by Eric Christianson | Sep 20, 2017 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
Patients often don’t understand drug interactions. In this scenario, I’ll discuss the statin and grapefruit juice interaction and really what we can do about it. For more clinical pearls on statins, be sure to check out this podcast! Upon assessment of a...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 17, 2017 | Gastrointestinal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
Figuring out how and when to taper a PPI is a difficult question sometimes. Here’s a scenario and some of the items that I would look at. A 45 year old female has a past medical history of: GERD Hypertension Constipation Anemia Osteoarthritis With this minimal...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 13, 2017 | Cardiovascular Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
Here’s a case scenario of possible medication induced QTc prolongation and some thoughts as to what I might do about it. The med list: Amitriptyline 150 mg once daily Geodon 80 mg BID Metformin 500 mg BID Ondansetron 8 mg TID prn Gabapentin 300 mg TID Ativan 1...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 10, 2017 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I was at a conference a few years back and was incredibly excited about the level of interest I was seeing online in the educational blog posts I was sharing. I remember telling a group of pharmacy people that I was sharing case scenarios and pharmacy education...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 6, 2017 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
Drug induced lethargy is something that I see on a fairly regular basis. The challenging part is trying to identify which medication or medications are causing lethargy. A 61 year old female complains of constant lethargy and just feels like she could sleep all day...
