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. ...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 22, 2018 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Teaching patients how to use their medications is at the heart of what we do as pharmacists. I wanted to share some of the crazy medication administration errors that I have seen or heard of. I also encourage you to comment below if you have some good ones that you...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 18, 2018 | NAPLEX, Pharmacist Board Certification Information And Help
The 2018 NAPLEX Exam is coming for some of you and I’m sure if you are anything like me, you have a mix of excitement, nervousness, and fear! I’ve been working diligently to update my 2018 NAPLEX practice exams and thought I’d share some ideas on...
