by Eric Christianson | Oct 15, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
This is often a hot button issue with students. In the US, we work with medications that don’t always have the same name. What’s important, knowing brand name medication versus generic names? – Let me give you an answer you probably won’t like...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 14, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Ebola is in the United States, and all over the media with a second case recently diagnosed. The individual is a 26 year old nurse from Texas. How she contracted the virus remains a mystery at this point, but the early indication from the CDC is that she messed up...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 12, 2014 | Cardiovascular Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
Thiazide Diuretics are most frequently used for hypertension, edema, and CHF. The video below gives some clinical pearls you should remember about thiazide diuretics. In addition to the thiazide diuretics, I’ve also created other YouTube Videos with more in the...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 12, 2014 | Pharmacist Legislative Advocacy
I recently attended an update on Pharmacist Provider Status. I have also been reading some comments online on Provider Status and couldn’t help but notice that a few pharmacists were concerned that the current legislation only included underserved areas. While...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 8, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
78 year old male who is on chronic opioid therapy for back pain as well as Tylenol PM one tablet at bedtime for sleep. This gentleman had been struggling with constipation issues and had been taking Colace 100 mg daily for prevention. This was not working well enough...
