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A few months back, I watched as many of the dementia patients I work with were transitioned from Namenda (memantine) to Namenda XR. Why? The company that makes Namenda is planning on stopping production. Why? The only logical conclusion I can come to is they must need the money. The makers of Namenda XR and Namenda […]
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I had a doctor a year or two ago ask for my input (off the record) on a patient that she was struggling with. Coumadin and INR management was the issue. I think I recall the term “roller coaster” when the doc described the case to me. So we sat and chatted for a few […]
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I work with patients, nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals everyday who struggle with medication management. One of the biggest problems I run into is polypharmacy. Ten, twenty, even sometimes up to 30+ medications is something I come across on a daily basis. Here is my top ten ways that healthcare professionals can help […]
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I played a ton of baseball growing up and I want to use a baseball analogy to help describe where I feel we are at in this process. Tie ballgame, there’s two outs in the 9th, runner on third. You’ve just hit a high chopper to the shortstop who’s waiting for the ball to get […]
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I feel like I’m always trying to educate folks what a clinical pharmacist can provide to patients, nurses, physicians, a healthcare team, institution etc. Since I was accepted into pharmacy school, I feel like I’ve been hearing about MTM(medication therapy management) and clinical pharmacy ever since, and when you talk to virtually anyone outside of […]
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