There are literally thousands of drug interactions so I had my work cut out to try to narrow down the list to the top 10. In this post, I outline my list of the top 10 drug interactions. This is based on a combination of my experience, the frequency of the...
A significant clinical medication review for everyone today, where I pick out a couple areas of concern to me and you can help do the rest by adding any comments/thoughts/questions below! There’s plenty to pick on in this one, so I may need a little help to...
I’ve had a request to explain a couple of the most common drug/food interactions I see. There were two that immediately popped into my mind: 1. Statins(Zocor-simvastatin, Lipitor-atorvastatin, etc.) are some of the most widely used drugs in the US and there is...
I could continue on Coumadin for quite a while longer with other cases and stories, but there is too much other cool stuff to cover. I’m going to finish up on “bridging” of anticoagulants. I wrote a little bit the other night about the unique pharmacokinetics (what...
Vitamin K (or Mephyton or phytonadione for you A+ healthcare providers) is the reason why someone on Coumadin should try to keep a consistent diet. Big changes in intake of vitamin K can cause an INR to fluctuate. The more vitamin K intake someone has the more INR...
