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Respiratory Med List Review
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Clinical Medication Review 2
By popular demand, another med review tonight, where I pick out a couple of points to investigate and I let you all have your crack at the list! Both Prilosec and Zantac (ranitidine) being utilized...
Meducation Nation
The State of the Union It all started with educational posts on Facebook and has been a wild ride since then, and I've certainly invested way too much time to turn back now! It's been 1 year since...
Clinical Medication Review
A significant clinical medication review for everyone today, where I pick out a couple areas of concern to me and you can help do the rest by adding any comments/thoughts/questions below! There's...
Anticholinergics can Worsen BPH
85 year old male with a recent operation for a knee replacement was discharged on hydrocodone/APAP 5/325 1-2 every four hours as needed as well as Vistaril (hydroxyzine) 25-50 mg every six hours as...
Serotonin Syndrome or Something Else?
88 y/o female who's had some difficulty with pain management. She was on scheduled Tylenol (acetaminophen) 1,000 mg twice daily as well as Ultram (tramadol) 50 mg every 6 hours as needed. She had...
Discontinuing Labwork With Medications
Inevitably, several times a year, while reviewing a patient's medications, notes, labs, etc. I will come across a lab that was drawn on an individual that is totally puzzling to me. You may see...
Namenda Conversion
Many patients and healthcare professionals may not realize that different formulations of a product can have very different pharmacokinetics. Why does pharmacokinetics matter? An 88 year old...
Dilantin (phenytoin) Can Cause Vitamin D Deficiency
Dilantin (phenytoin) is probably one of the dirtiest drugs, but is necessary as it treats an obviously serious condition (seizures). It has many clinical quirks that you need to be aware of. 72 year...
Medication List Case Review
Let's do a med list review, it's been a while... Remember with these cases, I really try to highlight the most important things I want you to think about. There are multiple things to monitor in...
Study Materials For Pharmacists
