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What routine monitoring should be done for statins? |
LFTs done before treatment, at 3 months and 12 months |
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When do you do levels of phenytoin? |
Pre-dose Half life is 24 hours |
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What time of day do you measure lithium levels? |
12 hours post dose Levels should be 0.4-1.0 |
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How often should lithium levels be measured? |
Weekly until stable, then 3 monthly thereafter Or if there are symptoms of toxicity |
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What should be checked before starting someone on lithium? |
Asses renal, cardiac and thyroid function. Also BMI plus FBC. If risk factors for cardiac disease do an ECG too |
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What monitoring do you need to do for lithium? (Except checking levels) |
U+Es, eGFR, TFTs and weight every 6 months Check cardiac function regularly |
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What monitoring do you need to do for methotrexate ? |
LFTs, U+Es, FBC every 1-2 weeks until dose stable, then every 2-3 months |
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What needs to be done before starting methotrexate? |
FBC, U+E, LFTs |
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What should you monitor in someone starting olanzipine? |
At starting- lipids, weight, blood glucose, maybe prolactin Then weight and lipids every 3 months for first year then yearly Glucose at baseline and then after 1 month, then every 4-6 months Cardiovascular risk factors monitored yearly |
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What monitoring is required for amiodarone? |
TFTs and LFTs measured before treatment and at 6 months CXR before treatment Measure potassium before treatment |
