Monthly Archives: June 2017
Patient adherence to medications is one of the greatest challenges that any healthcare professional can face. Whether it comes to identifying benefit, potential side effects, or drug interactions, patient adherence should be the first question you think about. In the end, if the patient isn’t taking the medication that we think they are, nothing about […]
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I received notification a few months back now that my title “Certified Geriatric Pharmacist” (CGP) will now be changing to “Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist” (BCGP). In addition to this superficial change, I suspect the Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist Exam will be changing as well. To those who are board certified in geriatrics or those considering […]
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Timing of ADHD medications is a bit of an art. ADHD medications are used to help children pay attention and ultimately perform better in school and for other activities. Use of these medications is definitely not without controversy. While I won’t address that controversy today, I will use ADHD medications to demonstrate appropriate timing, dosage […]
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A 64 year old male has a current medication regimen of: Garlic 200 mg daily Chromium 500 mg daily Omega 3 fish oil 1,000 mg daily Magnesium 500 mg daily Cinnamon 500 mg daily Red Yeast rice 1 table daily Aspirin 81 mg daily HCTZ 25 mg daily Diagnosis/Problem List Morbid obesity Diabetes HTN His […]
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Fluconazole is one of those drugs that has a ton of drug interactions. If you don’t believe me, here’s a classic blast from the past! Here’s a different scenario where I breakdown the fluconazole clopidogrel interaction and some thoughts on how to best manage this drug interaction. A 59 year old male with orapharengeal candidiasis is […]
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