An 89 year old male has a history of hypertension, diabetes, BPH, Advanced dementia, glaucoma, constipation, neuropathy, and osteoarthritis. Current medications include: Aspirin 81 mg daily Lopressor 25 mg twice daily Metformin 500 mg twice daily Tamsulosin 0.8 mg...
Citalopram is a very commonly used antidepressant and is part of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) class. SSRI’s do have the potential to contribute to SIADH (basically a reduction in sodium levels in the body). The case: A 68 year old female...
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...
Pain management is often very challenging. Patients differ from one another. One medication may totally take away the pain for one patient, while that same medication might not even touch the next patient’s pain. The type of pain is obviously an important...
Pharmacokinetics is a scary word for many in the medical field. The best way that I remember being taught pharmacokinetics is to think about what the body does to the drug. If we understand pharmacokinetics, we can definitely optimize our patient’s medications...
