of these side effects? If I were in this particular situation, I would indeed opt to take the medication. Not only for myself, but for others too. To me, sanity is a very important thing. Works Cited "Atorvastatin". NCBI. 07/10/2010 . "Benefits of Lipitor". LIPITOR atorvastatin calcium. 07/10/2010 . "Rx List The Internet Drug Index". Rx List. 07/10/2010 . "Sertraline". NCBI. 07/10/2010 . "Terbinafine". NCBI. 07/10/2010 .
from baseline levels which was significant. These studies showed that only 10% of Pitavastatin treated patients had adverse events (AE) in which 84% of these events were mild and about 1% were serious adverse events (SAE)6, 12, 14, 16-26, 28-31. Atorvastatin is the most commonly used statin in clinical practice; the F... ... middle of paper ... ...iovascular and cerebrovascular events and related deaths, which this study is going to test. 3.3 DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE The primary
My case study patient is 80 is years old Asian Indian male who weighs 195 lbs. and height of 61 inches. Patient has type II diabetes for the last 20 years, and has slowly developed glaucoma. Patient is fond of spicy and fried food which has initiated some health issues. Due to daily heartburn from spicy food, the mucus lining of esophagus has been exposed to stomach acids which has led to Gastroesophageal reflux disease. The high fat and fried has caused the patient to have high blood lipids. The
Patient education refers to a program involving patients, which is designed to reduce the risk factors associated with various disease developments (Falvo, 2011). It also involves monitoring the effectiveness of disease treatment procedures as directed by the medical nurses, as well as maintaining the lifestyle changes of the patients in order to improve the health outcomes. Patient education involves dieticians, nurses, and medical personnel approach to guide the patients to achieve recommended
with Glipizide 5 mg po daily Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Will treat with Duloxetine 60mg po daily. Hypertension: Will treat with Lisinopril 10mg po daily. Kidney disease: Will treat with Lisinopril 10mg po daily Hyperlipidemia: Will treat with Atorvastatin 20mg po daily. Hypothyroidism: Will treat with Levothyroxine 50mg po daily Glipizide: Glipizide is an oral rapid acting antidiabetic drug from the class of sulfonylurea. It is a second generation of sulfonylurea that undergoes enterohepatic circulation
HPLC-UV for the analysis of AT in drug substances or drug formulations together with impurities has been successfully validated and applied (Mohammadi et al., 2007). A good resolution for AT, and its two known impurities desfluoro-atorvastatin (DFAT), diastereomer-atorvastatin (DSAT), and other unknown impurities and formulation excipients of tablets can be obtained by adopting a simple HPLC method. The best resolution is obtained using a Luna C18 column with acetonitrile-ammonium acetate buffer and
Introduction Hyperlipidemia is a condition that effects hundreds of millions Americans every year. Hyperlipidemia is an excess of fat like substances in the bloodstream that include cholesterol and triglycerides. Hyperlipidemia is a condition that shows no symptoms and can only be diagnosed through blood tests. The treatment is aimed at lowering the LDL cholesterol, which is bad cholesterol. A variety of medications are used in the treatment including statin drugs, fibrates and bile acid sequestrants
Introduction Acute pancreatitis following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) appears to be the most frequent major complication, occurring in 1-10% of patients overall, with a mortality rate ranging from 0.2-0.6% and an annual healthcare expenditure cost reaching $150 million in USA alone (1) (2). Several risk factors have been reported to play a role in ERCP-induced pancreatitis; some are patient-related (i.e. sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD), female gender, history of pancreatitis
dissolved in normal saline to an overnight fasting (for 18hr) rats.After 72 hours of triton injection, respective treatments were given once daily to all the animals.Second and third groups serve as a positiveand standard control,received 5% CMC and atorvastatin (40mg/kg) respectively.Fourth and fifth grouprats,were supplemented with ethanolic and aqueous extractsof Cinnamon bark (CZEE and CZAE 500mg/kg of each) as shown in Table-1. Both the standard and cinnamon extracts were suspended in 5% CMC solution
Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are the currently the leading cause of death globally for both men and women accounting for 21.9 per cent of total deaths and is projected to increase to 26.3 per cent by 2030 . Statins are the treatment of choice for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and in the management of hypercholesterolaemia because of their proven efficacy and safety profile. Evidences are showing their effectiveness in reduction of cholesterol synthesis and
My first patient that was assigned to me was a 50-year-old woman admitted for coughing and nose bleeds. She states that she has been bleeding for the last two to three days. After coughing, she had chest pains that would go away and come back. Her admitting diagnosis was CAD. The patient had past medical history of NSTEMI and chronic diastolic failure, coronary angioplasty, chest pain and hypertension and hyperlipidemia. My assessments went very smoothly. She was able to tell me that she experienced
REASON CHIEF COMPLAINT: Hypertensive nephropathy. BLANKLINE Mr. Porter is a 54-year-old gentleman with severe vascular disease who was probable hypertensive nephropathy. His creatinine was 1.9 in 2009, 2.1 in 2011, 2.0 in 2012, 2.4 in 2013, and in 12/2016 it was still 2.4. Unfortunately, in association with a foot wound and vancomycin and Zosyn infusion that he has had this month his creatinine is now up to 3.7. Other labs: Past renal ultrasound unremarkable. Microalbumin to creatinine ratio
your body needs to make cholesterol. Statins may also help your body reabsorb cholesterol that has built up in plaques on your artery walls, preventing further blockage in your blood vessels and heart attacks. Statins include medications such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Altoprev), pitavastatin (Livalo), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor). Lower-cost generic versions of many statin medications are available. Already shown to be effective
Chief Complaint: “I have a bad cough with phlegm” History of Present Illness: The patient is an 84-year-old Pacific Islander woman who presented to the clinic with complaints of a “bad” cough with phlegm which she notes to have started two weeks ago. She describes the cough as productive and the phlegm as rusty-colored. She states that the cough has been constant. Patient does not know what brought on the cough. She has been taking cough drops with no relief. She came to the clinic today because
we felt stuffy as a group. A/C filters may have not been changed in a long period of time. 6) The patient fills his prescriptions at the Walmart Pharmacy. His medications include Janumet (Metformin) and Victoza (liraglutide) for type 2 diabetes, atorvastatin for managing cholesterol levels, fluticasone and Qvar for allergy relief, benazapril for high blood pressure. He also revealed that he takes Vicodin, alprazolam, carisoprodol for any back or neck pain me may endure. Some other drugs he had on hand
A herb-drug interaction is defined as any pharmacological modification caused by a herbal substance(s) to another exogenous-chemical (e.g. a prescription medication) in the diagnostic, therapeutic or other action of a drug in or on the body (Brazier and Levine, 2003). This relates to drug-drug interactions, herb-herb interaction or drug-food interaction. A herb can potentially mimic, magnify or reduce the effects of co-administered drugs and the consequences of these interactions can be beneficial
WHAT IS THE BCG GROWTH-SHARE MATRIX? To begin with, BCG is the acronym for Boston Consulting Group—a general management consulting firm highly respected in business strategy consulting. BCG Growth-Share Matrix (see figure 1) happens to be one of many of BCG's strategic concepts the organisation developed in the late 1970s, and is being taught at leading business schools and executive education programmes around the world. It is a management tool that serves four distinct purposes (McDonald 2003;
We have all heard about cholesterol in thousands of heath articles. Cholesterol effects heath of everybody around the world. Our blood cholesterol level has a lot to do with the possibilities of getting heart disease. High cholesterol is one of the biggest threats and the best known for heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of people in the United States. Each year, more than a million Americans have heart attacks, and about half of that number die from heart disease. In order to
2010). There is another way to prevent or reverse heart disease by consuming seven heart nutrients which are fiber, fish oil, magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin K, zinc, and COQ10. Also, there are statin drugs such as Crestor (rosuvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) that are being prescribe to cholesterol-lowering but there is a concern about their safety and effectiveness. There is an alternative to these types of drugs. The statin alternatives are Niacin (B3) known to be effective in lowering blood cholesterol
hospital, so teaching has been done, but the nurse was able to briefly explain the medications to his daughters as each one is administered so that the patient was aware of what is being given each time. He is taking 40 mg by mouth at bedtime of Atorvastatin as a primary prevention for cardiovascular disease and lowering the risk of a heart attack (MI) or stroke. It is a lipid-lowering agent, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. This medication requires a nursing assessment to be done involving monitoring