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 | Mar 29, 2015 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
When I’ve had students with me, they will often ask about multiple serotonin related drugs and risk of serotonin syndrome. A classic example of this is a patient on an SSRI and Tramadol. This combination is used frequently in practice. Serotonin syndrome is...
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 | Feb 19, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
A 68 year old female was having difficulty with some anxiety throughout the day but more problematic to the patient was that she could not sleep at night. Multiple different non-drug interventions were tried, but none seemed to make any difference. Trazodone was...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 5, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
Weight loss in the younger population generally tends to be less of a problem than weight gain (with the exception of eating disorders etc.). However, in the elderly there are definitely situations where weight loss can be problematic. In these instances we must...
by Eric Christianson | Dec 19, 2013 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
I had a patient who was rehabbing a knee replacement, and having some difficulty sleeping. Pain was a contributing factor, but appeared to be pretty well managed and eventually determined to not be a factor in this case. I had discussed the case with nursing, and they...
