CTE and the Damage it Causes| Lets Pharmonize

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is a brain disease often found in former athletes who played professionally in contact sports. Today, we will discuss the physiology behind the condition, and some of the players who have since passed that suffered from it. This is NOT your physician's pod…

COVID-19 - Ivermectin and Fenofibrate, What's the Deal? | Lets Pharmonize

COVID-19 has brought about a whirlwind of new information as scientists around the world grapple with the overwhelming responsibility of understanding this complex virus. Shane, Cal, Mickey and Ivan spend some time today discussing two novel treatments for COVID-19. This is NOT your physician's p…

Pop Culture Potpourri | Lets Pharmonize

The experts on drugs in pop culture return for another foray into the fictional. In this special episode Justin, Shane, Mickey and Cal join together to discuss several different drugs and medical items from different movies or video games. Today we're discussing Lord of the Rings, Dredd, and Reside…

HISTORY- The Pharmacopoeia | Lets Pharmonize

The Pharmacopoeia, oft taken for granted, has been through many major changes over the past few centuries. Mickey Ferguson takes us back to the ancient origins of what we now know as the pharmacopoeia. This is NOT your physician's podcast. Hosts Shane Garrettson and Cal Vandergrift dive into the p…

POP CULTURE: Fear Street | Lets Pharmonize

Description: Horror movies haven't been known for their meticulous research into physiology and pharmacology. However, the effects of the events in Fear Street: Part 1 - 1994 may surprise you. In this episode we'll discuss, antiarrhythmics, opioids, and epipens, and what happens when you have the u…

SPOTLIGHT: Human Physiology in Space | Lets Pharmonize

Space travel is nothing new, but so few people have traveled beyond the reaches of our atmosphere that we still don't really know what happens to the body in space. For decades scientists and researchers have investigated the effects of zero gravity on the heart, eyes, gastrointestinal system, and …

Special Visit to PPN Studios | Lets Pharmonize

Let's Pharmonize co-host, Cal and his brother hit the road for a 2,000+ mile road trip and stopped by the Pharmacy Podcast Network Studios to visit Todd Eury while ZOOMing in co-host Shane for an impromptu conversation on the state of the pharmacy profession. 

POP CULTURE: Outlander | Lets Pharmonize

Today we are joined by a very special guest, creator of our music and wife of Shane, Kelly Kerr! Kelly, Shane and Ivan Stewart dive in to discuss the medical accuracy of the time-hopping medical romance drama Outlander. From performing amateur surgery to inventing penicillin 150 years early, Claire…

HISTORY: The Origin of Anesthesia | Lets Pharmonize

 Anesthesia, like all great medical breakthroughs, was brought about by necessity. Also like many medical breakthroughs, the discovery of anesthesia was an accident. Ivan Stewart joins us yet again to delve into the exciting history of ether and chloroform. This is NOT your physician's podcast. H…

SPOTLIGHT: Medicine for Plants | Lets Pharmonize

Humans and animals aren't the only living things that use drugs. Drugs are designed and implemented to treat plants too! Whether as defoliants to destroy plants or antifungals to treat crops, drugs have been used heavily for the past hundred years on agriculture around the world. Mickey Ferguson jo…