Stomach problems can often be a common issue in the elderly and drug induced nausea can sometimes be a challenge to identify due to polypharmacy. If you look under adverse effects of medications, nausea is a side effect for virtually every medication. Here’s a...
Tonight’s Medication List Review – First thing I want you to remember is whenever you see an order for Erythromycin, remember that it has a ton of drug interactions. So whenever we start, increase or decrease this medication, it can have ramifications on...
Tonight’s medication list review is a bit shorter than usual – Here’s a couple things I’m going to be digging into. My goal is to get you to think critically about medication management, not necessarily give you a right or wrong answer, so...
Below is a wonderful guest post case study that discusses alcohol and warfarin use – Please feel free to donate your case to medication education by contacting me Management of anticoagulation using warfarin is well established with the use of...
Has the conversion of electronic medical record keeping led to the clinician blindly trusting what is portrayed on the screen? Regardless of the tools available, clinical judgment remains vital in providing medical care. I was working in the emergency department when...
