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 …
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" …