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68 year old male battling some knee pain tries 400 mg three times daily to help with osteoarthritis and muscle pain. This gentleman has a history of cardiac issues including congestive heart failure and recent heart attack. He is currently on a low dose of Lasix (furosemide) 20 mg daily for his heart failure and history […]
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I’m thrilled to launch a new way for you to pick up some clinical medication education! Loop Diuretics are used all the time in geriatrics and I couldn’t think of a better topic to start on. In addition to my written educational pieces, I’ve created a Youtube channel and will create short videos on various […]
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Another Guest Post via Amanuel T. B.Sc., Pharm.D. – Clinical Pharmacist: View his profile on Linked In Have a passion for medication education? Would you like to give back to healthcare students? Would you like to be an expert on a particular topic and increase the size of your professional network? Please be a guest contributor […]
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Many patients get medication management suggestions from their insurance companies addressed to their primary physician. A patient who had diabetes and CHF was not on an ACE Inhibitor or an ARB which are commonly recommended as standard of care for hypertension and these coexisting conditions. In following this patient, there were records that an ACE […]
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An 81 year old gentleman was struggling with CHF symtpoms. Fluid overload was the problem with difficulty breathing secondary to increased edema/CHF symptoms. His Lasix was increased from 20 mg daily up to 40 mg daily to help promote the loss of fluid. Three days later, the increase in Lasix did not have a great […]
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