by Eric Christianson | Nov 25, 2013 | Endocrine Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
The TZD’s or the thiazolinawhachamacallits…Avandia (rosiglitizone) is the bad boy on the block that no one typically uses anymore due to potential issues with heart failure. Actos (pioglitazone) is nearly always the one that gets used if a TZD is indicated. Primary...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 23, 2013 | Endocrine Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
Victoza and Byetta have a similar mechanism of action, and actually we can compare these to the DDP-4 inhibitors as well. These drugs are GLP-1 analogs which is similar to an incretin hormone in the body. Per Lexi-comp, incretin increases glucose-dependent insulin...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 22, 2013 | Endocrine Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
Metformin is part of the biguanide class of diabetes meds – I don’t know why I told you that, because you will probably never need to know that, but I have been wrong before. Metformin is usually fairly well tolerated as long as you can avoid the GI symptoms. One of...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 21, 2013 | Endocrine Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
I’m so lucky to have some great followers on Twitter! I have a follower that has generously donated her time, talents and story to help educate others! You can follow her on Twitter @diabeticnurslng – Here’s her story with some educational points!...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 19, 2013 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
I showed up to a facility mid afternoon and just caught the charge nurse as she was heading out early for the day. She asked me to take a look at this specific resident as she felt that her condition was declining and they were wondering if she still needed some of...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 18, 2013 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Last night of Narcweek! Hope you all enjoyed it! Methadone is a drug you may see once in a while for treatment of pain. There are definitely some prescribers that are more comfortable using this drug than others. It is an opioid similar to fentanyl, morphine,...
