by Eric Christianson | Apr 4, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Respiratory Case Studies
You can’t tell everything from a medication list, but you can certainly begin to formulate questions and identify possible areas of concern. What do you notice that seems a little wacky? Here’s a patient with severe asthma, on multiple medications: Advair...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 1, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Respiratory Case Studies
It is well known that beta-blockers can affect the beta-2 receptors and potentially cause issues with breathing. Non-selective beta-blockers like propranolol may be even higher risk for causing these symptoms. I discuss more in-depth about the pharmacology...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 28, 2018 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
Managing drug interactions like the citalopram omeprazole interaction can be really challenging. Often times the situation I’m presented with is I’m meeting with a patient and they have been on both citalopram and omeprazole for a long time. If the...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 25, 2018 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
I’ve spent quite a bit of time working in behavioral health on medication related questions. One question that has come up a few different times is genetic testing and antidepressants. Many antidepressants are metabolized by the enzyme CYP2D6. Let’s...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 21, 2018 | Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
I’ve had a lot of great clinical pharmacist educators donate case studies and I’m so appreciative of them helping me in my mission to educate healthcare professionals about medication safety. Amanuel Tseggai, Pharm.D., BCPS has donated this interesting...
