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My major concern for exerting such stress on students is the current
relationship between universities and the pharmacy board. After
pharmacy was extended to a four year degree in the last four years,
there is still the need to study endlessly after completing the
course. It gives the feeling that the pharmacy board gives little
credit for obtaining the bachelor of pharmacy, and require you to
prove again that you have learnt a lot of material. It makes sense
in my mind that if you have shown that you can pass four years of
the degree, you can now work as a pharmacist. Still, I believe practical
experience is important, and this could have been incorporated more
into the extra year that was added to the course. (I feel better
now because I have released some frustration….)
Seeing that
I am in the full study mode, I thought I would remind you of some
of the most common drug interactions that us as pharmacists should
set off alarm bells in our minds:
f Warfarin
levels increased by: Erythromycin, Amiodarone, Aspirin, NSAIDs,
Ciprofloxacin, Metronidazole, Ketoconazole, and Allopurinol
f Warfarin
levels decreased by: Vitamin K, and Carbamazepine
f Digoxin
levels increased by: Amiodarone, Diltiazem, Erythromycin, and
Verapamil
f Digoxin
levels decreased by: Phenytoin
f Lithium
levels increased by: NSAIDs and high sodium intake
f Sodium Valproate
levels decreased by: Phenytoin, and Carbamazepine
f Carbamazepine
levels increased by: Erythromycin and Verapamil
f Theophylline
levels decreased by: Phenytoin.
Other important
information to learn for the exams are all the new drugs that
have been released on the market. I have made a list to learn
of about forty drugs, and I will list some of the main ones which
I think are most important. To make a list was time consuming,
reading all new journals and keeping track of all the new drugs
listed in each.
f Eprosartan
(Hypertension)
f Bosentan
(Hypertension)
f Brimonidine
(Glaucoma)
f Bimatoprost
(Glaucoma)
f Levitiracetam
(Epilepsy)
f Oxcarbazepine
(Epilepsy)
f Omalizumab
(Asthma)
f Tegaserod
(IBS)
f Memantadine
(Alzheimer’s)
f Modafinil
(Narcolepsy)
f Paracoxib
(Post operative analgesia)
f Reboxetine
(Depression)
f Pimecrolimus
(Elidel).
So far in
my training, I have completed each requirement except the FINAL
oral exam. Hopefully I will be sitting this in a months time!
Being registered is something I can not wait to achieve, finally
completing the five year course! If you are aware of anyone who
needs a keen young pharmacist in Sydney, please let me know and
I would take pleasure in having a chat! Call me anytime on 0403
480 334.
Thankyou ,
Andrew Snow.
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