{"id":3910,"date":"2022-03-25T10:36:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a4pc.org\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2022-04-29T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:37:34","slug":"cc-march-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whizkid.com\/a4pc\/2022-03\/cc-march-25-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"CC: March 25, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The voice for pharmacy compounding | March 25, 2022\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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THIS EDITION SPONSORED BY PCCA<\/h1>\n
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\nTake charge of your future and the future of compounding<\/strong> at the 2022 ACT Virtual Legislative Conference<\/a>, May 10 & 12 \u2014 your opportunity to meet with federal lawmakers to communicate concerns about patient access to compounded medications. We\u2019ll match you with your representatives and handle all the logistics. Register by March 31 and you could win FREE ACT registration!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From APC\u2019s President<\/h1>\n

An affair to remember<\/h2>\n


David J. Miller, RPh
APC President<\/p>\n

I am having a love affair.<\/p>\n

It started 15 years ago. I met a nurse and she said, \u201cYou don\u2019t remember me, do you?\u201d I had to admit, I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met six months ago and you were amazing,\u201d she said … and then proceeded to tell me all about it.<\/p>\n

Before you all run and tell my wife, it\u2019s not what you think.<\/p>\n

She was a hospice nurse. She had come to me six months prior with a 76-year-old female patient who had sores on her back and could not lay down because it was too painful. She was literally sleeping half standing, slumped over a chair. She was only receiving two hours of sleep at a time and was miserable. The nurse asked me if I could help.<\/p>\n

I sprung into action and recommended a pretty simple ketamine\/lidocaine\/morphine spray that the patient could use to ease her pain. When the nurse returned six months later, she told me her patient has passed \u2014 but she passed pain free and had been sleeping in her bed six hours at a time.<\/p>\n

Hence began my passion for and love affair with compounding pharmacy \u2014 the same love affair I hope all of you have.<\/p>\n

That<\/u> is the reason we are APC members<\/em>. <\/p>\n

If you remember nothing else from my year as APC president, remember this: APC is focused on your<\/em> success and the success of your industry. I hope you feel that APC is more than just another membership, or just another dues payment. I want you to realize the value APC brings you every day.<\/p>\n

Your membership is an investment<\/em>. Your support of the Campaign to Save Compounded Hormones is an investment<\/em>. Your contributions to CompPAC are an investment<\/em>. And all of them pay handsome returns.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not hyperbole to say that, without APC, your ability to compound would be severely limited, and your profession and the ability to do what you love would be crippled.<\/p>\n

Would you join me in making one call this week to a passionate compounder and ask them to join APC or enrolling one of your technicians? Ask them to make the same investment in their profession that you have made? Ask them to fuel their<\/em> love affair?<\/p>\n

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\nDavid Miller<\/strong> is APC\u2019s president and the managing co-owner of Keystone Compounding Pharmacy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can reach him at drdave@keystonepharm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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This Week<\/h1>\n

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Medisca to match new contributions to save cBHT<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s keep the ball rolling in the Campaign to Save Compounded Hormones<\/a>! How\u2019s this: Through the month of April, Medisca will match every new contribution (not recurring ones) dollar-for-dollar<\/em> up to $100,000<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

That means your support from now through April 30 is doubled<\/em> thanks to Medisca!<\/p>\n

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Help us reach our goal of raising $850,000 in 2022 to fund more awareness advertising, more practitioner engagement, an expanded Compounding.com<\/a>, and new media opportunities. (Click here to see our plans<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

With FDA making clear it intends to use that debunked NASEM report in its decision-making, the fight is more important than ever!<\/p>\n

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Owner Summit opens in Scottsdale<\/h2>\n

APC\u2019s second annual Owner Summit opened today, with more than 100 attendees from around the country descending on the Hilton Scottsdale Resort for two intense days of owners-only sessions and networking. <\/p>\n

A few pics from day one:<\/p>\n

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A full house awaits the first session
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Michael Blaire and congressional candidate
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Allison Linney delivers the Friday-morning keynote
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(You can see more pictures here<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jason Dunn joins APC as director of business development <\/h2>\n
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Longtime healthcare sales and marketing expert Jason Dunn has joined APC \u2014 he\u2019ll take the reins as the new director of business development. That means he\u2019ll be leading the drive to expand APC\u2019s relationships with patrons, affinity partners, and other organizations serving the compounding market. <\/p>\n

His first order of business will be putting the new Pharmacy\/Facility Membership program into high gear. He\u2019s got the chops \u2014 Jason comes to us from Letco\u2019s Fourth Power Labs, where he served as director of business development; before that he was VP of business development for Encore Scientific. He even founded his own company in 2015 \u2014 Triova Pharmaceuticals, a wholesale pharmaceutical ingredients supplier in Tulsa, Okla.<\/p>\n

Chances are you\u2019ll be hearing from Jason soon enough. We hope you\u2019ll give him a warm welcome!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Be ready to talk the thyroid talk with a free CE webinar<\/h2>\n

Whether it\u2019s dosage limits, allergies, or other issues, commercial thyroid products simply don\u2019t work for every patient. Learn how — and why — to start the conversation with prescribers about compounded thyroid.<\/p>\n

APC is offering a free<\/strong> hour-long CE webinar, “Compounded Thyroid: How to Start the Conversation With Your Provider<\/strong><\/a>” taught by Michelle Moser, RPh, owner of Maker\u2019s Compounding Pharmacy in Mount Vernon, Wash.<\/p>\n

Learn to educate prescribers and patients, and pick up some important best practices for working with thyroid options.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Thursday, April 21, from 2:00\u20133:00pm EDT<\/strong>, and it provides 1 hour of CE credit. Check it out!<\/p>\n

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Last 2 weeks you can \u2018attend\u2019 EduCon!<\/strong> If you haven\u2019t grabbed some of those CE credits, you still have time!\n<\/p>\n

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Short Takes<\/h1>\n

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The pandemic hit U.S. population hard<\/strong>. Not only has it caused the largest spike in deaths in a century, but “deaths outpac[ed] births in more than 73% of U.S. counties between mid-2020 and mid-2021<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Remdesivir<\/strong> \u2014 the 800-pound gorilla of Covid-19 treatments \u2014 may soon be available in pill form<\/a>. Scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill are testing it right now, and it\u2019s looking to be as effective as molnupiravir (already a pill) \u2026 at least for mice. <\/p>\n

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Check it out<\/strong>: RxInsider\u2019s “20Ways” spring retail edition<\/a>” is now available, with a focus on pharmacy management software. (Be sure to flip to page 79.) <\/p>\n

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If you can\u2019t trust random TikTok “influencers,”<\/strong> who can you trust? \u201cTikTok videos about high blood pressure often lack scientific basis<\/a>,\u201d reports the American College of Cardiology.<\/p>\n

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Coming Up<\/h1>\n
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Now through April 8, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 EduCon Virtual 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

April 21<\/strong> \u2014 APC FREE<\/u> CE: Compounding Thyroid<\/a> with Michelle Moser<\/p>\n

May 10 <\/strong>\u2014 PCCA ACT Virtual Legislative Conference<\/a>
\nMay 12<\/strong> \u2014 PCCA ACT Virtual Hill Visits<\/p>\n

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September 14\u201315, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 APC\u2019s Compounders on Capitol Hill 2022, Hilton National Mall, Washington, DC <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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