#zpack

[wayfaringmd]

Wayfaring: you have the flu. [Goes through reasons why he can’t get Tamiflu: he’s an otherwise healthy adult, national shortage, local pharmacy shortage, reserving it for the sickest folks, too late into illness, etc]

Patient: ok. So you gonna send me in a Z pack?

Wayfaring: 

[wayfaringmd]

Why do I get stupid messages from the nursing home like “Mr. W thinks he might be coming down with a cold. Please advise.”

Ummmmm how bout advise me with some symptoms and vitals how bout it.

[sweetcheetah86]

What's getting me through Strep. #medicine #acetaminophen #zpack #antibiotics💊 #sick #painful https://www.instagram.com/p/B0pVUa6n6wV/?igshid=1p1zocqqh7ahh

[mykylc]

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I love my #doctor !!!!! #zpack #love https://www.instagram.com/p/BztmpUbFZkk/?igshid=7q1e2an9xny4

[wayfaringmd]

When should a Z pack be prescribed? I'm a scribe for a doctor who will give one to anyone with basic cold type symptoms that are present 2-3 days and who never even bothered to try Sudafed or NyQuil or anything. Sometimes he even gives a refill and says they can get it if they feel they need it. I feel like he gives these out too easily, but I also don't have a medical license so...

Azithromycin (not necessarily in the dosage form of a Zpak) treats several things on its own or in combination with other antibiotics. Most commonly we use it for community acquired pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, chlamydia, gonorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, atypical pneumonia, and strep throat (though not a first line treatment for strep). Less commonly in the US but still common in developing countries it’s used to treat things like typhoid, salmonella, shigella, and pertussis (whooping cough). We also use it in AIDS patients for treatment of mycobacterium infection.

All this is to say that a Zpack should NOT be prescribed for the common cold. There is certainly no reason to prescribe 2 courses of it for a cold. That is simply giving a patient a pill to take while their virus runs its course. Your feeling about this doctor handing it out too freely is likely correct. For colds (which are viral like 90% of the time), stick with symptomatic treatment only.

[hellocupcakeitsme]

So this is happening in not going down I started it before it got to bad #zpack #azithromycin #firstwave #fuckbeingsick

[stephizmua-blog]

💕My Sweet Boys💕 @deanzaselvis #myboys #zpack #lovemyfam (at Branson, Missouri)

[thetravelingtotoros]

Azrith...azri...what the heck is this stuff? <that's the antibiotic I was on, I just took the last one> yikes, what a name! #totoro #antibiotic #name #zpack #difficult