New Incontinence Medication Case (Myrbetriq – mirabegron)

New Incontinence Medication Case (Myrbetriq – mirabegron)

An 88 year old female was struggling with incontinence. Upon a nursing assessment, this patient was frequently incontinent throughout the day and night. For her Congestive Heart Failure, the patient needed increased doses of diuretics which obviously can make things...
Amiodarone and Thyroid Function

Amiodarone and Thyroid Function

88 y/o with a history of depressive type symptoms was placed on an antidepressant to manage symptoms shortly after admission to a long term care facility. This particular patient was trialed on Zoloft (sertraline) and then transitioned to Cymbalta (duloxetine),...
Medication error

Medication error

I had a case a while back where a patient had an elevated TSH at around 13. The patient was on a dose of 112 mcg 2 tablets daily. If you put yourself in the shoes of the provider, you can imagine seeing a large number of faxes/orders that you have to review in a day...