by Eric Christianson | May 9, 2018 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
As I’ve gotten into the online space, I’ve had quite a few influences and people I’ve admired from afar (literally really afar). Many I have never met in person, but from following them and having interactions on various social media platforms, I...
by Eric Christianson | May 6, 2018 | Infectious Disease and Oncology Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
This post on Hot Flashes and Breast Cancer was donated by Jiamin Liau, a clinical pharmacist from across the world in Australia. Thanks for your contribution! In patients with cancer, hot flashes and night sweats may be caused by the tumor, its treatment, or other...
by Eric Christianson | May 2, 2018 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
Extended release products are a common method to deliver medications. There are certainly advantages to having medications delivered via this method, but there are also certain instances where this may not be advantageous. I’ll discuss some of the challenges...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 29, 2018 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
A challenging aspect of working with patients in a primary care clinic is patient perceptions. If you ask 100 patients what a pharmacist does, they would all likely give you some variation of a description for a dispensing pharmacist. If you are considering being an...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 25, 2018 | Writing Medication Recommendations For Pharmacists
I always get questions about rare drug side effects. It isn’t always easy to know how to respond these. I outline some critical questions to ask along with the case scenario below. A 61 year old female has recently had significant trouble with severe anxiety. ...
