by Eric Christianson | Apr 23, 2014 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists, Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Ever made a mistake? I have. I will never forget that feeling – it’s awful. I was reviewing a patient’s medication list and noted that the patient was struggling with the costs of their medications. I was a fairly recent new graduate at the time and...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 20, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Hematology and Immunology Case Studies
A patient had some blood loss during a surgery – very common. The patient’s hemoglobin dropped from about 12.5 to 9.8 and the prescriber wanted to improve that hemoglobin back to baseline prior to the blood loss. Iron is a necessary component in the...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 16, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
We all know that Viagra (sildenafil) is used for erectile dysfunction (most of the time), but this elderly patient was seeking it for an off label use. This gentleman was frequently asking his doctor and the nurses that worked with him if he could get “a little...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 13, 2014 | Cardiovascular Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A patient was admitted for a rehab stay at a long term care facility. They chief complaint was weakness and muscle achiness that would not resolve. While looking back at the patient history and medication list, it was clear that nothing was helping this patient. ...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 9, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
An elderly patient was on Zyrtec (cetirizine) 10 mg at betime for allergies and was also on Ditropan (oxybutynin) 15 mg three times daily for urinary incontinence. Ditropan is one of those classic older anticholinergic medications that isn’t so great in the...
