Common sense tells us that the more pills a patient takes, the more likely they are to forget or not follow a treatment regimen as prescribed. There is no doubt in reviewing the literature that this has been proven. For my personal knowledge, I wanted to know the...
In practice, many patients become overwhelmed by polypharmacy. A diagnosis of COPD or asthma can significantly increase the medication administration burden. I’ve heard many patients report that they are taking “too many inhalers.” The basic strategy to remedy...
A 62-year-old male had a heart attack about 9 months ago. He was stented and placed on both aspirin 81 mg daily and clopidogrel 75 mg daily. He presents today to the emergency department and is diagnosed with a STEMI. His wife is wondering why the medications used to...
Guest Post via – Luka Tehovnik, who is a final year pharmacy student from Slovenia! You can find his blog here: http://thoughtsbecamewords.wordpress.com/ 59 y/o female had a history of recurrent spontaneous hematoma, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and...
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