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Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
including tips for using ... dosage forms and conversion ... #pharmacology #antibiotics ... #medications #table ... #treatment #drugs
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers 
Recommended Dose Conversions 

Valsartan 
Irbesartan 
Losartan 
Olmesartan 
Telmisartan 
Candesartan 
Azilsartan 
Eprosartan 

A few
of another drug ... recalls, this drug ... initiating an ARB ... #Conversion #Table ... #Dosing #Pharmacology
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
e.g. at lower doses ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications ... #dosing #drugs ... #table #pharmacotherapy
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
Antibiotics are ... drugs that are used ... Imagine treatments ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology ... classification #table
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Failure - Differential ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... Wrong dose? ... • Secondary to Treatment ... #Failure #Differential
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (ARB) DOSING:
TOOL FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN AGENTS IN CANADA
The information provided is intended
) DOSING: TOOL ... Doses should be ... ReceptorBlocker #Pharmacology ... #Conversion #Switching ... #Equivalent #Table
Warfarin to DOAC and DOAC to Warfarin Transitions 

Here are a couple of charts to help
DOACs for easier dosing ... dosed BID, and ... <2.5, but that drug ... Anticoagulation #Pharmacology ... #Table
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... -24 hours post dose ... - Intermittent dosing ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
diagnostic and ... • Tx: Reduce dose ... greatest risk • Tx: Dose ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
antipsychotics are ... after a single dose ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Medications #Drugs