by Eric Christianson | Aug 30, 2020 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Women’s and Men’s Health Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
If you are a healthcare professional, inevitably, questions about the use of antidepressants in pregnancy come up in clinical practice. Why is paroxetine generally avoided in pregnancy? The primary reason that paroxetine is avoided in pregnancy is that it has...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 25, 2019 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
As I’m working on 2020 updates for all of our board certification study material, I couldn’t help but recognize that I did not have a dedicated lecture on pharmacogenomics. Below I discuss how genetic alterations in CYP2D6 activity can affect two commonly...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 10, 2019 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
The SSRI and NSAID interaction kind of drives me crazy. It is one of those interactions where you don’t really know how seriously to take it. SSRI has the potential to impact platelet function. NSAIDs have the potential to impact platelet function. The SSRI and...
by Eric Christianson | Aug 17, 2014 | Gastrointestinal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
57 year old patient diagnosed with depression and was initiated on Zoloft (sertraline) 50 mg daily. The physician in this case felt the patient was very depressed, and wanted to titrate the dose up fairly quickly. Zoloft was increased to 100 mg daily after two...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 5, 2014 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Case Studies
Weight loss in the younger population generally tends to be less of a problem than weight gain (with the exception of eating disorders etc.). However, in the elderly there are definitely situations where weight loss can be problematic. In these instances we must...
