by Eric Christianson | Sep 30, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A 77 year old female has been taking chronic duloxetine 60 mg daily for neuropathy and depression. She has been experiencing increasing confusion, lower back pain, and painful urination. A urinalysis is performed and she is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection....
by Eric Christianson | Sep 27, 2015 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
My extensive work in geriatrics has led to a great understanding of the prescribing cascade. The prescribing cascade is simply defined as using medications to treat the side effects of other medications. There are literally hundreds to thousands of these examples....
by Eric Christianson | Sep 23, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A 77 year old male has a past medical history of gout, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, GI ulcer, chronic kidney disease, and anemia. He presents at this visit with worsening gout symptoms and has been taking Ibuprofen as needed up to four to fives times per day...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 20, 2015 | BCPS Exam
I get asked quite a few questions nowadays on the BCPS exam, so I put together a quick list of 4 common questions I frequently get asked and give you a few BCPS exam tips. Question 1: How hard is the exam? The huge challenge of this exam is the broad scope of...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 16, 2015 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
My style of learning isn’t always conducive to sitting down and reading book chapters. I also don’t feel like I accomplish everything I want to when I read in that it takes a long time for stuff to sink in when I learn that way. I tend to lose focus on...
