by Eric Christianson | Apr 3, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I’m extremely humbled and excited that I have to write this post tonight – From the early days on Facebook, to all the retweets on Twitter and followers from LinkedIn, the amount of support, kind words, and constructive comments has been overwhelming. ...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 2, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Endocrine Case Studies
Thyroid case tonight… I had a resident one time that was experiencing anxiety, tachycardia (increased pulse), weight loss, and was a nightmare as far as trying to manage behavioral issues. I had discussed the resident’s situation with the nursing staff,...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 30, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Endocrine Case Studies
In the case where an individual must be on a prednisone burst (or any other corticosteroid) diabetes management can often become very difficult. I had a 78 year old patient with diabetes who was fairly well managed. The A1C was hovering in the 7 range or lower and was...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 26, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacist Legislative Advocacy
I feel like I’m always trying to educate folks what a clinical pharmacist can provide to patients, nurses, physicians, a healthcare team, institution etc. Since I was accepted into pharmacy school, I feel like I’ve been hearing about MTM(medication therapy...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 23, 2014 | Gastrointestinal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
A patient was having difficulty with symptoms of gout. They were on Allopurinol 300 mg daily for their hyperuricemia (elevated uric acid happens in gout). This particular patient would have flares periodically and had about 3 over the last year requiring the use of...
