Anticoagulation is an area of high impact for pharmacists.

And so that means we've gotta spend some time learning about it. In this guide, I'll break down the pharmacology of all things anticoagulation.

How to Memorize Drug Side Effects (While Decreasing Your Study Time)b

I spent so much extra time staring at a textbook or lecture slides with no idea what I should be focusing on, hoping that the knowledge would magically burn itself into my brain. Spoiler alert: That didn't happen.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonJuly 15, 2017study hack, Studying, how to study for pharmacy tests, how to memorize drug side effects, how to study for pharmacy school, how to remember drug info, pharmacy clinical pearls, drug clinical pearls, pharmacy school, how to study for the NAPLEX

New FDA Approval: Radicava

Drug

Edaravone [Radicava]

Indication

The treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Clinical, FDA Approval, Pharmacy School, PracticeSamuel OhJune 27, 2017FDA approval, edaravone, radicava, edaravone cost, radicava cost, ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, antioxidant

The Complete (but Practical) Guide to Phenytoin Dosing

Today is the day we tackle phenytoin. I want you pumped and ready to take it down. Because it’s a beast even more beastly than the roguish wampa of vancomycin.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonMay 26, 2017phenytoin, gingival hyperplasia, phenytoin dosing, how to dose phenytoin, phenytoin dosing guide, phenytoin dose adjustments, zero order kinetics, pharmacokinetics, phenytoin pharmacokinetics

New FDA Approval: Ingrezza

Drug

Valbenazine [Ingrezza]

Indication

The treatment of adults with tardive dyskinesia.

Clinical, FDA Approval, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonMay 5, 2017valbenazine, ingrezza, ingrezza cost, valbenazine cost, tardive dyskinesia, antipsychotic, first generation antipsychotic, second generation antipsychotic, vmat2 inhibitor, fda approval

Hypercalcemia: An Overview for Pharmacists

Electrolyte disorders is a subject that usually gets filed in the dreaded "learn and dump" part of your brain.

You know that place? Your own personal island of misfit toys where information goes to be forgotten

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonApril 21, 2017hypercalcemia, hypercalcemia of malignancy, pamidronate, bisphosphonates, RANKL, RANK, denosumab, zoledronic acid, calcium metabolism, calcium, electrolyte, electrolyte disorders, calcitonin

How to Be Awesome at Biostatistics and Literature Evaluation - Part II

This post explores the more applied concepts such as odds, risk, hazards, and correlation. These concepts are the heart of inferential statistics because they represent different ways of comparing one thing to another

New FDA Approval: Parsabiv

Drug

Etelcalcitide [Parsabiv]

Indication

The treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in adults on dialysis.

Clinical, FDA Approval, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonFebruary 13, 2017hyperparathyroidism, PTH, parathyroid gland, etelcalcitide, Parsabiv, secondary hyperparathyroidism, calcimimetic, phosphate binder, osteoclast, bone resorption, calcium metabolism, sensipar, cinacalcet

How to Be Awesome at Biostatistics and Literature Evaluation - Part I

As with all things tl;dr pharmacy, this post will (ironically) be stupendously long. But it will serve as your one stop shop for all things biostats and clinical literature related.