by Eric Christianson | Mar 19, 2017 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
An 81 year old male presents with worsening confusion over a period of about 3-6 months. The primary provider is considering an Rx for Aricept as she feels that this is Alzheimer’s dementia in the mild to moderate stage. What do we do as pharmacists? One of the...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 12, 2017 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
An 86 year old male is having a difficult time with weakness and falls. With weakness and falls, we always need to take a good hard look at blood pressure to make sure we aren’t causing drug induced orthostasis. There are also times when family feels like he...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 8, 2017 | Cardiovascular Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
The decision to discontinue anti-platelet medications is a challenging one. Antiplatelet therapy is something I see everyday in practice. Aspirin and clopidogrel are the two most common medications I see utilized. What’s often the greatest challenge with these...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 5, 2017 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Do you ever feel like you can’t get ahead when it comes to knowing and remembering things? It hit me hard the other day. New drugs are coming out all the time, new guideline changes, new studies on drug interactions, safety alerts, and on and on. I feel like...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 1, 2017 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A 62 year old is taking the following medications Enalapril 10 mg daily Diclofenac 50 mg twice daily Allopurinol 200 mg daily Indomethacin 25 mg TID prn Azathioprine 50 mg twice daily Ranitidine 150 mg at night Lansoprazole 15 mg every morning Aspirin 81 mg daily...
