by Eric Christianson | Jun 29, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A significant clinical medication review for everyone today, where I pick out a couple areas of concern to me and you can help do the rest by adding any comments/thoughts/questions below! There’s plenty to pick on in this one, so I may need a little help to...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 25, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
85 year old male with a recent operation for a knee replacement was discharged on hydrocodone/APAP 5/325 1-2 every four hours as needed as well as Vistaril (hydroxyzine) 25-50 mg every six hours as needed for pain management. Within a couple days of significant prn...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 22, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
88 y/o female who’s had some difficulty with pain management. She was on scheduled Tylenol (acetaminophen) 1,000 mg twice daily as well as Ultram (tramadol) 50 mg every 6 hours as needed. She had brought up the complaint about her osteoarthritis to her...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 18, 2014 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
Inevitably, several times a year, while reviewing a patient’s medications, notes, labs, etc. I will come across a lab that was drawn on an individual that is totally puzzling to me. You may see Coumadin discontinued due to various reasons, but many times it is...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 15, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Many patients and healthcare professionals may not realize that different formulations of a product can have very different pharmacokinetics. Why does pharmacokinetics matter? An 88 year old patient was receiving Namenda (memantine) 5 mg in the morning and 10 mg in...
