HealthCare, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
“Compatible with their urate lowering properties, calcium channel blockers and losartan are associated with a lower risk of incident gout among people with hypertension. By contrast, diuretics, β blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Benzonatate (Tessalon Perles) comes as 100 mg capsules. Cough Benzonatate (Tessalon Perles) 100-200 mg PO tid prn. Max: 600 mg/day. Don’t open or dissolve the capsule. Mechanism of action It “anesthetizes respiratory passage, lung, and pleural stretch...
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Antibiotic Coverage Principles. Antibiotic Classes and Mechanisms of Action. Penicillin Family Antibiotics. Anti-Ribosomal Antibiotics. Antibiotic Treatment Duration By Disease State and Location. Risk Factors For Pseudomonas Infection. Risk Factors for...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Oral beta-blockers are preferred in pts w/ with CAD, HF due to systolic dysfunction, and in pts in whom the ventricular rate increases inappropriately during exercise. BBs increase survival in CAD and HF 2/2 systolic dysfunction. An Oral non-dihydropyridine CCB is...
Antibiotic Guide, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
From AAFP: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0701/p24.html Recommended Antibiotics for Treatment of GABHS Pharyngitis DRUG DOSAGE DURATION COST* First-line treatments Amoxicillin Children: 50 mg per kg per day orally (maximum: 1,000 mg per day) 10 days $4 Adults with mild...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Preventive Medications for Migraines Consider in pts with > 1-2 episodes or 3 days of sx / month. OCPs: Consider continuous monophasic low-dose OCPs in pts with a menstrual trigger; however, contraindicated in pts with aura & can worsen sx or cause pt to...
