Lexicomp Resources

Review the benefits and drawbacks of kidney function estimating equations including Cockcroft-Gault, MDRD, and CKD-EPI.

Real-time surveillance and decision support help pharmacists adapt to individual patient needs when adjusting drug dosing for renal impairment.

Pharmacogenomics labeling can rely on broad racial designations to recommend testing related to drug response. Recent publications refocus attention on uncertainty, lack of consensus, and flawed nature of using race as surrogate for genomic factors.

Advising patients on cannabis use can be challenging for clinicians – while it’s legal or approved for medical use in many U.S. states, because it’s illegal at the federal level, there’s lack of clinical standards and knowledge about interactions.