by Eric Christianson | Jun 25, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
85 year old male with a recent operation for a knee replacement was discharged on hydrocodone/APAP 5/325 1-2 every four hours as needed as well as Vistaril (hydroxyzine) 25-50 mg every six hours as needed for pain management. Within a couple days of significant prn...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 22, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
88 y/o female who’s had some difficulty with pain management. She was on scheduled Tylenol (acetaminophen) 1,000 mg twice daily as well as Ultram (tramadol) 50 mg every 6 hours as needed. She had brought up the complaint about her osteoarthritis to her...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 15, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Many patients and healthcare professionals may not realize that different formulations of a product can have very different pharmacokinetics. Why does pharmacokinetics matter? An 88 year old patient was receiving Namenda (memantine) 5 mg in the morning and 10 mg in...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 8, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
Let’s do a med list review, it’s been a while… Remember with these cases, I really try to highlight the most important things I want you to think about. There are multiple things to monitor in these case reviews, as well as multiple patient...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 4, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
Subjective: Middle aged, fragile and small female, presents to our out-patient pharmacy, dressed in a thick sweater and furry hat, even though the ambient temperature is in the low 70’s. The furry hat appears to not only be keeping her warm, but also covering...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 20, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Hematology and Immunology Case Studies
A patient had some blood loss during a surgery – very common. The patient’s hemoglobin dropped from about 12.5 to 9.8 and the prescriber wanted to improve that hemoglobin back to baseline prior to the blood loss. Iron is a necessary component in the...
