Mr. May is seen in the wheelchair at MCCRC on 02/17/2017. Mr. May was seen earlier in the week after a brief hospitalization for hypercalcemia. Lab studies were obtained and his calcium was down to 10.3, other electrolytes were generally okay, but much more worrisome was that his white count had fallen to 1.3. He was seen by Barbara Dean and Dr. Gray, his oncologist, yesterday, who have set up further chemotherapy for next Friday and a repeat office visit for 03/10 and have suggested that…
reduced and the patient should follow-up in two weeks to evaluate if the symptoms have resolved, worsened, or has remained the same. Prilosec has many potential drug interactions. These drugs include bosentan, cilostazol, clopidogrel, cyclosporine, diazepam, digoxin, disulfiram, iron, methotrexate, St. John's wort, tacrolimus, antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals, warfarin, diuretics, and anticonvulsants. Currently, L.G. is not taking any other medications; therefore he is not presently at…
reduction may include: • Reducing dose by 10% to 20% per week if it is within or slightly above the recommended amount. • Stabilising on an equivalent dose of diazepam for a few days before dose reduction, if patients were using higher than recommended doses or finding it difficult to reduce the dose of a short-acting benzodiazepine (avoid diazepam in older people). • If multiple benzodiazepines are used, the dose of each drug may be reduced one after the other. O-ngoing review and use of…
from the combined of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine. These drugs are a combination of painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs, and sleeping drugs. This particular blend of drugs can cause the brain to fall asleep, faltering the capacity of the heart and lung function. (Davis, 2008) Oxycodone ~ Depressant, trade names: OxyContin, Percodan Hydrocodone ~ Stimulant, trade name (combined with acetaminophen): Vicodin Diazepam ~ Stimulant, trade name:…
anticholinergic drugs and with dopamine depletes such as tetrabenazine. The results of these drug treatments are usually moderate or unsatisfactory and often temporary. Additional drugs that have been used to treat BEB include clonazepam, trihexyphenidyl, diazepam, and baclofen. (Hallett, Evinger, Stacy, &Jankovic,…
different kind of prescription drugs that lead to substance abuse to include but are not limited to Opioids, which is the most used, hydrocodone, codeine, fentanyl, meperidine, hydromorphone, methadone, diphenoxylate, CNS depressant, bartibuates, diazepam, alprazolam, and estazolam. The risk factors associated with drug abuse is so dangerous…
1. On presentation, this patient’s overdose has resulted in the following symptoms: bradycardia, bradypnea, hypotension, hypothermia, hypoxia, and non-responsive to pain. For this patient, an endotracheal tube would be placed to protect the airway and start mechanical ventilation, since the patient is having difficulty maintaining spontaneous ventilation. This will also protect the airway from potential aspiration. Continuous oxygen therapy at 100% to help improve the patient’s hypoxia.…
by 29% between the years 2013 and 2014. Almost 66% of the deaths related to cocaine included a combination of herioin. Another 20% was a combination of cocaine and prescription opiods. Benzodiazepines and similar drugs. This type of drug include diazepam, clonazepam and alprazolam. This class of drug are depressant and have sedative effects. Alcohol. There were 1039 drug/alcohol related deaths in 2014 within the state of Maryland. This was an increase of 21% since 2013 and an astounding 60%…
Psychogenic Amnesia Definition: Psychogenic amnesia (dissociative amnesia) is a condition in which a person subconsciously blocks out certain information (usually associated with a stressful or traumatic event) leaving them unable to remember important personal details. Unlike regular amnesia, in psychogenic amnesia the memories still exist but are deeply buried within the person's mind and cannot be recalled. These memories may resurface over time or if triggered by something in the person’s…
Part 1: adverse reactions 1.1 Introduction (QT prolongation) The toxicity of antipsychotic drugs is considered a good example of specific gender differences in Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) in a dose-dependent manner [1]. This adverse effect is induced cardiac arrhythmia known as torsade de pointes (TdP) (delay of cardiac repolarization), are associated with the following drugs such as; chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, pimozide and thioridazone, which increase the risk of QT prolongation. It…