by Eric Christianson | May 24, 2026 | Psychiatry and Addiction Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
When you are studying for your exams, be sure to take a good, hard look at paroxetine. While it can be effective for anxiety disorders, panic disorder, depression, and PTSD, its pharmacokinetic and adverse effect profile creates several important clinical...
by Eric Christianson | May 3, 2026 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
I’ve been collecting examples of situations where a patient is “stable”, and a provider doesn’t want to change medications. Stable is good, right? It is, but it can also lead to providers not wanting to reduce medications and change anything....
by Eric Christianson | Apr 26, 2026 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
As-needed medications (PRNs) are a common part of life for geriatric patients in long-term care and assisted living facilities. They can make things more complicated as well, and I would implore you to review these medications frequently to ensure that they are truly...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 29, 2026 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Case Studies
A recent case prompted me to create a blog post about tapering seizure medications. Tapering and discontinuing anti-seizure medications is a delicate process that requires close clinical monitoring and a strategic approach to achieve long-term seizure control for...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 21, 2026 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
One of the biggest contributors to polypharmacy isn’t the number of diagnoses a patient has—it’s our mindset around medications that fail to deliver benefit. Everyone knows we need to reduce meds in geriatrics, but how do we do that? Too often, when a drug doesn’t...
