CA is a 58-year-old female with CKD. Her CrCL today is 45 mL/min and stable sCr of 1.3 mg/dL. She complains of muscle aches that started a couple of weeks ago and that her doctor said she can’t use NSAIDs, even though the Tylenol doesn’t completely help the pain. She...
I’ve worked with so many great pharmacists and we are truly winning the hearts and minds of our fellow colleagues. I can’t thank you all enough for how much work you have all put in to grow and develop the profession into what I believe it should be....
LT is a 67-year-old white male presenting to your ambulatory care clinic for a CMR. He says his wife tells him he is taking too many medications and he wants your help evaluating his current regimen. According to his chart, his blood pressure has been within goal, but...
At the end of July, the FDA approved Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) as the first-ever interchangeable drug in the United States. It is essentially a copy of Lantus, a long-acting basal insulin. Patients will have questions about the interchangeable status of...
While Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors aren’t used incredibly often, we wanted to provide a comparison of DPP4 inhibitors. DPP4 inhibitors are used in the treatment of diabetes and function by inhibiting the breakdown of endogenous incretin hormones...
