by Eric Christianson | Oct 31, 2018 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
Patient misconceptions with antidepressant therapy is very common. Antidepressant therapy can be life changing for patients, but we have to remember that their are very critical education points that we need to help coach them on. Here’s a list of a few patient...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 23, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
A 76 year old female has a history of urinary urgency and frequency. About a month ago she was started on mirabegron. She has been tried on tolterodine and oxybutynin. Tolterodine did not work that well for her so it was discontinued. Oxybutynin did help some, but...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 8, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are most often used in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s dementia. They are often a hot button topic amongst the geriatric healthcare community. If you’ve worked with providers in geriatrics, you will know that some providers...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 1, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
A 48 year old female has a history of diabetic neuropathy and has been placed on Cymbalta (duloxetine). The patient has taken it for three days and is feeling pretty fatigued throughout the day from it. She asks, “How long does it take Cymbalta to work for...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 17, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors are used in various forms of dementia. They can provide some symptom improvement in dementia, but cannot reverse or stop its progression. We need to remember that the agents aren’t without risk. Here’s a case to remember...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 13, 2018 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Gastrointestinal Case Studies
In this case scenario, I’m going to demonstrate and unusual side effect of galactorrhea. Reglan induced galactorrhea is a possibility due to the mechanism of dopamine blockade. The case: A 46 year old female obese female has a history of type 2 diabetes. She...
