In the case where an individual must be on a prednisone burst (or any other corticosteroid) diabetes management can often become very difficult. I had a 78 year old patient with diabetes who was fairly well managed. The A1C was hovering in the 7 range or lower and was...
I feel like I’m always trying to educate folks what a clinical pharmacist can provide to patients, nurses, physicians, a healthcare team, institution etc. Since I was accepted into pharmacy school, I feel like I’ve been hearing about MTM(medication therapy...
A patient was having difficulty with symptoms of gout. They were on Allopurinol 300 mg daily for their hyperuricemia (elevated uric acid happens in gout). This particular patient would have flares periodically and had about 3 over the last year requiring the use of...
I had a resident in a nursing home who had an extensive psych history including episodes of physical aggression and schizophrenia. They also would be extremely obsessive over various different things from time to time. There were followed closely by psychiatry. This...
There’s nothing better than a case study: This is a very simple case, and I just wanted to highlight a few things that come to my attention as I’m reviewing this list. We will see how this goes, and please let me know if you like this format or not as I...