Background: U.S. healthcare costs are rising due to the increase in polypharmacy, which is a potential risk factor for hospital readmission.1 In a cohort study of 5,507 patients with ≥10 discharge medications, more than 25% of them were readmitted.1 At one of the largest public county hospitals in the U.S., readmission rates for patients with high-volume home [...]

Case Presentation: A 65-year-old woman with hepatitis C-induced liver cirrhosis status-post liver transplantation, coronary artery disease and gout, presents with one week of progressive fatigue, weakness, and severe pain in her right leg and left shoulder. She was on atorvastatin for cardiac disease and had recently started Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir for hepatitis C two months prior. She [...]