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Vancomycin Dosing and Trough Level Monitoring

Trough concentrations should be measured 30 minutes before the 4th dose
Vancomycin Dosing ... and Trough Level ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Vancomycin #Dosing
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
and sodium • Dosing ... binds magnesium • Dosing ... and calcium • Dosing ... : 15 g (4 level ... #medications #pharmacology
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug Level ... Sample trough level ... - Intermittent dosing ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Heparin - Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) vs Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMWH)
UFH:
 • Advantages: 
    -
Unknown Optimal dosing ... anti-factor Xa level ... Unfractionated #pharmacology
Rasburicase Pharmacology Summary

Recombinant urate oxidase from saccharomyces
Immediate onset of action
Dosing:
 - Package insert: 0.2 mg/kg IV
Rasburicase Pharmacology ... onset of action Dosing ... depending on the level ... #Rasburicase #Pharmacology
Lyrica (Pregabalin) 
Indications: Neuropathy (diabetic, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, & spinal cord injury), Adjunctive therapy for partial-onset
partial-onset seizures Dosing ... On a federal level ... Lyrica #Pregabalin #Pharmacology
Veltassa (Patiromer) 
MECHANISM: Potassium Binder 
INDICATION: Treatment of Hyperkalemia 
FORMULATION: Powder for oral suspension 
DOSING: 8.4
oral suspension DOSING ... needed, based on K level ... #Hyperkalemia #Pharmacology
Methotrexate Toxicology 

Intravenous leucovorin (folinic acid) treatment serves as a cofactor necessary for synthesis of thymidylate
the serum MTX level ... Leucovorin dosing ... determining intravenous dosing ... even if the MTX level ... Toxicity #Management #Pharmacology
Pharmacologic prophylaxis of VTE in selected clinical scenarios.

Enoxaparin 
Dalteparin 
Fondaparinux 
Dabigatran 
Unfractionated Heparin
Warfarin 
Aspirin 

#prophylaxis #VTE
Pharmacologic prophylaxis ... prophylaxis #VTE #DVT #dosing ... #indications #pharmacology
Summary of dosing recommendations in renal impairment of commonly used hypoglycaemic agents

#Diabetes #Diabetic #Medications #Pharmacology #Dosing
Summary of dosing ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #Dosing #Dosing