by Eric Christianson | Aug 31, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Who doesn’t love a good game of Bingo? Someone came and asked me if I wanted to play the other day, and I said that sounds like fun. The gentleman that invited me to play also said there would be prizes for the winners! What could be better than Bingo and...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 27, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Quinine for leg cramps has a boxed warning in the U.S. due to potential for serious side effects like arrhythmias and thrombocytopenia. In studies, it has been shown to be ineffective for leg cramps in addition to the risks of adverse effects. I do see it used from...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 24, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Medication reconciliation (often called “med rec”) can be pretty boring, but med rec done right can be lifesaving. A 89 year old male was hospitalized with a GI bleed and significant anemia. This patient’s baseline hemoglobin was already in the...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 20, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
This is arguably one of the greatest challenges in the elderly. I nearly daily get asked questions about behaviors associated with dementia. Often these patients can be aggressive, hit, spit, kick, swear, hallucinate, be sexually inappropriate, or have delusions. I...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 17, 2014 | Gastrointestinal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
57 year old patient diagnosed with depression and was initiated on Zoloft (sertraline) 50 mg daily. The physician in this case felt the patient was very depressed, and wanted to titrate the dose up fairly quickly. Zoloft was increased to 100 mg daily after two...
