Alex Poppen, PharmD, graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy in 2018. He has a background in community pharmacy and currently works in drug information, writing treatment guideline summaries, curating medication counseling points, and creating other clinical content for health care students and professionals. Poppen is the author of High-Powered Medicine, a collection of concise and clinically relevant information from over 175 landmark trials.
Recent WebMD content from Alex Poppen, PharmD
- COVID-19 vaccine (Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer-BioNTech)
- Dhivy (carbidopa/levodopa)
- Carbidopa/Levodopa (Sinemet)
- Rytary (carbidopa/levodopa)
- Lidocaine topical (Aspercreme, Xylocaine)
- Lidocaine topical (Aspercreme, Xylocaine)
- Clonidine (Kapvay, Onyda XR)
- Typhoid Vaccine (Typhim Vi, Vivotif)
- Penmenvy (meningococcal ABCWY vaccine)
- Lidocaine/Prilocaine (Emla)
- Zonisamide (Zonegran, Zonisade)
- Isoniazid (INH, Nydrazid, and others)
- Ethosuximide (Zarontin)
- Epidiolex (cannabidiol)
- Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (Kayexalate, SPS, and others)
- Insulin NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N)
- Praluent (alirocumab)
- Leqvio (inclisiran)
- Kyleena (levonorgestrel)
- Cabergoline (Dostinex)
- Oxcarbazepine (Oxtellar XR, Trileptal)
- Diacomit (stiripentol)
- Briviact (brivaracetam)
- Valproic Acid (Depakene, Stavzor)
- Rufinamide (Banzel)
- Eslicarbazepine (Aptiom)
- Felbamate (Felbatol)
- Phenytoin (Dilantin, Phenytek)
- Inpefa (sotagliflozin)
- Zepatier (elbasvir/grazoprevir)
- Tryngolza: The First Treatment for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome
- Birth Control With Miudella
- Your Guide to Voxzogo for Achondroplasia
- Birth Control With Mirena
- Apretude for HIV Pre-Exposure Prevention (PrEP)
- Symtuza: HIV Treatment in a Single Daily Tablet
- Descovy for HIV: What You Need to Know
- How Biktarvy Works for HIV Infection