by Eric Christianson | Jul 29, 2015 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
It is really hard to narrow down a list of thousands of drugs to 5. Right or wrong, I did it. I based my subjective list upon frequency of use, highest risk for medication errors, significance when an error occurs, drug interactions, and risk of hospitalization....
by Eric Christianson | Jul 26, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
Citalopram is a very commonly used antidepressant and is part of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) class. SSRI’s do have the potential to contribute to SIADH (basically a reduction in sodium levels in the body). The case: A 68 year old female...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 22, 2015 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
You are likely in a state of relief and excitement right now. By this time, you have recently had graduation, taken board exams (or will be very soon), and hopefully found a pharmacist position that you enjoy. You are probably eagerly anticipating receiving the...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 19, 2015 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
Confusion is one of those vague symptoms in the elderly that can be due to nearly anything. Polypharmacy is hard to ignore and here I breakdown a medication list of a 79 year old female with increasing confusion: Enalapril 5 mg daily Aspirin 325 mg daily Simvastatin...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 12, 2015 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
I’ve seen numerous mistakes involving these two pain medications that come in a patch formulation. Between drug diversion (fentanyl – Duragesic), inappropriate time intervals for changing (lidocaine – Lidoderm), as needed use (fentanyl), and lost...
