Metformin

during a routine check up • Describe the diet and activity they practice to manage their diabetes? I Avoid flours and sweet stuff and also do lots of walking and drink tons of water. • What medication do they take (if any) to manage their diabetes? Metformin for sugar and 60cc of insulin 30/70 (30 fast acting 70 slow acting apparently) • How often do they check their own blood sugar? Every other day (skipping 1 day) • Describe any short-term or long-term health complications related to the…

with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 for the last 25 years. He was diagnosed back in the early 1990’s and has since been additionally diagnosed with hypertension and hyperlipidemia, both of which are frequently seen in diabetics. He is currently taking: Metformin HCl tabs 500 mg PO BID and Glipizide XL tabs 2.5 mg PO once a day to control his diabetes; Benazepril HCl tabs 20 mg PO once a day and Amlodipine Besylate tabs 5 mg PO once a day to control his hypertension; and Simvastatin tabs 20 mg PO once…

DOI: 1/19/2006. The patient is a 59 -year-old male housekeeping aide who sustained a work-related injury to his neck, head and low back when the elevator he was riding suddenly drops causing him to fall backwards. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with status post cervical spine fusion; chronic pain syndrome; radiculopathy, cervical region; spinal stenosis, cervical region; and cervicobrachial syndrome. According to OMNI notes, the patient had cervical discectomy and fusion, lumbar strain…

level of metabolic acidosis. The sodium is only slightly low so there is some hyponatremia present and definite severe metabolic acidosis due to the low pH and base excess. The lactate is very high which can happen when a diabetic patient takes metformin and it will need to be investigated to prevent lactic acidosis also occurring. An ECG can also be completed to check for any abnormalities related to the hypokalaemia. While the potassium seems normal from a second repeat sample sent after the…

complications? The risk associated with PCOS are infertility, obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. The nurse practitioner is well positioned to manage these conditions beside the infertility. The infertility can be resolved with use of depo Provera and metformin which can be prescribed a NP (Neinstein,…

aware JR took daily medications due to his recent heart bypass surgery in June 2015 and met with him. JR is 62 years old and takes seven medications daily. The medications he takes are Metoprolol, Valsartan, Amiodarone, Atorvastatin, Clopidogrel, Metformin and Rivaroxaban. He takes the same three medications for three years now and the same four medications since his bypass surgery. Today, he chooses to have a lively life with an excellent diet and exercise habits. Medication Evaluation My…

affected him sparked my interest in medicine. At GCSE level, I learnt that diabetes results when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to maintain a normal blood glucose level. Further interest led me to learn that the most common drug used is metformin, reducing the amount of glucose released. Currently the only way to delay/prevent diabetes in people who may have genetic predispositions to it is by maintaining a healthy weight. Recently, a study in Diabetologia showed that obese people…

DOI: 11/5/2011. Patient is a 65-year-old female certified nursing assistant who sustained injury when she slipped and fell while giving patient a bath, hitting her left knee and hip and injuring her low back. The patient underwent complex revision left total knee arthroplasty on 10/27/2015 and also undergone left knee arthroscopic capsular release and left knee manipulation under anesthesia on 1/22/2016. Based on the medical report dated 11/10/16 by Dr. Fieser, the patient presents for left…

drug,” according to the Medical Dictionary. Secondly, this source also states that a drug is licensed under its generic name, and all manufacturers of the drug list it by its generic name. An example of a brand name compared to a generic drug is metformin, the generic name of the drug that is used to treat diabetes. An example of a brand name of this drug is Glucophage. Some people may believe that there are significant differences between a brand name and generic drug, however this is not the…

What additional blood work would you like to complete at this point? Is there any additional information that should be collected from the patient? A.G.’s current diagnosis of diabetes will require additional testing. The current clinical findings of an increased A1c, elevated fasting blood sugar and increased total cholesterol require further investigation of A.G.’s current health status and to assist with the selection of the appropriate treatment for the new diagnoses of diabetes and…