Anticoagulants like enoxaprain and warfarin should always be treated with the utmost care. They can cause life-threatening bleeding that can put our patients at serious risk. On the flip side, anticoagulants can prevent life-threatening blood clots. Here’s a...
ACE Inhibitors are a notorious cause of angioedema. Angioedema is a very serious condition where the lip and upper airway can swell up. It is extremely rare when you consider how many people take ACE Inhibitors. When I think of angioedema happening in practice, I...
A 93 year old female was diagnosed with a new onset DVT. Her past medical history includes hypertension, hyperlipidemia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, constipation, GERD, erosive esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, and hypothyroidism. Her current medication list...
An 81 year old male was diagnosed with a right knee deep venous thrombosis (DVT) during a several week stay in the Dominican Republic. He was started on warfarin, dose and duration unknown, and instructed to present to the emergency department upon his return to the...
A nice guest post from an anonymous contributor, thank you! 84 year old female residing in community was recently treated with several courses of antibiotics to treat cellulitis of the right lower leg. Several different antibiotics were tried due to ineffectiveness...
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 to bring the blood pressure down. It certainly looks like this...
