by Eric Christianson | Nov 16, 2013 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
We’re are going to continue on the theme of opioids because this is Narcweek, it’s what we do. I do have more info/stories on Fentanyl, but I think they’re going to have to wait for another time…I wouldn’t want to wear you guys out on one drug when there are so many...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 14, 2013 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
One other quick point that I can follow up on is that fentanyl takes a long time to ramp up, which also means that it takes a little while to get to a steady state of concentration. What does this mean clinically? I’ve seen a case where the dose was increased too...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 11, 2013 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
Happy Veteran’s day! Narcweek begins now, thanks for all the support! I’m still seeing problems and questions on Duragesic (fentanyl) patches out there, so hopefully I can bring some examples over the next few nights that really emphasize some of the mistakes I see...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 8, 2013 | Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls For Pharmacists, Neurology, Pain, and Musculoskeletal Medication and Disease State Clinical Pearls
I’m going to finish off the week with some random things I’ve come across over the previous few months. I occasionally see some capsaicin(creams, gels etc.) products used from time to time for the treatment of pain. I also frequently see as needed orders for this...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 2, 2013 | Drug Interaction Case Studies and Education For Pharmacists
Coumadin and NSAIDs(Advil, Aleve, Nabumetone, etc.) probably one of the worst drug-drug interactions, in fact the AMDA lists it as one of its top ten in long-term-care/geriatrics. http://www.amda.com/tools/clinical/m3/topten.cfm – NSAIDs can cause issues with...
