Pharmacy Tales
from the Crypt
This spooky October evening CE webinar series from those that have gone before … presented by Flynn Warren, RPh is now available as HOME STUDY!
Pharmacy Tales from the Crypt — Part 1
Raymond Ahlquist: The Nobel Prize that should have been
**Now Available as home-study. Attend at your convenience!**
Ahlquist was a faculty member at the Medical College of Georgia who developed the concept, in 1948, of alpha and beta receptors that does much to explain the effectiveness of many drugs. A Nobel Prize was given to a physician who came up with the drug that was the final proof of Ahlquist’s theory. Ahlquist likely would have also been part of those being honored if he had lived.
One must be alive to receive a Nobel Prize.
UAN: 0142-0000-22-039-H99-P/T
CPE hours: 1.0
Activity type: knowledge
Target audience: pharmacists, pharmacy techs
Fee: $15.99 (GPhA member); $19.99 (nonmember)
Learning objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Differentiate between the adrenergic and cholinergic nervous systems in terms of function and the primary neurotransmitters involved.
- Describe the conflict in the excitatory and inhibitory functions of epinephrine.
- Discuss the methods used by Ahlquist to establish the concept of alpha and beta receptors.
Pharmacy Tales from the Crypt — Part 2
Crawford Long and the Discovery of Ether for Anesthesia
**Now Available as home-study. Attend at your convenience!**
Crawford Long, a native of Georgia and a graduate of UGA, was the physician who first used ether to produce anesthesia for surgery (1842). Because Long did not immediately publish his findings, he was denied recognition for the discovery for many years. This presentation covers Long’s life and the battle for recognition that he eventually received.
UAN: 0142-0000-22-040-L01-P/T
CPE hours: 1.0
Activity type: knowledge
Target audience: pharmacists, pharmacy techs
Fee: $15.99 (GPhA member); $19.99 (nonmember)
Students and others are welcome to attend also! (no CE)
This webinar is being held online via Zoom.
Learning objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the logical process used to choose ether as an anesthetic.
- Discuss roles of the first pioneers in the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic.
- Explain the reasons for confusion in who was the first to use ether for surgical anesthesia.
- Identify modern agents used in surgical anesthesia
Pharmacy Tales from the Crypt — Part 3
Asa Candler: The Pharmacist Who Really Made Coca-Cola
**Now Available as home-study. Attend at your convenience!**
John Pemberton is rightly recognized for the origin of Coca-Cola. Asa Candler bought the rights to the soft drink within two years and turned it into the modern powerhouse that it is. At one time, Candler personally owned 100% of Coca-Cola. This presentation outlines Candler’s early days, the growth of Coca-Cola in his hands, Candler’s public service to Atlanta (mayor) and his philanthropy to Emory University.
UAN: 0142-0000-22-041-H99-P/T
CPE hours: 1.0
Activity type: knowledge
Target audience: pharmacists, pharmacy techs
Fee: $15.99 (GPhA member); $19.99 (nonmember)
Students and others are welcome to attend also! (no CE)
Learning objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the early persons involved in the development of Coca-Cola.
- Explain the process by which Asa Candler increased Coca-Cola sales.
- Describe the secrecy of the Coca-Cola formula and its changes through the years.
- Discuss the relationship between Coca-Cola and Emory University.
Pharmacy Tales from the Crypt – Part 4
Agatha Christie: Her use of drugs for murders
**Now Available as home-study. Attend at your convenience!**
Agatha Christie served as a pharmacy assistant in military hospitals and learned a great deal about drugs. How she then used those drugs in her writings to cause murders and other mayhem is the theme of this talk. After some biographical information, the plot of “A Caribbean Mystery”, the novel with the most drugs, is used to demonstrate how drugs were often interwoven into plot lines.
UAN: 0142-0000-22-042-H99-P/T
CPE hours: 1.0
Activity type: knowledge
Target audience: pharmacists, pharmacy techs
Fee: $15.99 (GPhA member); $19.99 (nonmember)
Students and others are welcome to attend also! (no CE)
This webinar is being held online via Zoom.
Learning objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Explain early life events that influenced Agatha Christie’s writings.
- Describe the training that enabled Agatha Christie’s use of drugs in her writings.
- List the toxicological and therapeutic uses of many of the drugs Agatha Christie used in her mystery writings.
- Differentiate between actual and fictional drugs in Agatha Christie’s writings.
About the speaker:
Flynn Warren is a native of Mt. Holly, NC. He attended Belmont Abbey College, received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Science in Hospital Pharmacy from the University of Georgia.
From 1967 to 1977 Flynn served on the faculty of the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. In 1977, Flynn moved to Saudi Arabia and served as Head of Pharmacy Services for the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center.
Flynn returned to the University of Georgia in 1985 until his final retirement as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Clinical Professor in July, 2007. Flynn was President of the Georgia Pharmacy Association in 2003-04. He is married to Bonnie, a pharmacist and retired chemistry professor at Oxford College of Emory University.
The Georgia Pharmacy Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
