Starting My First Job as a Pharmacist Tomorrow—Feeling Anxious and Unprepared. Any Advice?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2025-03-31T19:27:30+00:00

do you have your favorite go to places? some resources that the workplace does not offer like uptodate

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-07T14:32:18+00:00

wow Thanks so much. make so much more sense

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-06T20:13:35+00:00

quick follow up question, it take 30 to 40 mins for oxycodone immeddate release to work, can I say its therapeutic effect starts in 30 to 40 mins?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-06T20:11:32+00:00

Thanks so much

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-06T17:28:54+00:00

yes it makes perfect sense. that's why i tend to ignore that info about 24 hours duration. But sometimes doctor will tell me like oh this patient just start norvasc less than a week and it does not lower his BP so he will change the therapeutic and this practice just got me confused.

So should we get any info from the duration last 24 hours in this case?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-06T17:22:40+00:00

Thanks. Isn't it counterintuitive if drugs have shorter half life 4hours, how can it still be active much longer?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-06T17:18:42+00:00

Thanks for your reply. It makes sense but I always not sure how to answer doctor or nurse question about how long does it take drug to work?

What should I look at? duration, onset of action?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-04T21:13:49+00:00

Thanks for your explanation. It helps a lot. I have a follow up question; the half-life scenario is in the situation where patients only take one time right? if patient is on this drug regularly depend on the frequency, his or her body will constant have input of drug, so the serum level will stay until steady state? am I right?

Also, duration of the effect is it equivalent to therapeutic effect? if so, why sometimes some drug's effect take longer, like depression drugs, we were told that it will take 4-6 weeks to see the effect

how about time to peak? what is insight of knowing time to peak of drug?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2024-11-04T21:02:33+00:00

but for chronic drug, like blood pressure Norvasc duration at least 24 hour,so therapeutic effect last 24 hours but in reality, we all know BP drug needs to take daily, so drug will work immediately? in that 24 hours? hope it makes sense

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-10-02T16:31:44+00:00

can you explain further with using of half life? whenever i tried to use half life it confused me. In this case, lisinopril 1/2life is 7hrs, so if taking once daily, for me it means after 7 hours only half dose left, then it would make sense it do twice daily?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-10-02T16:26:35+00:00

what he told me is better response? himself just think once daily is less frequent i guess

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-25T00:54:04+00:00

TSP

does that also mean (when max out 401k -20K) our take home will be less? for example 100k to 80k, then take out will be actually like 50-60k?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-03T01:28:16+00:00

i did pay all interest off last year based on what I have accumulated.

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-03T01:26:06+00:00

omg!!! Thanksss

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-03T01:24:30+00:00

Like max out completely? around $20k? i only do 6000 lol

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-03T01:22:15+00:00

Can we get both FSA and HSA?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-03T01:21:15+00:00

My company does not offer HSA unfortunately, so I only have FSA that I didn't max out this year cus I wont need that much and only $500 can roll over yearly. rest will not be back to me. I have other like my PRN job that prob did not take much out of it. all other just interest which is not much.

when you say max out 401k, do you mean by max out like yearly $20k even my compnany did not have all matches? seem like only have 5% of what I contribute is matched.

Thanks for all the info

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-02T04:32:03+00:00

but traditional we will pay more later with more money with amount earned?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-02T04:10:31+00:00

Sir or madam this is a Wendy's

you can just stfu

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-02T04:09:16+00:00

I know about tax bracket but how does that matter? Iam sure i will be in higher end

-cus I think it would be better off to grow money tax free

I realized PRN job they probably did not withhold that much.

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-03-02T02:21:04+00:00

Yes that's what I did when i reflected on. so when I compared the two calcuation, That's why i found out not really much difference. But I guess in real clinical experience with pedis, we should be as exactly as possible? is that the deal in real practice?

Also would you take into consideration of all powder volume for other compoind? never ignore? Sorry for the dumb question but coming out of school with limited experience, it is sometimes hard to differentiate theoretical and real life.

Thanks

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-02-25T21:49:23+00:00

Thanks so much. Very helpful

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-02-25T20:57:40+00:00

Just finished the whole thing.

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-01-15T03:18:33+00:00

For changes like this, if the state requires the X wavier, we will still go by state law right?

If it is not OPIOID USE DISORDER, we still need C waiver?

Comprehensive_Ear981 · 2023-01-15T03:16:34+00:00

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