Vitamania, Part 2
In this second part of the 2-part episode "Vitamania," we dig in to the clinical trial data behind vitamins as dietary supplements. In Part 1 of this episode, we met a patient with Scurvy....and said ...
12 Touko 202222min
Vitamania, Part 1
Vitamins are widely used in the U.S., to the tune of between $15-20 billion dollars per year. But what are vitamins and what do they do? How are they regulated by the FDA and does the clinical trial d...
10 Touko 202216min
Drugs (Sometimes) Work: "Do ACE inhibitors treat Diabetes?"
Before we ask a patient to take any drug we should be confident that the benefits outweigh the risks. This involves considerations like duration of therapy and whether the drug is being used to treat ...
2 Kesä 202117min
Medicating the Failing Heart, Part 3 of 3: The finale
As we finish up we focus on the contemporary management of systolic heart failure or so called heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Our focus in this episode is on RAAS blockade which include...
18 Touko 202122min
Medicating the Failing Heart; Part 2: The difference between a drug and not a drug is dose
In this continuation of "Medicating the Failing Heart" we pick up the theme of systolic heart failure and how good beta blockers are or aren't compared to our newest agent for systolic heart failure -...
12 Touko 202116min
"Ceph-a-Something" Part 2: pesky PK
The cephalosporin antibiotics are a confusing class of medications. We talk about them in "generations" like a pharmacologic family tree. And while there is a general rule regarding which bugs are cov...
23 Huhti 202114min
"Ceph-a-Something" Part 1: Genealogy
The cephalosporin antibiotics are a confusing class of medications. We talk about them in "generations" like a pharmacologic family tree. And while there is a general rule regarding which bugs are cov...
23 Huhti 202111min
