by Eric Christianson | Oct 26, 2014 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
Wonderful Guest Post via Amanuel T. B.Sc., Pharm.D. – Clinical Pharmacist: View his profile on Linked In – If you are interested in donating a brief case, or educational post, contact me. The following case study is intended to illustrate the vital importance of...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 22, 2014 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A computerized Drug Interactions checker can sometimes go way overboard leading to these constant alerts that aren’t taken seriously. As a pharmacist, nurse or prescriber – we need better programs to help identify interactions, but more importantly we need to develop...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 19, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Endocrine Case Studies
Tonight I’m going to cover a seemingly innocent order/condition that should trigger in your mind as potential cause of medication related side effects. While in much of the population, controlled, planned weight loss can be a good thing, it can not be a good thing...
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...