by Eric Christianson | Jun 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) is used for managing motor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Levodopa is a dopamine precursor used to replenish depleted dopamine levels associated with PD. Unfortunately, levodopa isn’t effective alone as it is broken down before...
by Eric Christianson | May 18, 2022 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Nicotine patches are a useful tool in the management of smoking cessation. The success and tolerability of this form of nicotine replacement does require some pharmacology knowledge. I lay out my most important nicotine patch clinical pearls below. Nicotine Patch...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 17, 2022 | Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology Case Studies, Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Renal, Urology, and Electrolytes Case Studies
In the case study below, I discuss the risks of tamsulosin and cataract surgery as well as other potential issues that should be investigated. JS is a 68-year-old male who plans to undergo cataract surgery in 3 weeks. His other relevant past medical history includes...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 26, 2022 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
JE is a 71-year-old female with a history of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), osteoporosis, GERD, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Her current medications include: Alendronate 70 mg weeklyPrednisone 15 mg dailyVitamin D 2,000 units dailyOmeprazole 20 mg dailyLosartan 50...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 2, 2022 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
A 76-year-old female is tired of taking so many medications. She reports to you that “I’d like to stop all my medications”. While she understands that she likely cannot stop all of them, she’d like to at least eliminate some of them. Here is...
