You can’t tell everything from a medication list, but you can certainly begin to formulate questions and identify possible areas of concern. What do you notice that seems a little wacky? Here’s a patient with severe asthma, on multiple medications: Advair...
It is well known that beta-blockers can affect the beta-2 receptors and potentially cause issues with breathing. Non-selective beta-blockers like propranolol may be even higher risk for causing these symptoms. I discuss more in-depth about the pharmacology...
I’ve had a lot of great clinical pharmacist educators donate case studies and I’m so appreciative of them helping me in my mission to educate healthcare professionals about medication safety. Amanuel Tseggai, Pharm.D., BCPS has donated this interesting...
A 63 year old female presents with complaints of taking too many medications and that her “my medications are making me sick”. In addition, she reports that she feels nauseated every morning after breakfast and associates it with her morning pills. She...
A 45 year old female has come to you reported that her brain just feels foggy. She has trouble at work focusing on tasks that she used to do without issue. She does feel a little bit fatigued, but overall more feels like she just cannot think clearly and focus on...
Here’s a case scenario of a potential case of ACE inhibitor induced psoriasis. If you are looking for more info on the ACE Inhibitors, be sure to check out the podcast! Mrs AX, 70 years old, never smoked, BMI 27 kg/m2, presents with new onset of itchy scalp....
