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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 consider in virtually every patient I work with. Here aremy top strategies to […]
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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 10 mg daily Omeprazole 20 mg daily Naproxen 500 […]
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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 infection, pain, medications, etc. 79 year old male was admitted to […]
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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 management) and clinical pharmacy ever since, and when you talk to virtually anyone outside of […]
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