68 y/o male was undergoing chemotherapy treatments and as you may know, neuropathy can be a common side effect of certain chemo medications. This gentleman was battling through constant neuropathy type pain and was intiated on Gabapentin 300 mg twice daily. In...
Tonight’s Medication List Review – First thing I want you to remember is whenever you see an order for Erythromycin, remember that it has a ton of drug interactions. So whenever we start, increase or decrease this medication, it can have ramifications on...
I really want to encourage younger healthcare professionals to ask questions, and realize that no matter how experienced you are, there are going to be times throughout your career where you don’t know an answer. There will also be times where caring...
Possible Acyclovir Neurotoxicity Compounding a Differential Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia with Dementia versus Frontotemporal Dementia Donna M. Lisi, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, PRS, Drug Information Specialist, St. Barnabas Health Care System, South Plainfield, NJ Connect...
If you haven’t subscribed yet for future updates and access to more free clinical medication content, please Click Here to do so! 78 year old male living in a long term care facility was recently treated with a couple of different courses of antibiotics to treat...
Tonight’s dose involves trying to prevent the unnecessary use of medications! I’ve come across this type of situation a few different times and just wanted to share it with you all. Patient gets diagnosed with a UTI and started on an antibiotic – pretty...
