by Eric Christianson | Jul 8, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A 67 year old female is on the following medications: Aspirin 81 mg daily Lisinopril 5 mg daily Carafate 1 gm four times daily Omeprazole 40 mg daily Metformin 1000 mg twice daily Actos 15 mg daily Paroxetine 20 mg daily Valproic acid 250 mg twice daily Percocet 5/325...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 5, 2015 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
A 79 year old female living in a long term care facility was diagnosed with a UTI. Past medical history includes but not limited to urinary incontinence, hypertension, GERD, and osteoarthritis. She has a past history of nitrofurantoin and sulfa allergy. This...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 1, 2015 | Cardiovascular Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A 93 year old female was diagnosed with a new onset DVT. Her past medical history includes hypertension, hyperlipidemia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, constipation, GERD, erosive esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, and hypothyroidism. Her current medication list...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 28, 2015 | BCPS Exam
Need a few BCPS Exam Tips? You’ve come to the right place. Everyone knows you need to understand statistics to pass the BCPS Exam. I’m going to cover 2 basic types of statistical data that are critical to understand for anyone preparing for the BCPS...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 24, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Pain management is often very challenging. Patients differ from one another. One medication may totally take away the pain for one patient, while that same medication might not even touch the next patient’s pain. The type of pain is obviously an important...
