by Eric Christianson | Aug 13, 2017 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
I get a lot of emails from pharmacists and students seeking advice on various topics. Here was a recent one that really got me thinking. The basic premise of the email below was “How to get work as a long term care consultant pharmacist?”...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 9, 2017 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
Uff…. One of the most challenging questions I get asked by patients is “Can I use alcohol with my medications?” It is such a loaded question. Here’s a few of my thoughts when patients ask me this. How much are we talking about? It is near...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 6, 2017 | Writing Medication Recommendations For Pharmacists
A pharmacist’s recommendation can be life saving, I’ve seen them. Pharmacist recommendations can be aggravating and borderline enfuriating to some providers. I’ve seen those as well. Writing good recommendations takes time and effeort, as well as...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 2, 2017 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
There are two major concerns that I think about when it comes to codeine drug interactions and pharmacokinetics. One is pharmacogenetic differences, and the other is the potential for drug interactions. I can’t recall a recommendation or a situation where I...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 30, 2017 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
In a previous post, I discussed the rare situation of patients being on both gabapentin and pregabalin and some possible explanations for this scenario. That prompted someone to ask me how to do a conversion of gabapentin to pregabalin. Let’s set up the...
