Monthly Archives: September 2019
Lithium has numerous clinical pearls that are essential to remember. Of all the educational points about this medication, you must remember some of these important lithium drug interactions. The list below is not an all-inclusive list, just ones that more commonly occur in clinical practice. NSAIDs NSAIDs are well known to impact the serum concentration […]
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The Beers Criteria was updated in 2019. Of the numerous updates, I wanted to pull out my top 5 clinically relevant Beers Criteria updates. It is important to note that there were many more updates, but I wanted to share some of the most clinically important updates. Discussed in the video are Beers Criteria updates […]
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I’m a little bummed about my Minnesota Twins. Drug problems are everywhere and my team is not exempt. Apparently, hydrochlorothiazide is a drug of abuse in MLB’s drug testing policy. Mike Pineda, one of the Twins pitchers failed a drug test and was found to have hydrochlorothiazide in his system. In clinical practice, for medical […]
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The following case on methotrexate and thrombocytopenia was donated by Kirk Seale, M.S., PharmD, BCGP. Kirk received his Master’s degree in Drug regulatory affairs from the University of Florida and received his PharmD from the University of Mississippi. He has also been appointed to serve on the Government Affairs Committee with The American Society of Consultant […]
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A 66-year-old female has a past medical history of diabetes, neuropathy, depression, and hypertension. In this case scenario, I discuss the use of a TCA with an SNRI. Her current medication list includes: Aspirin 81 mg daily Capsaicin cream prn Amitriptyline 10 mg at night Metformin 500 mg BID Losartan 50 mg daily Glipizide 5 […]
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