by Eric Christianson | Jul 8, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A 67 year old female is on the following medications: Aspirin 81 mg daily Lisinopril 5 mg daily Carafate 1 gm four times daily Omeprazole 40 mg daily Metformin 1000 mg twice daily Actos 15 mg daily Paroxetine 20 mg daily Valproic acid 250 mg twice daily Percocet 5/325...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 1, 2015 | Cardiovascular Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
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...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 24, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
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...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 17, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Case Studies
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...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 3, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
62 year old male who has been struggling with depression and anxiety is place on an SSRI, sertraline (Zoloft) 50 mg daily. No response is noted within a few weeks, so it was planned to titrate up on the dose. He was titrated to a dose of 200 mg daily over the course...
by Eric Christianson | May 31, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
78 year old female is receiving the following medications: Aspirin 81 mg daily Tramadol 50 mg twice daily Lisinopril 10 mg once daily Amlodipine 5 mg daily Losartan 25 mg daily Omeprazole 20 mg daily Ropinerol 0.25 mg daily Sinemet 25/100 three times daily Mineral Oil...
