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Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Pharmacy
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
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Complications Poly-pharmacy
Potassium Electrolyte Repletion
If patient also has hypomagnesemia, replete magnesium before repleting potassium
Oral:
 • Pills (ask pharmacy
• Pills (ask pharmacy
Table 1. The ABC or (3Rs) of antidote mechanisms/actions.
Br J Clin Pharmacol (2016) 81 402–407 
#Management
Br J Clin Pharmacol
Isotretinoin is a very effective drug for the treatment of severe acne, but has a severe
Also, the pharmacy
Table 3. Antidotes that may be used in cardiac arrest (The A to P of treatment
tickers) Br J Clin Pharmacol
Topical Medications Quantities - FINGERTIP UNIT (FTU) 

How do we know how much cream a patient
Sometimes pharmacy
Sexually Transmitted Infections - Common Outpatient Treatments 
Chlamydia 
 - Azithromycin 1 g PO once
ambulatory care pharmacy
Tale of Two Staphylococci: 
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

MSSA arrived quietly,
primary team sighed, pharmacy
Asthma Assessment Tools - Is your patients asthma controlled? 
 - Asthma Control Test (ACT)
tool from the pharmacy