by Eric Christianson | Oct 30, 2016 | Clinical Pharmacy News and New Drug Updates
The is no doubt that the rate of medication innovation is insane right now. Occasionally I like to look back at history and think about all the changes and discoveries that have been made. I’m a baseball fan, and I couldn’t resist creating a blog post of...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 26, 2016 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A 44 year old male has a past medical history of IBS, bipolar disorder, and depression. Today he presents to an urgent clinic with symptoms of nausea and vomiting. He also states that he feels weak and has been shaky. Upon further investigation, he recently has...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 23, 2016 | Writing Medication Recommendations For Pharmacists
I received this question the other day: How do you handle a situation in which the provider writes for an unusual dosing regimen. The example was an alternate regimen than the traditional Zpak dosing. Unusual dosing regimens for medications is something you may see...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 19, 2016 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
In a previous post, I dug a little into pharmacodynamics. In this post I am going to be explaining pharmacokinetics. In pharmacy and the medical profession we tend to use really big, fancy words to intimidate people, not sure why, but we do. Remember that:...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 16, 2016 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Medication errors happen all the time. I have routinely reviewed medication errors for numerous institutions. I wanted to share three examples of medication errors that I’ve seen in my career. I would also encourage you to share any that you have seen in the...
