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Medication Review: Hypertension
Medication Review tonight - This medication list is obviously a case of high blood pressure. Amlodipine, clonidine, losartan, metoprolol, as well as torsemide and the tamsulosin have the potential...
Med List Review: Clinical Pharmacy Thought Process
Tackling a medication list can be a tricky task, especially when they look like the one above. Remember that I'm trying to teach the clinical pharmacy thought process, not the answer in these...
Transitions of Care – What Would You Remember if You Just Escaped Death?
Transitions of care is an extremely vulnerable time for patients. Patients can be easily overwhelmed due to different medications, new diagnosis, new location, new people, and multiple things to...
Improper Symbicort Administration Leads to Recurrent Thrush
63 year old female with a history of severe COPD. She is a smoker and is currently taking the following medications: ipratropium/albuterol as needed, Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol) 160/4.5...
A Case of Persistent low blood pressure – Sepsis or Drug Induced? You decide.
Amanuel always goes way above and beyond on his case studies and I can't say thank you enough to all the guest contributors who've shared their stories/cases! It's folks like him that have made...
Is This DVT a Case Where Warfarin Should be Used?
Fantastic Guest Post tonight coutesy: Kishan Patel Wilkes University Pharm.D Candidate Class of 2016 28 yo F was admitted to hospital for osteomyelitis and developed a clot after PICC line...
My One Minute BCPS Study Guide
A few folks out there have created a BCPS study guide that I was extremely grateful to have as I prepared to take and pass my exam. I wanted to give you my most important tips for passing the BCPS...
Meet Midodrine, an Alpha Agonist: Case Study
Midodrine is an alpha agonist. I had an elderly male patient recently started on this medication due to orthostasis. He was not receiving any other medications that would be likely to lower blood...
What kind of pharmacist are you? – Guest Post via Jonathan Laird
Jonathan Laird is a community pharmacist from across the pond, you need to check out his blog if you are passionate about pharmacy! I greatly appreciate his contribution to the profession and it...
Sudafed Side Effects and the Prescribing Cascade
89 year old patient has been battling with anxiety and insomnia over the previous few months. Also has a history of GERD, hypertension, allergies/congestion, constipation. Here's the med list:...
Study Materials For Pharmacists
