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Polypharmacy Case Review – Drug Induced B12 Deficiency?
A 67 year old female is on the following medications: Aspirin 81 mg daily Lisinopril 5 mg daily Carafate 1 gm four times daily Omeprazole 40 mg daily Metformin 1000 mg twice daily Actos 15 mg daily...
Should We Label Patients With a Sulfa Allergy? Lesson Learned the Hard Way
A 79 year old female living in a long term care facility was diagnosed with a UTI. Past medical history includes but not limited to urinary incontinence, hypertension, GERD, and osteoarthritis. ...
Drug Induced DVT?
A 93 year old female was diagnosed with a new onset DVT. Her past medical history includes hypertension, hyperlipidemia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, constipation, GERD, erosive esophagitis,...
BCPS Exam Tips – 2 Types of Statistical Data you Need to Know
Need a few BCPS Exam Tips? You've come to the right place. Everyone knows you need to understand statistics to pass the BCPS Exam. I'm going to cover 2 basic types of statistical data that are...
Don’t Quit Too Soon – Maximizing Analgesia
Pain management is often very challenging. Patients differ from one another. One medication may totally take away the pain for one patient, while that same medication might not even touch the next...
A Journey Through Pharmacy School and Beyond: Shattering the Labels
One of my great friends from pharmacy school recently got married, and I had the honor of being able to attend the wedding. Our lives crossed paths for 3 challenging years of pharmacy school in...
Simplifying Pharmacokinetics, Why do I Have to Take This Medication Four Times per Day?
Pharmacokinetics is a scary word for many in the medical field. The best way that I remember being taught pharmacokinetics is to think about what the body does to the drug. If we understand...
An Elderly Gentleman Owns the Punch Line – How Slow Am I?
I was recently at a nursing home where a gentleman was going to "sign out" so he could leave the facility for the afternoon. He asked me where the clipboard was that he normally uses. I had no...
Bugs and Drugs Chart, Lessons Learned from the Front Lines
Hi! My name is Tim (@IDstewardship, http://bit.ly/TimothyGauthier) and I am a pharmacist with advanced training in the field of infectious diseases & antimicrobial stewardship. Eric...
Tremor with SSRI
62 year old male who has been struggling with depression and anxiety is place on an SSRI, sertraline (Zoloft) 50 mg daily. No response is noted within a few weeks, so it was planned to titrate up...
Study Materials For Pharmacists
