions on common infections you might see and how to approach them!
How to Treat Urinary Tract Infections ($3)
Some of the most common questions you might get are about UTIs. And when you do, you might refer to this post that gives you everything you need to know. We've now made it easier to do that with this handy dandy pdf!
What Every Pharmacist Should Know about Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ($3)
How susceptible are you to questions about antimicrobial susceptibility? Perhaps you've referenced this page once, or twice, or a hundred times before. Now, you can carry it with you everywhere you go, ever ready to respond to questions about MICs or breakpoints!
Fluid Management: Essentials for Pharmacists ($3)
You're getting ready for rounds. You're worried that you don't remember your fluid management. You check this post one more time before heading to rounds. If only you had a way to print it out...
Well, now you can! Print it on the thinnest paper you have in the department, just so it's lighter on the white coat pocket. Or print it on cardstock to decorate your walls. Either way, we made it easier for you to download and keep!
Oncology Supportive Care ($3)
From Tumor Lysis Syndrome to CINV to Febrile Neutropenia, the topics we've covered on supportive care for oncology patients may be bookmarked on your favorites bar, ready for your quick draw and go. But sometimes, it's easier to just go to one single resource.
With hand-drawn illustrations and formatting for your printing and viewing pleasure, this pdf will soon be your best friend. No more switching tabs, no more loading the browser. Just save this PDF to your phone/tablet/computer and you're ready to go!
Pharmacology 101 ($3)
Statins! ACE Inhibitors! Diuretics!
Pharmacology! Yay! Was that enough enthusiasm to sway you? If you enjoyed our posts, we took those posts and turned them into something better. A printable, savable, and reformatted package that you can keep forever!
Pharmacotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis ($3)
Multiple sclerosis can be hard. You might have stumbled on our article going over pharmacotherapy for MS, and you might have found it extremely helpful. If so, we've taken that post, repackaged it and made it even easier to keep with you.
Antibiotics: A Quick and Dirty Guide ($3)
Our all-time most popular post. Featuring PK/PD dosing considerations, bugs/drugs, PAE, and hand drawn concentration-time curves. This PDF will get you from antibiotic zero to antibiotic hero (yes, we went there).
How to Ace Your Online Job or Residency Interview ($3)
The world is changing, and interviews are increasingly virtual and online. Are you ready to look your best? You might have stumbled on this post where we give you tips on how to best present yourself in this situation.
Now, you can get a PDF version to print out and keep handy as a guide for when your next interview is coming up!
Insulin Management for Pharmacists ($3)
With all the brands and types of insulin, I'm sure you've had to brush up on that knowledge when the provider called asking whether a patient could use U500. Or how to manage pens. Or how to use pumps. We've taken the posts on insulin and pulled them together in this insanely useful PDF. Get yours now!
How to Be Awesome at Biostatistics and Literature Evaluation ($3)
You've probably bookmarked our posts (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV). You know how important stats and literature evaluation are to being an effective clinician. Now you can have the entire series together at last in one convenient PDF. Maybe you keep it as a reference on your phone while reading the latest from NEJM. Or, maybe you roll it up in a tight, rubber-banded 20 lb roll of paper (this is kind of a long series). With this PDF, it’s your choice.
How to Study for the NAPLEX (and Pass on Your First Try) ($3)
How cool would it be to pull up our NAPELX post for a quick review before you turn your phone over to the testing center Gods that administer your NAPLEX? Or maybe you want to print the post so you can frame it and hang it on your living room wall? No? Just us? Well either way, now we both win.
Osmolarity vs. Osmolality - Because You've Probably Forgotten the Difference ($3)
Sometimes you need a refresher from this post. We wrote the post and we still have to pull it up from time to time to jog our memory. Now a clean PDF of it can be yours whenever you need to brush up.
The Complete (But Practical) Guide to Pharmacokinetics ($3)
Pharmacokinetics is so fun that we dedicated four whole posts to it (Background, Vancomycin, Aminoglycosides, Phenytoin), and now we've made one super PDF of it all! Diagrams, facts, and knowledge galore: you can take this wherever you go. From kinetics to dosing, quick tips and formulas, you'll find it all here. Happy dosing!
Kidney and Liver Disease ($3)
Pharmacists love us some kidney beans and liver and onions! Wait, that's not right. Take two: Pharmacists love to know renal and hepatic things. Yes, that's more like it.
Our bread and butter is knowing how to manage patients with renal and hepatic conditions, and we're the real life cheat code that doctors use to figure out pharmaceutical management for their patients. But where would you find beautifully curated, narrated, and collated information on managing these conditions? You might have bookmarked the following five(!) posts:
It can get daunting opening all the links, going between tabs, or just scrolling away. Something about the warmth of the paper fibers running between your fingers as you dogear, highlight, and sticky note the pages is like ASMR for your fingers.
With this 41 page PDF, you can recreate that feeling, or at least download it to your phone, computer or tablet and digitally recreate it.
Total Parenteral Nutrition ($3)
Have you ever looked at that one line hooked up to your patient, running with some strange, off-white/beige liquid? Do you remember having to calculate all the individual components of a TPN bag on that exam question? We have an awesome post about it, and now we have it in PDF form!
It's one of those things you'll often forget to review, and it comes up more often than you would expect. Now, you can print this handy dandy PDF and keep it on your desk, ready for a quick skim before rounds.
The Heart Failure Trilogy ($3)
Here’s a PDF of our epic heart failure trilogy (Background and Pathophysio, Signs & Symptoms, Pharmacotherapy). It’s the only way to get all 3 of these amazing posts consolidated into one place. What’s not to love?
The Ultimate Guide to Oncology Pharmacy for the Non-Oncologist ($3)
You've bookmarked this post. But what happens when you want to add it to your resource binder or when you want to reference it in the middle of the night because you woke up with a burning question about Neulasta biosimilars? (I’m not the only one that does that, right?). Now you get a PDF of this popular post and be an oncology superstar.
Anticoagulants: The Definitive Guide ($3)
This post and this one has taken you to new heights and injected pure, unadulterated knowledge into the deep recesses of your brain. Strange brand names haunt your dreams, and you feel like Bradley Cooper in Limitless. But just like in the movie, you need a better way to keep it going.
Now with this PDF, you have it in your pocket, and you're ready to be Alan from Hangover. Can't remember clinical pearls about DOACs? It's in here. What's LMWH? It's all in here too. You, too, can be on the NZT of anticoagulant knowledge.
The Ultimate Guide to HIV for Pharmacists ($3)
You have this post in your favorites. You are now the go-to person on all things HIV. You can dose Elvitegravir without looking at your external brain. You can spot bad regimens a mile away. But sometimes, you just wish you had our post at the ready. Just in case you needed a reminder of how to dose that weird ARV no one has used in years.
Now, you can print this, download it to your phone, or put it on your desktop ready to go at a moments notice. No more waiting for cellular coverage, waiting for the wifi to get better, or clicking links. It's all here.
Warfarin: The Definitive Guide ($3)
Did you let Georgia Brown bring peaches to your wedding? Do you keep refreshing your patient chart to make sure the latest INR from the lab is there? Do labels of old rodent killers give you giggles? You probably read this post once a week as a way to wind down.
But have you ever wished you could do it in PDF form? With better diagrams? Easy to read formatting? Wish no more!