Insights Newsletter March 2025: Emerging Trends for Clinical Leadership

This month’s Insights Newsletter covers the latest practice-changing pharmacy updates, emerging trends, and popular natural medicine topics and resources. 

Explain How Suzetrigine Stacks Up for Acute Pain 

Suzetrigine (Journavx) is the first med in a new class of non-opioid analgesics for acute pain in over 20 years. These articles provide key insights into its efficacy, safety, and limitations of current data. They also cover suzetrigine’s place in therapy, dosing, interactions, cost, and essential patient education points. Readers can share fast facts with our suzetrigine quick skim graphic and compare it to other meds with our resource, Analgesics for Acute Pain in Adults. Read More

Community Topic: Share Nutrition Tips with Patients on a GLP-1 Agonist 

Patients on a GLP-1 or GIP/GLP-1 agonist often ask for advice about nutrition. These medications decrease appetite and promote fullness, which can lead to weight loss, but they often cause GI side effects such as nausea and constipation. Your team can use these articles to give advice on dose titration and other tips to limit GI side effects when patients start a GLP-1 or GIP/GLP-1 agonist. Our articles provide guidance about nutrient-dense foods, protein goals to help maintain muscle mass, and adequate fluid intake. Read More

Hospital Topic: Clarify the Latest Updates to the NIOSH Hazardous Meds List 

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released big changes to its hazardous medications list. Hospitals need to be ready to implement changes to hazardous med policies. Our articles describe the major changes and which medications are now included in NIOSH’s two tables. Learn why NIOSH is making these changes and make note on which medications are being reclassified. Readers can get answers to many more FAQs in our chart, What’s New in Handling Hazardous Meds. Read More

NatMed Update: Get Ready for Questions about Fluoride 

New evidence about fluoride exposure in kids is getting a lot of attention in the media. Providers should prepare to talk about this with parents. Our NatMed article explains that many of the recent headlines are based on observational research, which suggests that exposure to drinking water with fluoride levels of over 1 mg/L may be linked with lower IQ scores in kids. But none of these studies were conducted in the US. Additionally, the fluoride levels linked with potential negative effects are generally higher than what is recommended for fluoridated drinking water (0.7-1.2 mg/L). Read More

Pharmacy & Prescriber Podcasts

Medication Talk

Listen to this month’s podcast episode, Bronchitis and Pneumonia Treatment, as two of our TRC Healthcare editors, Sara Klockars, PharmD, BCPS, and Stephen Small, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, BCCCP, CNSC, dive into the identification and treatment of acute bronchitis and community-acquired pneumonia. They’ll explore when antibiotics are necessary, which ones to use, and key management strategies to improve patient outcomes.  

All Medication Talk episodes offer CE credit to Pharmacist’s Letter and Prescriber Insights subscribers for 2 years after the episode release date. Go to the CE/CME & Training Organizer and search “podcast” to find available courses.  

New! Rumor vs Truth

Listen to and watch this month’s episode, Tackling Tetracyclines, as two of our TRC Healthcare editors, Steven Small, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, BCCCP, CNSC, and Don Weinberger, PharmD, PMSP, separate fact from fiction when it comes to claims about tetracyclines. They’ll also share research and insights into some interesting claims. 

New! Clinical Capsules

Listen to our latest episode, Ensifentrine (Ohtuvayre) for COPD, as TRC Healthcare editor, Sara Klockars, PharmD, BCPS, discusses a new drug for COPD, ensifentrine (Ohtuvayre). 

Upcoming Tradeshows

We have a packed tradeshow schedule this year and would love to meet with you in person! Send us a meeting request if you’ll be attending any of these shows. 

Check out where we’ll be in the coming months: 

• NONFP: April 9-11 
• HCP Hospital Pharmacy Spring Expo: April 14-16 
• AANP National Conference: June 17-22 
• PTEC: July 10-12 

See the Full List of Events for 2025 

New Blog! Compounding Chronicles

This hood is YOUR hood, this hood is MY hood. 

By Adam West, Course and Curriculum Manager at CriticalPoint.

Avoid getting lost in the confusion. Staff competency demonstration assessments and evaluations aren’t confined to just one workspace. In this month’s blog, discover practical solutions for ensuring compounders maintain excellence as they move across multiple pharmacy locations while achieving compliance with USP and regulators. 

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Other Covered Topics

Explore our popular clinical resources and discover how the integration of Fitzgerald Health Education Associates’ premier nurse practitioner continuing education library into the TRC Healthcare learning platform provides expert-led, evidence-based training.