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Drugs and Breastfeeding
Being a primarily geriatric pharmacist, drugs and breastfeeding has been a topic that I have had to learn a lot about to put myself in the best spot to try to help patients when questions come up....
Duplicate Inhaled Corticosteroids – Patient Education
A 55 year old female has a history of asthma. She has been on Flovent for a long time for her asthma and well controlled. Insurance formularies change and preferred medications can lead to...
Gastroparesis and Parkinson’s Disease
A 82 year old male has a medical history of osteoarthritis, diabetes, BPH, gastroparesis and Parkinson's disease. He is complaining of nausea and stomach upset after meals. Current medications...
Three Calcium Carbonate Drug Interactions
Calcium carbonate is commonly used by patients. Unchecked and unmonitored, calcium carbonate drug interactions can impact patient care. Here's three classic examples I've seen from my practice....
Treating Neuropathy with Tricyclic Antidepressants
Tricyclic antidepressants are an important class of medications that we shouldn't forget about. They are typically very inexpensive and can provide nice relief for pain syndromes, particularly...
GLP-1 Agonists for Diabetes; What Should I Know About These Medications?
GLP-1 Agonists for diabetes are a growing class of medications. There are quite a few clinical pearls. I breakdown a bunch of them in this educational video. What else have you seen?...
Making Recommendations: What to do When you don’t Know What to do
If you haven't come across a situation where you don't know what to do, you probably haven't been asked enough questions. Making recommendations is not easy sometimes. Getting questions when you...
Respiratory Medications – Concerns for Medication Adherence
I work with a lot of geriatric patients in my practice on respiratory medications and I get pretty concerned when I start to see patients with COPD, asthma, or other respiratory diseases who have...
Patient Misconceptions – Statin and Grapefruit Juice Interaction
Patients often don't understand drug interactions. In this scenario, I'll discuss the statin and grapefruit juice interaction and really what we can do about it. For more clinical pearls on...
How and When to Taper a PPI?
Figuring out how and when to taper a PPI is a difficult question sometimes. Here's a scenario and some of the items that I would look at. A 45 year old female has a past medical history of: GERD...
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