by Eric Christianson | Feb 24, 2019 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
In geriatrics, we put a premium on trying to simplify medication use. As a consultant pharmacist who has worked extensively in long term care and assisted living, I am routinely asked if we can reduce someone’s medications. Reducing medications is something I...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 19, 2015 | Polypharmacy Cases And The Prescribing Cascade
Confusion is one of those vague symptoms in the elderly that can be due to nearly anything. Polypharmacy is hard to ignore and here I breakdown a medication list of a 79 year old female with increasing confusion: Enalapril 5 mg daily Aspirin 325 mg daily Simvastatin...
by Eric Christianson | May 14, 2014 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
I frequently have the challenge of sifting through hospital records to try to identify what’s going on with a new admission to a long term care facility. It can be a struggle to find pertinent information. Delirium frequently happens in the elderly due to...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 26, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacist Legislative Advocacy
I feel like I’m always trying to educate folks what a clinical pharmacist can provide to patients, nurses, physicians, a healthcare team, institution etc. Since I was accepted into pharmacy school, I feel like I’ve been hearing about MTM(medication therapy...
