ACETAMINOPHEN vs ALMOTRIPTAN

TLDR; Wife, 30, was placed on ventilator today. Worried it is a death sentence. I cannot lose her. For auto mods, my wife is female, 30 years of age. She leads a healthy lifestyle and doesn't take any meds aside from occasionally taking pain meds like ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and when she gets a m

32 (ftm) 158 lbs. I've had escalating bladder and urethral pain for months. My doctors don't seem to be taking it seriously. I'm the one asking for further testing while they keep repeatedly doing UTI and STD tests over and over that come back negative every time. The pain was and is severe. It feel

So this is going to be interesting. My husband is very worried and upset because a blood test be just did (to qualify for a new medication) returned with a really weird result. Dude does not drink, has trauma around alcohol so it's not like he's drinking in secret or something. Normal Ethanol Level

I'm a 36F and was diagnosed with Lupus at 23. Height: 5'3, Weight: 114, Race: White I had a bilateral salpingectomy done on the 7th of this month. During the procedure, my surgeon noticed that my liver was blue. She took a photo of it, but the blue doesn't show well. She said it looked far more blue

Hey everyone, I was wondering if there are any lesser-known or obscure OTC meds that don’t usually get much attention but can be surprisingly useful. Most people know the basics like ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and antihistamines, but I’m curious about the more niche products that are still available

This seems like dispensing medication. Would this be regulated by pharmacy laws?

Do you think when ED nurses go to a restaurant they order their food, then 15 seconds after the server leaves the table they go find the server and ask where their food is? Some of these nurses are insane. God forbid an acetaminophen order is in the verification queue for more than 2 minutes. I und

I was berated by my boss (also a pharmacist) for trying to prevent a shelf count discrepancy by writing on the top of one of the bottles. Med errors are not likely to happen due to this in our pharmacy, but just look at them! He's like: "You (staff) pharmacists cannot even read the bottle labels to

My pharmacy is doing a word scramble for pharmacy week. My brain just can't figure some of these out. Can you guys help me out?

Not the kind of "spot the difference" I wanted to play.

The one with the red X above it is a schedule III but the others aren't control at all but I can't find a difference in any of them. Same ingredients, same strength, all tabs.. Anyone know? And while we're at it, why is chlordiazepoxide (Librium) a control but chlordiazepoxide/clidinium (Librax) is

I'm on mobile, so I'm going to try and make this quick. October 2018 son is diagnosed with asthma from a pulmonologist. Start him on asthmanex. Incredibly sick for next two months. Dr's are out of ideas. Perform multiple blood tests, x ray, ct scan. He's referred to ENT for chronic sinusitis, and ca

28F. Height 5’6. Weight 220lbs. No medications. Supplements: Bcomplex, magnesium citrate, coq10. Are there any medications for migraines that are safe while breastfeeding? I have chronic migraines and worked with a neurologist a few years ago to get them under control. I finally got to the point w

My 14 year old son has a left sided migraine (no aura) with light and sound sensitivity, severe fatigue, blurred vision, dizziness/vertigo, and pain. The attack doesn't stop - it's lasted months. His neurologist is also concerned since typical migraine treatments don't help. We tried 5 different tri

Hey everyone, I'm writing my PEBC MCQ and OSCE at the end of this month. While studying I've come up with a few things that I'm unsure of, for instance... On the MCQ portion, suppose they ask something to the effect of "What is the best choice of triptan in children?". While reviewing migraine I s

Hello! This is a bit long in the hopes that more information will help you help me; I would really appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. It's organized into four sections: 1) primary complaint, 2) duration, 3) my story, and 4) my general medical background and current medications. Primary Complain

Hi there! I am a 34 y/o male, smoker. For almost a week I've have a dull to sharp pain on the right side of my chest. The pain intensives when I inhale deeply, burp, bend over or use my right arm too quickly. It's worse today then it was when it started 5 days ago. It feels like it's more muscle pai

30 Female 5'6" 180lbs Caucasian Canada Current meds: effexor and almotriptan (as needed for frequent migraines) I had surgery a week ago to remove a 7x7mm kidney stone in my right uterer(basket and laser) and a stent was placed. The stent caused a lot of discomfort and pain, bloody urine the whole w

30F, 180 pounds, 5’4” Had an allergic reaction 2 weeks ago to an unknown source that resulted in facial, tongue, fingers and toe swelling. I was put on a 5 day course of prednisone the helped but when I finished the swelling in the fingers and toes returned along with joint pain and stiffness in arm