About 10 days ago, a 76-year-old male called you to tell you that his spiking blood sugars are higher than they have been in a long time. His blood sugars were in the 300-400 range. He used to never get much above 200. He reports that he has had no diet changes and is...
Medications causing depression or at least contributing to symptoms ca happen. There are many (non-medication) reasons why a patient may be more depressed. I love medications and the interplay between them. In this situation, a patient is reporting that their symptoms...
Whenever humans are involved in a process, there is bound to be errors. As a clinical pharmacist who helps patients and other healthcare professionals safely use medications, I see a lot of mistakes. In long term care and assisted living facilities I would...
Weight loss is a challenging problem in geriatrics and can be multifactorial. There are numerous disease states that can cause weight loss and we often rely on our physician colleagues to be on the top of their game when it comes to identifying those. ...
Patient misconceptions with antidepressant therapy is very common. Antidepressant therapy can be life changing for patients, but we have to remember that their are very critical education points that we need to help coach them on. Here’s a list of a few patient...
A 76 year old female has a history of urinary urgency and frequency. About a month ago she was started on mirabegron. She has been tried on tolterodine and oxybutynin. Tolterodine did not work that well for her so it was discontinued. Oxybutynin did help some, but...
