Rumor vs Truth - Evidence‑Based Mythbusting for Healthcare Professionals

Your trusted source for facts... where we dissect the evidence behind risky rumors and reveal clinical truths.

This podcast series from TRC Healthcare, the team behind Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights products, is designed to help pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, prescribers, and even patients navigate some of the claims they might see about medication therapy.

Find the video version of this show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trc.healthcare

TRC Healthcare offers CE credit for this podcast for subscribers at our platinum level or higher. Log in to your Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, or Prescriber Insights account and look for the title of this podcast in the list of available CE courses.

Podcasting since 2025 • 20 episodes

Rumor vs Truth - Evidence‑Based Mythbusting for Healthcare Professionals

Latest Episodes

Gabapentin

Gabapentin has become a go-to option across a wide range of clinical scenarios—but how well does it actually hold up under closer scrutiny?In this episode, Don Weinberger and Steve Small take a closer look at how gabapentin performs in r...

May 19, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 5 • 28:21

BONUS: Mailbag - Should patients stop antibiotics early if they feel better?

Send us Fan Mail Shorter antibiotic courses are becoming the norm—but that raises an important question we hear all the time:Can patients stop antibiotics early...

May 11, 2026 • Season 2 • 6:16

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial stewardship is everywhere—but best approaches are still debated.In this episode, Don and Steve separate fact from fiction around antimicrobial stewardship - taking a closer look at how antibiotics are used in everyday prac...

April 21, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 4 • 27:39

Artificial Intelligence

AI is fast.AI is fluent.AI is confident.But is it clinically trustworthy?🤖 AI can generate answers in seconds. But good healthcare decisions require more than speed.As AI tools beco...

March 17, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 3 • 37:16

Hair Loss Treatments

Hair today… gone tomorrow? Don and Steve are combing through the claims to find out what really works. In this episode, they separate fact from fiction about hair loss treatments, tackling everything from minoxidil and finasteride to nat...

February 17, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 2 • 33:25

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Fan Mail

Hello, Horatio here. Love the show, first time caller. And uh, real quick question this might be low stakes, but um would be interested to hear your thoughts. And that's you know, we we keep shortening the duration of antibiotics from 10 to 7 to 5 to even three days in some cases. And at what point can patients or can patients just stop taking antibiotics when they start feeling better? Um, hope you read my question. And thank you.