DIGOXIN vs EPLERENONE

Why on earth was digoxin even stocked in the L&D OR? Yikes…

Hey all, hospital pharmacist here. I work at a large hospital (level 1 trauma center/stroke center etc) that is part of a nationwide health system. We’re the second largest hospital of close to 100 hospitals, and most of the others are small community hospitals. Our health system is transitioning to

Inpatient pharmacist here. Just heard about this story at work today. It doesn’t sound like the error was due to pharmacy, but it still really shook me up, especially as someone who has had 2 c-sections!! It says “The anesthetist did not scan the barcode or read the label aloud to another staff memb

I'm a new pharmacist (and manager) at a critical access hospital. We had a frail 84 year old patient, weighed 48 kg, CrCl 30 (at best!!!). She had CHF and aFib. Dr. ordered digoxin 500 mcg IV push. I recommended giving half the dose as a 30 min infusion, then 25% in 4-8 hours, and remaining 25% in 4

Regardless of how cynical or optimistic you are, I think we can all agree that the profession of pharmacy is definitely in the "valley" portion of the employment cycle right now. Saturation is real, the major employers are abusing their employees, reimbursement is declining - things aren't looking

Is the 30 - 50% dose reduction of digoxin only necessary when the patient has already been on prior therapy/stabilized with digoxin and then initiated amiodarone? An input into Lexi-comp indicated that the "sequence" was important. There was a patient in the pharmacy (~60 years old; male) that was

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Hi everyone, I’ve recently joined this group and I hope it’s okay to share my story with you all. I know how isolating living with cardiomyopathy and heart failure can feel, and I’ve found a lot of comfort in reading about others' experiences here. I’ve been incredibly nervous about sharing any of t

So for those unfamiliar with me or my case, back in late 2021-early 2022 I was diagnosed with heart failure (thanks Covid). EF was low 20's. Fast forward, I was able to recover my EF to almost 60% and dropped 140lbs on top of it. My average blood pressure today is 110/69. This is massive to me, my b