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Why do patients stop taking medications? I’ve spent a lot of time and effort working with patients to improve their drug therapy, but it really doesn’t matter if they don’t actually take the medication that is best for them. Here’s a list of the most common reasons that patients stop taking their medication(s). To be […]
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One of my great friends from pharmacy school recently got married, and I had the honor of being able to attend the wedding. Our lives crossed paths for 3 challenging years of pharmacy school in Duluth, MN. We didn’t have a lot in common. He was extroverted, I was introverted. He was from Chicago, one […]
Read MoreI was recently at a nursing home where a gentleman was going to “sign out” so he could leave the facility for the afternoon. He asked me where the clipboard was that he normally uses. I had no idea of course. I flagged a staff member who helped us both out. As we were waiting […]
Read MoreI’m taking a break tonight from the usual case studies, because I have a friend who has had a mountain placed in front of her that no one should have to climb. Shortly following the birth of their third child, my fellow pharmacy school classmate from the University of Minnesota Duluth Kayte O’Brien has been diagnosed with advanced-stage […]
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Some humor today, because we can’t take life too seriously all the time! It was a beautiful, quiet afternoon at a LTC facility. Everything was going smoothly without many issues that day and I was focused. While reading through some progress notes for a particular resident, I couldn’t help but have that feeling that someone […]
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