by Eric Christianson | Sep 30, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A 77 year old female has been taking chronic duloxetine 60 mg daily for neuropathy and depression. She has been experiencing increasing confusion, lower back pain, and painful urination. A urinalysis is performed and she is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection....
by Eric Christianson | Sep 23, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
A 77 year old male has a past medical history of gout, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, GI ulcer, chronic kidney disease, and anemia. He presents at this visit with worsening gout symptoms and has been taking Ibuprofen as needed up to four to fives times per day...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 15, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
64 year old female with a history of seizures, hypertension, and osteoarthritis was diagnosed with a case of recurrent vaginal candidiasis. Her current medications included: Dilantin Enalapril Amlodipine Ibuprofen as needed Her previous labs were unremarkable with a...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 18, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
66 year old female was newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Her other diagnoses included hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and GERD. Current medication list included: Aspirin 81 mg daily Simvastatin (Zocor) 40 mg at bedtime Tylenol as needed Protonix 40 mg...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 21, 2015 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
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 this page what it is today! Please reach out to him if...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 17, 2014 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
I was at a long term care facility and had a patient on lisinopril 10 mg daily for hypertension as well as Aspirin 325 mg daily for cardiovascular prophylaxis. Lexi-comp has the aspirin and lisinopril interaction rated at a C (on a scale of A-D and X being...
