by Eric Christianson | Apr 12, 2020 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Lithium is one of the most complex medications one of your patients can be on. Between drug interactions, monitoring parameters, and managing bipolar disorder, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the complexity. Here are a few lithium clinical pearls I always think about...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 8, 2020 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
One of the things I did most often when I started this blog nearly 7 years ago was snag a medication list and tell you what my top priorities are to investigate. I’m going to do a little throwback and go through one tonight with my top three priorities....
by Eric Christianson | Apr 5, 2020 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Comparison Table of Oral Benzodiazepine Benzodiazepines or “benzos” are a class of psychoactive drugs that are used to treat insomnia and anxiety. While we want to discuss the differences amongst these agents, we must remember that when comparing oral benzodiazepines,...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 1, 2020 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
When considering drug interactions, we may be quick to overlook the food that we eat. Fresh off the release of my latest book Clinician’s Guide to Common Drug Interactions in Primary Care, (Link to Audible Free Book) I lay out my top 5, most clinically...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 25, 2020 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
Fluvoxamine drug interactions can be clinically significant in clinical practice. It is a major reason why this medication is not used very often. If you ever see it on a medication list of one of your patients, you must do a drug interaction screen. According to the...