by Eric Christianson | Sep 27, 2026 | Gastrointestinal Case Studies
A 79-year-old patient with newly diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease is started on Aricept (donepezil) 10 mg once daily. The prescription is written for 10 mg from the beginning rather than starting at 5 mg daily and increasing the dose after the patient has had time to...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 23, 2026 | Medication Errors
I’ve seen numerous errors where the patient thought something was a little off and said something to a healthcare professional. One of the most important medication safety tools in healthcare is listening to the patient. Patients will sometimes say things that...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 16, 2026 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
While tramadol is classified as an opioid, there are many practice pearls that make it unique from other traditional opioids. In this blog post, I’ll share my top 5 tramadol practice pearls. Tramadol has weak mu-opioid receptor activity, but it also inhibits the...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 13, 2026 | Medication Errors
Morphine is one of those liquid medications where concentration matters. A lot. While many medications come in one standard concentration, the problem is that morphine comes in multiple concentrations, and they can look surprisingly similar when you are moving quickly...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 9, 2026 | Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
In my practice, I most often see amantadine used for dyskinesia and motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s. It can also be used for medication-induced Parkinsonism. In general, amantadine is not a first-line agent for treating movement disorders, but I think...
