Tom Franko

Associate Professor of #Pharmacy Practice Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Wilkes University All tweets are my own. #TwitterRx #naloxone #buprenorphine #MOUD

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

@cody_morcom @RyanMarino Appreciate that Cody, but give a big shout as well to Chief Delaney and the WBFD for being amazing partners on our SUD outreach initiatives over the last five years, they’re awesome and have administered hundreds of units of naloxone over the past few years!!

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

Pharmacy is a wonderful profession, I am proud to be a pharmacist, I am proud to serve my patients, and I am proud of every person who makes our profession possible. There are good people out there doing great things, let’s celebrate them @CNN

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

Let’s be clear, there is absolutely not a shortage of #Pharmacists in fact we have the highest number of pharmacy schools open right now in the US in history. So what’s the deal with this “shortage” well, it’s a long story…

[CNN @CNN]

An apparent shortage of pharmacists is forcing CVS and Walmart to reduce the hours of its pharmacies, as they close earlier in thousands of locations. https://t.co/SGaBhUpS7j

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

Or media coverage of political leaders who advocate every day for pharmacists to be recognized as health care providers in an effort to bring us into the game to help keep a broken healthcare system afloat and bring care to countless patients who lack it…

[AACP @AACPharmacy]

A @NEJM study showed that pharmacies can offer a safe treatment starting point for patients with #opioid use disorder & keep them better engaged than usual care w/ a physician.

"Pharmacists are an underutilized partner," says @jefbratberg (@URI_Pharmacy). https://t.co/r4PJQmwfhS

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

@DanVentricelli @CollegeofPhys @USciences @PAPharmacists Congratulations buddy, well deserved!!

[William Baker @wbaker0621]

To all the pharmacy students out there who are not going the residency route and are being inundated by that talk today, please remember that Residency is just one potential career option, it is not the only one, it is not the best one, and you are no less than for not doing it..

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

@HillPharmD @AACPharmacy @Walmart Completely agree!! GPA is a great way to show you can memorize info and/or have solid test taking skills, not that you are a quality candidate. Applications should focus more on passion, vision, and mentor support.

[AMERSA @AMERSA_tweets]

#TwitteRx @pharmacists needed to increase #buprenorphine access, regardless of how! #AMERSA2020 @jefbratberg @DanVentricelli @HillPharmD

[Journal of the American Pharmacists Association @JAPhAJournal]

IN PRESS: #Naloxone provided in the community setting was used by a small percentage of the general public in the 2- to 4-month follow-up. More than 52.6% of respondents believed that naloxone initiatives decreased the stigma of illicit #opioid use.

https://t.co/ZEyauKNGF4

[The Generation Rx @TheGenRx]

Congratulations @wilkespharm! We are so happy to see our resources being used by student pharmacists to better your community!

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

Super proud of our @wilkespharm Generation Rx team for winning the national Gen Rx Award from @APhAASP!!! @PAPharmacists #naloxone #MOUD #TwitterRx @PAHarmReduction #pharmacists @Surgeon_General

[wilkespharm @wilkespharm]

CONGRATULATIONS👏🏼 to our amazing @wilkesu GenerationRx team for being recognized as the 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 for their hard work and dedication in educating 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 on preventing prescription drug misuse 🤩💙

𝐖𝐄. 𝐀𝐑𝐄. 𝐒𝐎. 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐃.

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

With PA liquor stores closed due to #Covid_19 we can’t forget those with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol withdrawal can be deadly. There are resources out there for you. Some grocery stores sell beer/wine. Every life matters, stay safe.

[American Pharmacists Association @pharmacists]

Anyone can save a life during an #opioid overdose with #naloxone, a front-line defense in the nation's opioid crisis. Naloxone is a life-saving drug that, when sprayed into the nose or injected, quickly reverses the powerful effects of opioids.
Details: https://t.co/MmF9hVu2bV

[American Pharmacists Association @pharmacists]

We’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel #APhA2020 due to COVID-19. We thank you and the entire #pharmacy community for understanding the extreme difficulty of this decision. More information can be found on our website: https://t.co/2VKrfiU2rR

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

@HillPharmD @DanVentricelli @Jessnimm Coming for the long haul, Thursday until Tuesday

[Tom Franko @TomFranko4]

@DanVentricelli @SafehousePhilly @jefbratberg @HillPharmD @Devin_Reaves @sean_fogler @DrKimSue @DrSarahWakeman @sarah_ziggy @LeoBeletsky @Gail_G_Scott @ReneeCassidyMD @JessLynnMoreno I feel this has never been more appropriate