On an episode of the Real Life Pharmacology Podcast, I broke down doxycycline pharmacology and some important aspects that you need to remember as a healthcare professional. Here are a few practice pearls that you need to be aware of. Pregnancy and Pediatrics The...
This post on Hot Flashes and Breast Cancer was donated by Jiamin Liau, a clinical pharmacist from across the world in Australia. Thanks for your contribution! In patients with cancer, hot flashes and night sweats may be caused by the tumor, its treatment, or other...
AC is a 64 year old female with multiple myeloma. She is in her 3rd cycle of the regimen CyBorD when she presents to the ER with chest pain and sudden onset of shortness of breath at rest. A CT of the chest and abdomen confirms that AC has a pulmonary embolism (PE)....
Brandon Dyson is a board certified pharmacist who created a website to help educate students about the battles of pharmacy school and how to succeed. I’d like to thank him for his guest post below! You can find his website right here...
It’s no secret that I work with a lot of geriatric patients. These things have been on my mind lately about the management of UTI’s, so just wanted to share them. With rare exception, asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) should not be treated. ASB is...
Hi! My name is Tim (@IDstewardship, http://bit.ly/TimothyGauthier) and I am a pharmacist with advanced training in the field of infectious diseases & antimicrobial stewardship. Eric (@Mededucation101) was nice enough to ask me to contribute to his blog! My...
