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Statins intensity, drug interactions, timing of administration and missed doses.

An overview of high, moderate and low
Statins intensity, drug ... intensity statin dosing ... #pharmacology #overview ... #review #dosing ... #table
Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
including tips for using ... anti-infectives ... #pharmacology #antibiotics ... #medications #table ... #treatment #drugs
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
and depolarizes cells ... Rapidly cidal drug ... skin/soft tissue infections ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
uncovered incidentally during ... asthma, allergy, drug ... reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection ... #Differential #diagnosis
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
allergies, and drug ... natural killer cells ... blood types or during ... Pathophysiology #Allergy #Diagnosis ... #Reactions #Table
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... - Intermittent dosing ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
Antibiotics are drugs ... treat bacterial infections ... and effective relief ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology ... classification #table
Rybelsus (oral semaglutide) - First Oral GLP-1 Agonist
Dosing:
3 mg daily x 30 days, then 7 mg
GLP-1 Agonist Dosing ... order for the drug ... to remain stable ... to ensure the drug ... semaglutide #Diabetes #Pharmacology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Pancreatitis - Diagnosis ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... PUD (posterior), Anatomic ... dysfunction), Familial, Infectious ... cholecystectomy during
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Common Differential Diagnosis ... Refers to anatomic ... of neoplastic, infectious ... the Abdomen or Pelvis ... #Differential #Diagnosis