DRUG ADDICT

Everyday dose of DRUGS. this will help you/me to be familiarized with drugs you/we encounter in our exposure to clinical areas.

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Plus Some Sources

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50940789&itype=cmsid

https://m.mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening#.mYPU5ezHR

https://www.tdpf.org.uk/blog/success-portugal%E2%80%99s-decriminalisation-policy-%E2%80%93-seven-charts

https://drugabuse.com/legalizing-marijuana-decreases-fatal-opiate-overdoses/

https://www.vox.com/2014/8/25/6065383/medical-marijuana-legalization-linked-to-less-prescription-painkiller

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im so sorry

im so sorry for not updating this blog. i have been busy working. anyway, i am currently assigned in Pediatric Ward. I am handling the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Hopefully I could pull things together and share to you guys the frequently used medication in aforementioned areas. thanks.

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Time of giving medications

p.r.n.: Abbreviation meaning "when necessary" (from the Latin "pro re nata", for an occasion that has arisen, as circumstances require, as needed). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have traditionally been used in prescriptions.

Some others:

a.c. = before meals (from "ante cibum", before meals) b.i.d. = twice a day (from "bis in die", twice a day) gtt. = drops (from "guttae", drops) p.c. = after meals (from "post cibum", after meals) p.o. = by mouth, orally (from "per os", by mouth) q.d. = once a day (from "quaque die", once a day) q.i.d. = four times a day (from "quater in die", 4 times a day) q._h.: If a medicine is to be taken every so-many hours (from "quaque", every and the "h" indicating the number of hours) q.h. = every hour q.2h. = every 2 hours q.3h. = every 3 hours q.4h. = every 4 hours t.i.d. = three times a day (from "ter in die", 3 times a day) ut dict. = as directed (from "ut dictum", as directed)

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Calcium Channel Blockers

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Calcium Channel Blockers

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Paracetamol

classification: analgesics, muscle relaxants and uricosurics

other name: acetaminophen

brands: Biogesic,Calpol, Tempra, ...

action:

decreases fever by inhibiting the effects of pyrogens on the hypothalamic heat regulation centers and by hypothalamic action leading to sweating and vasodilation.

relieves pain by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis at the CNS but does not have anti-inflammatory action because of its minimal effect on peripheral prostaglandin synthesis.

indication: relief of mild-to-moderate pain; treatment of fever

contraindication: hypersensitivity; intolerance to tartrazine (yellow dye #5), alcohol, table sugar, saccharin

precaution: patients with impaired kidney or liver function. Patients with alcohol dependence.

Adverse reaction: stimulation, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, hepatotoxicity, hepatic seizure(overdose), renal failure(high, prolonged doses), leukopenia, neutropenia, hemolytic anemia(long term use), thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, rash, urticaria, hypersensitivty, cyanosis, anemia, jaundice, CNS stimulation, delirium followed by vascular collapse, convulsions, coma, death.

drug interaction:

toxicity may be increased by hepatoxic drugs or drugs that induce liver microsomal enzymes.

absorption may be accelerated by metoclopramide.

excretion may be affected  and plasma concentrations altered when administered with probenicid.

absorption may be reduced by cholestyramine if given within an hour of paracetamol administration