by Eric Christianson | May 24, 2023 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
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...
by Eric Christianson | Jun 13, 2021 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Respiratory Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
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...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 21, 2019 | Cardiovascular Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
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...
by Eric Christianson | May 21, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
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...
