FDA Warnings, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Don’t use it for more than 2 years total. FDA warning indicated that a woman should use Depo-Provera for more than two years only if other contraceptive methods are inadequate for her. This warning also applies to new lower-dose formulations of DMPA. Black Box...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
The effects of dopamine are based on the dosing rate Effects Dose Receptors Comments Dopaminergic effects 0.5-2 mcg/kg/min Dopamine At low doses, like 1 to 2 mcg/kg/min, DA acts mainly on dopamine-1 receptors in the renal, mesenteric, cerebral, and coronary beds,...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Atypical antipsychotics -Pine and -done groups. -Pine group. Clozapine Olanzapine Quetiapine -Done and -azole group. Risperidone (Risperdal) Ziprazidone (Geodon) Lurasidone (Latuda) Aripiprazole The difference between dystonia, dyskinesia, akinesia,...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Magnesium (Normal range 1.5 – 2.6 mg/dl) In our pharmacy, MgSO4 comes as premix that is 1g in 50ml of Normal Saline and 2g in 100ml of Normal Saline. If you need 4 grams, they pharmacy will mix 4g in 100ml. Sometimes, if the physician wants, they can also...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Definition of hypocalcemia: A serum calcium of < 8.4 mg/dL with a normal albumin or an ionized calcium of < 4.2 mg/dL. First, identify and treat hypomagnesemia if it is present. You have to do this first in order to effectively correct calcium. Hypomagnesemia is...
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Treatment of Hypophosphatemia Intravenous phosphate is not completely benign. It is potentially dangerous because it can precipitate with calcium and cause hypocalcemia (because the phosphate binds to calcium), renal failure (due to calcium phosphate precipitation in...
