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Case Study: Antidepressant use in IBS
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) is a issue I come across in my practice. A 62 year old female has complaints of diarrhea predominant IBS and is taking the following medications: Aspirin Metoprolol...
Case Study: Assessing Chronic Cough – Are Medications Helping?
I'm thinking out loud here on this medication list, so feel free comment below, if there is something that stands out to you or questions you'd like to know! We are all in this together 🙂 A 99...
ACE Inhibitor Causes Angioedema
ACE Inhibitors are a notorious cause of angioedema. Angioedema is a very serious condition where the lip and upper airway can swell up. It is extremely rare when you consider how many people take...
3 Clinical Pearls: Elderly Case Study
An 89 year old male has a history of hypertension, diabetes, BPH, Advanced dementia, glaucoma, constipation, neuropathy, and osteoarthritis. Current medications include: Aspirin 81 mg daily...
How to Become a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP)
Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP) is a certification that has been around a while. I was actually looking for more information on this certification, and it seems kind of difficult to find good...
The Top 5 High Risk Medications in Geriatrics and Long Term Care
It is really hard to narrow down a list of thousands of drugs to 5. Right or wrong, I did it. I based my subjective list upon frequency of use, highest risk for medication errors, significance...
Citalopram and SIADH – Case Study
Citalopram is a very commonly used antidepressant and is part of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) class. SSRI's do have the potential to contribute to SIADH (basically a reduction...
Advice for New Pharmacists
You are likely in a state of relief and excitement right now. By this time, you have recently had graduation, taken board exams (or will be very soon), and hopefully found a pharmacist position...
Polypharmacy Case Study – Potential Drug Induced Confusion
Confusion is one of those vague symptoms in the elderly that can be due to nearly anything. Polypharmacy is hard to ignore and here I breakdown a medication list of a 79 year old female with...
Fentanyl Versus Lidoderm Patches, What’s the Difference?
I've seen numerous mistakes involving these two pain medications that come in a patch formulation. Between drug diversion (fentanyl - Duragesic), inappropriate time intervals for changing...
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