Infectious Disease Archives - Page 2 of 2

After a C. Diff. Infection

Date July 30, 2014 Author By Eric Christianson Category GI, Infectious Disease

If you haven’t subscribed yet for future updates and access to more free clinical medication content, please Click Here to do so! 78 year old male living in a long term care facility was recently treated with a couple of different courses of antibiotics to treat recurrent respiratory infections. Treatment was eventually successful, but a few […]

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors(SSRI) and Monamine Oxidase Inhibitors(MAOI): Major Drug Interaction That should not be left ignored

Date July 20, 2014 Author By Eric Christianson Category Infectious Disease, Psych

Wonderful Guest Post via Amanuel T. B.Sc., Pharm.D. – Clinical Pharmacist: View his profile on Linked In Have a passion for medication education? Would you like to give back to healthcare students? Would you like to be an expert on a particular topic and increase the size of your professional network? Please be a guest contributor […]

Rifampin Drug Interaction

Date January 19, 2014 Author By Eric Christianson Category Coumadin, Drug Interactions, Infectious Disease

Rifampin is an enzyme inducer. What does this mean? Basically it causes enzymes in the body to chew up material (drugs, chemicals etc.) more quickly. A while back I posted about how changing this drug’s dosing, starting the medication, or discontinuing the medication can change how drugs are metabolized. Starting the drug and changing the […]