by Eric Christianson | May 24, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A 78 year old male was found driving around in his car making abnormal turns and proceeded to drive to a parking lot where he was driving in circles. He presents to the ER with primary symptoms of confusion and cognitive decline. Vital signs were fairly normal with...
by Eric Christianson | May 20, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
77 year old female has a past medical history including but not limited to: GERD, PMR, Hypertension, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Osteoporosis. Her current medication list includes: Ferrous Sulfate 325 daily Aspirin 81 mg daily Ranitidine 150 mg twice daily Prednisone 10...
by Eric Christianson | May 17, 2015 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
A patient was on 30+ medications. I always kind of wonder what it would be like to be on that many medications, but hope I never find out. I simply think of the sheer volume of that many pills and depending upon the size each pill, it is probably close to the size...
by Eric Christianson | May 13, 2015 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
59 year old female who is rehabbing from a knee replacement. On day 3 following the procedure, the patient is still experiencing a significant amount of pain. She has been discharged from the hospital and is taking Percocet 2 tablets four times daily for pain...
by Eric Christianson | May 10, 2015 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
A huge challenge in clinical pharmacy is determining what information is actually relevant. By relevant, I mean what information actually impacts patient care. I see gabapentin most frequently used for neuropathy. The pharmacokinetics of gabapentin are a little...
