by Eric Christianson | Aug 26, 2018 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Opioid equivalencies are a challenging item. If you look online, you can find opioid equivalency tables all over the place. They are useful tools, but they may not tell the complete story. In the video below, I discuss opioid equivalencies and how genetic variations...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 22, 2018 | Hematology and Immunology Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
As a clinical pharmacist, we have to recognize that there are several causes of anemia. Anemia can be sometimes be caused by medications and sometimes not so much. Where is can get really complicated is when we have multiple factors that are or possibly can be...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 19, 2018 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Medication Errors, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
There are numerous osteoporosis medications that can be used and I’ve seen a ton of patient mistakes with these medications. Managing osteoporosis is like many other chronic diseases in that the medication helps prevent really bad things from happening. When...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 15, 2018 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
Being in the heart of summer, there is a lot of transition going on for pharmacy students and residents right now. I wanted to provide some unusual advice for new pharmacists and residents. “Don’t listen to others.” This is likely the absolute...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 12, 2018 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
Iron drug interactions are very common. Use of iron products like ferrous sulfate is also extremely common. Two diseases that iron deficiency can cause is anemia and restless leg syndrome. There are iron drug interactions that can reduce the effectiveness of iron. ...
