by Eric Christianson | Jan 29, 2017 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
With six to eight years of study under their belts, the typical pharmacist isn’t a stranger to the classroom. But many pharmacists today are opting to take their education one step further with an MBA. It may not be a necessity to break into the field, but there are...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 25, 2017 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
With changing antidepressants, there are lots of considerations to consider. Are we going to augment, switch to a different antidepressant in the same class, or switch to a different class? Are we changing up the medication regimen because of side effects or...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 22, 2017 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
A 75 year old presents with new onset of hallucinations. His wife thinks that it is drug induced hallucinations. About 4 weeks ago he developed worsening RLS and presented to his primary care provider for treatment. He reported that his symptoms seemed to be worse...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 18, 2017 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
There are numerous silent killers when talking about diseases. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and maybe even throw in diabetes in some situations although often subtle symptoms do exist. Many of these diseases don’t show symptoms until really bad things happen....
by Eric Christianson | Jan 15, 2017 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
“How to taper off medication” is a question that I have been asked on a frequent basis. Honestly, it is a really challenging question to address and the answer of “it depends” certainly applies. Here’s a few factors that you must think...
