A 67 year old male has a past medical history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, CHF, and osteoarthritis. He has had numerous issues with his cardiac status and it has led him to frequent physician visits, including involvement of a cardiologist. This gentleman...
A 44 year old male has a past medical history of IBS, bipolar disorder, and depression. Today he presents to an urgent clinic with symptoms of nausea and vomiting. He also states that he feels weak and has been shaky. Upon further investigation, he recently has...
This is not a political post, so go elsewhere if you are looking for that. This is also not medical advice. This is an educational post from a clinical pharmacist. So presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and placed on a...
JT is a 61 year old male. He has recently been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and placed on amiodarone. He is also on warfarin with a history of DVT/PE. The amiodarone and warfarin interaction can be a little more challenging than other drug interactions. What...
A 35 year old male with a history of schizophrenia was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. He was tried on propranolol with no apparent benefit. Following the trial of propranolol, he was switched to primidone 50 mg twice daily. His current medications...
A 25 year old female has developed migraines following the birth of her first child. She experienced her first migraine about 7 months ago, and has had about 5 more since that time. The migraines are relieved by the use of Sumatriptan, but she is desiring better...
