Coenzyme Q10 for STATIN intolerance
Introduction As a community pharmacist, patients will ask you more about Coenzyme Q10 …
How to REVERSE bleeding due to Pradaxa or Xarelto
As a hospital pharmacist, the new oral anticoagulants are bringing up questions about how…
Approach to STATIN intolerance
As a pharmacist, you should know how to deal with statin muscle pain . Mounting evidence …
Kidney problems when CLARITHROmycin is combined with CCBs
As a clinical pharmacist, you will get alerts about kidney problems when clarithromycin i…
Manage the side effects of antipsychotics
Overview As a clinical pharmacist, you may be asked to help manage oral antipsychotic …
Think carefully before prescribing Septazole with potassium-boosting drugs
As a pharmacist, you will hear more about possible harm when TMP/SMX ( Bactrim, Septrin, …
How to handle statin muscle pain?
As a pharmacist, you may know that up to 30% of statin patients get muscle pain, cramps, …
How to handle drug-induced edema
Questions come up about how to handle drug-induced edema. Peripheral edema often prompts …
Amphotericin B–related nephrotoxicity
Amphotericin B is a polyene antifungal agent that acts by binding directly to ergosterol …
How to treat peripheral edema due to dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers
One of the most ADVERSE EFFECT caused by calcium channel blockers (CCD), dihydropyridine …
Pay attention when quinolones used in diabetic patients
Stronger WARNINGS will lead to more concerns about quinolone risks. Quinolone labels alre…
Using of potassium binders when ACEIs or ARBs cause hyperkalemia
New Rx Lokelma will pique interest in the role of potassium binders to treat CHRONIC high…
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) in combination with drugs that increase potassium
As a pharmacist, you should be careful when using trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole ( Bactrim…
Risk of dementia with proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in perspective
Concerns about long-term PPI use Bad press about dementia and other side effects will…
Fewer red flags when celecoxib (Celebrex) is given to patients with a sulfa allergy
As a clinical pharmacist, it's important to understand sulfonamide "sulfa" …