Alex Nixon, PharmD, BCCCP
@nixonpharmd.pharmsky.app
Neuro Critical Care PharmD 🧠|| ONU Pharmacy '22 🐻❄️|| @umichmedicine PGY1 || @FMCWPharmRes PGY2 Critical Care || 17 drug tattoos and counting || Views are my own ||
On Wednesdays, we wear pink, and sometimes we give ACCP CE!
Very thankful for the opportunity to speak about seizure prophylaxis dosing today! I had some wonderful co-presenters and an engaged audience
Very thankful for the opportunity to speak about seizure prophylaxis dosing today! I had some wonderful co-presenters and an engaged audience
June 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
On Wednesdays, we wear pink, and sometimes we give ACCP CE!
Very thankful for the opportunity to speak about seizure prophylaxis dosing today! I had some wonderful co-presenters and an engaged audience
Very thankful for the opportunity to speak about seizure prophylaxis dosing today! I had some wonderful co-presenters and an engaged audience
It was a good week. I learned I passed my BCCCP exam! And I added 7 new structures to the drug sleeve!
January 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It was a good week. I learned I passed my BCCCP exam! And I added 7 new structures to the drug sleeve!
Rounds started off hot today. Thankfully we settled on no antibiotics! #pharmsky #icupharmd
January 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rounds started off hot today. Thankfully we settled on no antibiotics! #pharmsky #icupharmd
When the dummy doesn’t work RQI becomes a team effort
December 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
When the dummy doesn’t work RQI becomes a team effort
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my tenecteplase or yours
December 20, 2024 at 10:08 PM
my tenecteplase or yours
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The FDA gives Andexxa a thumbs down for full approval. It will be interesting to see what happens next in terms of formulary changes and future research.
www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-r...
www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-r...
FDA rejects J&J's subcutaneous Rybrevant filing and AZ's full approval bid for Andexxa
Johnson & Johnson has received coal in its stocking from the FDA as manufacturing issues have tripped up the company’s attempt to gain approval of its subcutaneous version of lung cancer drug R | The ...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:17 PM
The FDA gives Andexxa a thumbs down for full approval. It will be interesting to see what happens next in terms of formulary changes and future research.
www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-r...
www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-r...
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The worst part of decorating for Christmas is “fluffing” the tree. I have resorted to sitting in my office chair and rolling around 😂
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The worst part of decorating for Christmas is “fluffing” the tree. I have resorted to sitting in my office chair and rolling around 😂
We had this happen right after I started in the Neuro ICU. I teach every resident on my service about the mechanism, so hopefully, it won’t happen again. #pharmsky
ICU Stories:
Middle-aged patient w multiple co-morbidities (CAD/DM2/strokes/seizures/peripheral vasc dz/atrial fibrillation/chronic Foley - UTIs etc) was sent from nursing home to the ED for evaluation of fever/ hypotension. Urine was purulent. CT showed hydronephrosis & bladder wall thickening:
Middle-aged patient w multiple co-morbidities (CAD/DM2/strokes/seizures/peripheral vasc dz/atrial fibrillation/chronic Foley - UTIs etc) was sent from nursing home to the ED for evaluation of fever/ hypotension. Urine was purulent. CT showed hydronephrosis & bladder wall thickening:
November 30, 2024 at 2:58 AM
We had this happen right after I started in the Neuro ICU. I teach every resident on my service about the mechanism, so hopefully, it won’t happen again. #pharmsky
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
I am preparing an anticoagulation reversal presentation for the neurology residents. This might have to be my disclosure slide…
November 27, 2024 at 12:39 AM
I am preparing an anticoagulation reversal presentation for the neurology residents. This might have to be my disclosure slide…
While I am very excited to start lecturing in the spring, I am not ecstatic about putting together 6 hours of slides
November 25, 2024 at 2:16 AM
While I am very excited to start lecturing in the spring, I am not ecstatic about putting together 6 hours of slides
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Critical Care Pharmacist: It doesn’t matter how much albumin you put in the cup, it won’t improve its mortality
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Critical Care Pharmacist: It doesn’t matter how much albumin you put in the cup, it won’t improve its mortality
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Pharmacist: Did you check the tube for the cup? Did you check the fridge for the cup? We sent the cup.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Pharmacist: Did you check the tube for the cup? Did you check the fridge for the cup? We sent the cup.
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Law professor: No cups in the park
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Law professor: No cups in the park
November 24, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Critical Care Pharmacist: It doesn’t matter how much albumin you put in the cup, it won’t improve its mortality
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Critical Care Pharmacist: It doesn’t matter how much albumin you put in the cup, it won’t improve its mortality
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Attempting to make my first starter pack that includes both critical care and emergency medicine pharmacists! I have worked as both and think in a lot of ways we’re two sides of the same coin.
Please reply if you want to be added!
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Please reply if you want to be added!
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November 22, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Attempting to make my first starter pack that includes both critical care and emergency medicine pharmacists! I have worked as both and think in a lot of ways we’re two sides of the same coin.
Please reply if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/Hcx3iQ2
Please reply if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/Hcx3iQ2
It was a wild day in the neuro ICU to end day 12 of 12. Sponsored by too much caffeine, my Elmo badge reel, pocket epinephrine, and the Precedex shirt
November 22, 2024 at 9:35 PM
It was a wild day in the neuro ICU to end day 12 of 12. Sponsored by too much caffeine, my Elmo badge reel, pocket epinephrine, and the Precedex shirt
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Biggest risk of alteplase in ischemic stroke ➡️ hemorrhagic conversion
Biggest risk of andexanet alfa in hemorrhagic stroke ➡️ ischemic conversion
Biggest risk of andexanet alfa in hemorrhagic stroke ➡️ ischemic conversion
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Biggest risk of alteplase in ischemic stroke ➡️ hemorrhagic conversion
Biggest risk of andexanet alfa in hemorrhagic stroke ➡️ ischemic conversion
Biggest risk of andexanet alfa in hemorrhagic stroke ➡️ ischemic conversion
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Last week, an AstraZeneca representative reached out to schedule a meeting with me to propose bringing Andexxa to my health systems formulary. Three days later she canceled her request- completely unprompted.
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Last week, an AstraZeneca representative reached out to schedule a meeting with me to propose bringing Andexxa to my health systems formulary. Three days later she canceled her request- completely unprompted.