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Pharmacy Student-Led Evaluation Of Patient Willingness For Smoking Cessation Utilizing Various Smoking Cessation Methods, Anita Peña, Matthew Stryker, Angela Nagel, Nabila Ahmed-Sarwar

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

Purpose: The ever-growing variety of methods available for smoking cessation have the potential to lead to confusion influencing a patient’s willingness to quit smoking. The aim of this study is to investigate if a change in patient motivation and product preference has occurred after receiving education on the various smoking cessation products

Methods : An informative poster was created to highlight different smoking cessation methods .A questionnaire was developed to assess patient motivation to quit utilizing the ‘Readiness to Quit Ladder’ and patient experiences with or preference between various smoking cessation methods.1The poster was displayed in various pharmacy settings, including …

Formulation And Stability Of An Extemporaneously Compounded Oral Solution Of Chlorpromazine Hcl, Daniel L. Prohotsky, Katherine Juba, Fang Zhao

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

Chlorpromazine is a phenothiazine antipsychotic which is often used in hospice and palliative care to treat hiccups, delirium, and nausea. With the discontinuation of the commercial oral solution concentrate, there is a need to prepare this product by extemporaneous compounding. This study was initiated to identify an easy-to-prepare formulation for the compounding pharmacist. A stability study was also conducted to select the proper storage conditions and establish the beyond-use date. Chlorpromazine HCl powder and the Ora-Sweet® syrup vehicle were used to prepare the 100 mg/mL solution. Once the feasibility was established, a batch of the solution was prepared and packaged …

Sitagliptin Associated Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Review Of The Fda Aers Database, Angela Nagel, Gabriela Cipriano, Nabila Ahmed-Sarwar, Robbert Van Manen, Jack Brown

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

Purpose: Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, as adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control. During phase III studies, sitagliptin was shown to cause toxicity to the pancreas, including pancreatitis. To date there is limited information available regarding its association with pancreatic carcinoma. Our goal was to qualitatively and quantitatively review available information in the AERS database in order to provide clinicians with a general understanding of the comparative occurrence of sitagliptin use and pancreatic carcinoma and any clinically relevant characteristics that may be useful in …

Extended-Release Hydrocodone: The Devil In Disguise Or Just Misunderstood?, Anne Schweighardt, Katherine Juba

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

Opioid abuse in the United States increased significantly over the past decade, leading to opioid-related deaths. Approval of Zohydro ER, a product that lacks an abuse-deterrent formulation, has provoked media controversy and aggressive legislative action from multiple stakeholders. Only the American Academy of Pain Management has released a position statement on this medication, and individual opinion varies. Additional single-entity extended-release hydrocodone formulations are in the pipeline, and Zohydro ER's limited clinical utility may make the controversy associated with its approval a moot point. As with other opioids, providers will need to assess individual patient risk versus benefit when prescribing Zohydro …

Enhancing Ambulatory Care Appes By Incorporating Patient-Centered Medical Home Principles, Nabila Ahmed-Sarwar, Angela Nagel

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

Objective: Incorporation of various clinical activities during ambulatory care APPEs to achieve exposure to the five principals of a patient centered medical home (PCMH) provide Pharm.D. Candidates at the Wegmans School of Pharmacy with a strong foundation for a future practice in patient centered care.

Methods: The APPE is designed to engage students in activities involving the five principals of a PCMH practice. Students that are assigned to complete their Ambulatory Care APPE at one of two Level 3 National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) certified PCMH Family Medicine Residency Training Practices are directly involved in engaging patients in decision …

A Transgender Health Care Panel Discussion In A Required Diversity Course, Amy L. Parkhill, Jennifer Mathews, Scott Fearing, Jeanne Gainsburg

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of a panel discussion on transgender health care on first-year (P1) pharmacy students' knowledge and understanding of transgender experiences in an Introduction to Diversity course.

DESIGN: The panel consisted of both transgender males and females. After panelists shared their healthcare experiences, students asked them questions in a moderated setting. Students completed evaluations on the presentation and learning outcomes. They also wrote a self-reflection paper on the experience.

ASSESSMENT: Ninety-one percent of students agreed that they could describe methods for showing respect to a transgender patient and 91.0% evaluated the usefulness of the presentation to be …