Fantastic Guest Post tonight coutesy: Kishan Patel Wilkes University Pharm.D Candidate Class of 2016 28 yo F was admitted to hospital for osteomyelitis and developed a clot after PICC line insertion. Her PMH includes Cystic Fibrosis, malnutrition, no hx of...
Midodrine is an alpha agonist. I had an elderly male patient recently started on this medication due to orthostasis. He was not receiving any other medications that would be likely to lower blood pressure. This particular patient had a history of BPH which he was...
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...
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A 64 year old male patient was struggling with blood pressure management, usually running in the 160’s range (systolic). He was already taking lisinopril 40 mg daily and had failed at implementing lifestyle changes up to this point. Procardia...
A patient was admitted for a rehab stay at a long term care facility. They chief complaint was weakness and muscle achiness that would not resolve. While looking back at the patient history and medication list, it was clear that nothing was helping this patient. ...
