Monthly Archives: December 2014
There’s one story that sticks out in my mind about the last year of educating at meded101.com – I was at a conference and absolutely thrilled about the progress being made on the Facebook page. I was explaining to a few pharmacy folks how I was trying to educate healthcare professionals about medication management as well […]
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68 y/o male was undergoing chemotherapy treatments and as you may know, neuropathy can be a common side effect of certain chemo medications. This gentleman was battling through constant neuropathy type pain and was intiated on Gabapentin 300 mg twice daily. In this case of chemotherapy induced neuropathy, this dose was tolerated without issue and chemotherapy […]
Read MoreToday’s case is some audible education! I was recently interviewed by Pharmacy Podcast where I discussed the case that pushed me towards recognizing that I need to do something to help others learn more about medication education. Here’s the written version with a clinical pearl on Lamictal, but please check out the podcast below! If […]
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81 year old female at a long term care facility with a history of dementia related behaviors. Whenever you hear dementia related behaviors, do not jump to conclusions. Define the behaviors first. This particular patient refused medications at times, refused cares, and was really nasty verbally to other residents and would occasionally become aggressive […]
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I was at a long term care facility and had a patient on lisinopril 10 mg daily for hypertension as well as Aspirin 325 mg daily for cardiovascular prophylaxis. Lexi-comp has the aspirin and lisinopril interaction rated at a C (on a scale of A-D and X being contraindicated. I’d like to get your thoughts […]
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