by Eric Christianson | Dec 21, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
81 year old female at a long term care facility with a history of dementia related behaviors. Whenever you hear dementia related behaviors, do not jump to conclusions. Define the behaviors first. This particular patient refused medications at times, refused...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 17, 2014 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
I was at a long term care facility and had a patient on lisinopril 10 mg daily for hypertension as well as Aspirin 325 mg daily for cardiovascular prophylaxis. Lexi-comp has the aspirin and lisinopril interaction rated at a C (on a scale of A-D and X being...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 14, 2014 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
44 year old male with a history of respiratory issues. Recently diagnosed at the clinic with pneumonia. Levaquin (oral) was initiated for a 10 day period. Current medication list includes: Advair 250/50 twice daily Albuterol as needed Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 10, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
You can know everything there is to know about medication management and still do the wrong thing for your patient. How is that possible? Patients sometimes don’t think that medications are actually medications. When we say ask them what medications are you...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 7, 2014 | Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
56 year old male has a history of CHF, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and glaucoma. His current medication list includes: Aspirin 81 mg daily Losartan 50 mg daily Metoprolol 12.5 mg twice daily Zaroxolyn 2.5 mg three times per week Lasix 80 mg daily Tylenol 500-1000 mg...
