by Eric Christianson | Sep 22, 2019 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists, MPJE, Pharmacist Board Certification Information And Help
While I like to focus my time on clinical pharmacy topics, I deeply care about the profession of pharmacy and wanted you to all be aware of this troubling situation. My friend Tony Guerra pays close attention to the numbers surrounding graduation and the pharmacy job...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 18, 2019 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
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...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 15, 2019 | Clinical Guideline Updates For Pharmacists
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....
by Eric Christianson | Sep 11, 2019 | Cardiovascular Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Clinical Pharmacy News and New Drug Updates, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
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...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 8, 2019 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Hematology and Immunology Case Studies
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...