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Cumulative Risk of Medications and Renal Failure

Date August 28, 2019 Author By Eric Christianson Category Kidney

Medications and renal failure can go hand in hand. This is of course if we are talking about the right medications. There are numerous medications that can cause an acute renal failure situation, but many times in practice, it is due to a cumulative risk. Here’s a case scenario to ponder… An 88-year-old female is […]

Clozapine’s Boxed Warnings – Can You Name All Five?

Date May 22, 2019 Author By Eric Christianson Category Psych

I was recently reviewing some clinical pearls on clozapine and was really surprised that there were five boxed warnings! After reading them over, I did recall all of the potential negative adverse effects that this drug can cause but did not remember that they were all boxed warnings. Here’s the list of clozapine’s boxed warnings: […]