Pharmacists and Advocacy for Patients in Pain | TWIRx

E2572 - Pharmacists and Advocacy for Patients in Pain | TWIRx

Published: August 21, 2026

Duration: 1:09:38

Pharmacists and Advocacy for Patients in Pain 

Friday, August 21, 2026

What happens when patients living with chronic pain, their advocates, and the pharmacists responsible for dispensing opioid medications view the same healthcare system from very different perspectives?

This special episode of This Week in Pharmacy brings together the Doctor Patient Forum’s founders, Claudia A. Merandi and Bev C. Schechtman, with pharmacist and nationally recognized pharmacy advocate Dr. Shane Jerominski, PharmD—better known as “The Accidental Pharmacist.”

The discussion follows a wave of social-media debate surrounding Claudia’s use of the term “Harmacists,” which prompted response...