by Eric Christianson | Jun 1, 2025 | Hematology and Immunology Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Uncategorized
When patients have anemia, supplements often get prescribed. To many of our polypharmacy patients, excessive prescribing can lead to an increase in pill burden that may not always be necessary. When looking at deprescribing supplements, anemia is an excellent disease...
by Eric Christianson | May 18, 2025 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
JK is a 77-year-old male who reports a 1-week history of intermittent dizziness and episodes of loss of balance, particularly when walking around. He denies any recent falls, headaches, visual changes, or chest pain. He describes the sensation as...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 6, 2024 | Hematology and Immunology Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Anemia is a blood disorder that has an impact on the red blood cells. Many different types of anemia can exist in patients. In this post, we are going to discuss pernicious anemia. What is Pernicious Anemia? Pernicious anemia is a very rare autoimmune disorder...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 8, 2023 | Hematology and Immunology Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Iron therapy can be life-changing for some anemia patients and help them improve their energy and ultimately, their quality of life. Sometimes anemia isn’t responsive to iron. In this article, I discuss my top reasons why patients don’t respond to iron...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 21, 2021 | Hematology and Immunology Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
Oral iron supplements (podcast) are the cheapest and most effective treatment for iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency anemia can occur commonly in infants and women with menorrhagia. For most cases of iron deficiency, oral iron supplementation is sufficient....
