by Eric Christianson | Sep 24, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Before I began my 2nd full time career as an educator online I found myself complaining about others more often than I would like – Why didn’t this nurse know this? Why didn’t this doctor know that? What was that pharmacist thinking? – I...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 21, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
A few months back, I watched as many of the dementia patients I work with were transitioned from Namenda (memantine) to Namenda XR. Why? The company that makes Namenda is planning on stopping production. Why? The only logical conclusion I can come to is they must...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 17, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Looking over this medication list, there’s plenty of stuff to pick on, I’m going to limit myself to two things to further investigate and let you all help with the rest. Feel free to speculate on diagnosis, appropriate alternatives, potential causes of...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 14, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I am really appreciative of the thoughtful pharmacists who’ve donated their time to help provide real, relevant medication education for healthcare professionals – With well over 35,000 page view since the start of the year, your contribution is making a...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 10, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Use of brand names to identify medications can be confusing for healthcare professionals, much less patients! When I think about the two name naming system in the U.S., it really doesn’t enhance patient care and leads to confusion. Although the following case...
