Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Ignore These Pharmacists Reminders At Residents Peril
Published on Thu Jul 24, 2003 
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Examples of important reminders from consultant pharmacists that physicians ignore at their patients peril include the following, according to certified medical director Duncan MacLean:
Drug-drug interactions with Coumadin (may prolong the prothrombin time);
Hyperkalemia risk from ACE inhibitors used in patients with renal insufficiency;
Dilantin dosing in hypoalbuminemia (less protein binding, causing toxicity at a normal blood level).
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