by Eric Christianson | Mar 1, 2015 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Medication allergies can get out of hand. Most often they are not truly allergies at all. The thing that really amazes me about patients with this many medication allergies is that they have tried this many different medications to begin with! Some important points...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 25, 2015 | Cardiovascular Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A nice guest post from an anonymous contributor, thank you! 84 year old female residing in community was recently treated with several courses of antibiotics to treat cellulitis of the right lower leg. Several different antibiotics were tried due to ineffectiveness...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 22, 2015 | BCPS Exam
There has been growing interest in pharmacist board certification. I think it will only be increasing as the job market seems to be tightening up. Another reason for the increase might be the steady progression toward provider status. I’m not going to discuss...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 18, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
66 year old female was newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Her other diagnoses included hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and GERD. Current medication list included: Aspirin 81 mg daily Simvastatin (Zocor) 40 mg at bedtime Tylenol as needed Protonix 40 mg...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 15, 2015 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
There are many things in life you can’t learn from a textbook. I stumbled across this post yesterday and felt the need to share it with my followers. Thanks to Crazy RxMan for sharing! Please check out his blog! Valentine’s Day, a day of love and the...