by Eric Christianson | Jul 23, 2025 | Gastrointestinal Case Studies
I think I’ve seen this scenario play out more times than I would like. A patient is prescribed both a laxative, Senna, and Questran (cholestyramine), a medication used to manage diarrhea symptoms. This example of the prescribing cascade often presents slowly...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 14, 2020 | Gastrointestinal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls, Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists
This might be one of my biggest pet peeves. Adding a medication when we are already doing the opposite with another medication. I had a patient a while back who was taking cholestyramine twice daily for constipation. The patient and caregivers were unclear why the...
