by Eric Christianson | Feb 25, 2018 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Pharmacist Sue Paul is part of a group putting together a conference on being creative in pharmacy practice. She has donated the following guest post, and I would encourage you to check out the Medipreneurs conference to see if it might be a good fit for you! Patient...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 19, 2016 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
In a previous post, I dug a little into pharmacodynamics. In this post I am going to be explaining pharmacokinetics. In pharmacy and the medical profession we tend to use really big, fancy words to intimidate people, not sure why, but we do. Remember that:...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 5, 2016 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Two very common terms in pharmacology and the pharmacy world in general are pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. The best way I have been taught these terms is by the following: Pharmacodynamics – what the drug does to the body Pharmacokinetics – what...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 29, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacokinetics Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
This elderly patient had been on a dose of (Neurontin) gabapentin 600 mg three times daily for peripheral neuropathy. Over time, the patient’s kidney function had been declining and was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Family had begun to notice that the...
