CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM vs CEFUROXIME

Apologies ahead of time if this is long. Some background, I work in a clinic which sees an active duty military patient population. Yesterday, I saw a 20 yo caucasian male who was following up from two visits to the ED in the last 36 hours. initially, he presented to the ER very late saturday night

\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UPDATE 04/08/20: So far doctors have ruled out: \- Paraneoplastic syndrome: CT scan no tumours, not cancer. \- Stroke \- coeliac disease His Vitamin D and

My mother has been hospitalized for the most of February due to "COPD exasperation," and has been released from the hospital numerous times only to be brought back by the ambulance. Most recently she was released on the 18th while I was at work, and only a few hours later brought back to the hospit

Male / 34 year old / hispanic / 172cm / 65kg / type 1 diabetic (on insulin - under control) On september 4th, I went to sleep at night feeling fine and without any ongoing health problems (completely recovered from the ear infection I posted about here 5 months ago and had no other health problems s

24 AFAB, 4'8", currently around 130 pounds because thyroid is awful and I don't exercise due to chronicillness. Suspected POTS and EDS of some kind, struggle with eating food because of ARFID, but I've been on and off for a few years, usually a meal a day or a snack. I'm on 25 mg sertraline for anxi

Hello doctors, I need urgent advice about my aunt (age: 40, female, from Bangladesh). She has been sick for many years with multiple chronic health issues (high cholesterol, enlarged liver, and kidney problems). But now her condition has become more serious, and we're very worried. Main symptoms dur

Hello, my name is Daniel and I'm 19 years old. I'm 1.82 cm and around 70 kgs, which is around 6 ft 154 lbs. I'm a smoker, I've been smoking for about 4 to 5 years and I also have asthma. I've followed a treatment when I was around 9-10 years old for it, I had the luck to stumble upon a really good p

Per package insert, cefuroxime tablets are not supposed to be crushed or chewed. The reason behind this is persistent bitter/bad taste. Our formulary only has 500mg tabs. What are your thoughts on splitting the tab given it’s not recommended due to the bitterness? No safety concerns noted in package

Had an Rx for Azithromycin 250mg bd for 5 days. Patient indicated this was for a kidney infection. I asked if it was an STI but was assured it was a kidney infection. I rang the prescriber thinking it may be a mistake and they wanted Cefuroxime instead (Zinnat instead of zithromax) But no, correct m

So we have this elderly tech challenged temp lady with "hospital experience" at our LTC who only checks filled prescriptions. We stopped letting her verify antibiotic IV's because she keeps acting like it's acute care and wants to check CrCl on every other order and ends up disrupting workflow even

Can we as pharmacist alter a script without calling provider? Example today. Cefuroxime 250mg/5mL susp The solution does not exist in a generic. Can I change the cefuroxime 250 mg tab without verbal approval? Also. —Changing tabs to capsules? The RX is written for 5 mg but only 10 mg available, can

* Age: 86 * Sex: Male * Height: 172 - 178 cm * Weight: 54 kilograms * Race: not sure (Indian) * Duration of complaint: \~1 week * Location (Geographic): India * Location (on body): not applicable? * Recreational drug use: none since at least 1.5 decades. Smoked cigarettes for 5-10 years before that.

Hi all, I am 32 years old, female, around 120 pounds, nonsmoker/social drinker. No health issues besides a UTI that I have been fighting off since January (currently on Cefuroxime 500/ 2X a day for 5 days, have taken Monurol 3X as well)....I just saw a urologist who put me on a treatment plan which

Hello! I am a 23-year-old Black female, no significant past medical history So I tested positive for strep on 05/27 and started and completed a 10-day course of amoxicillin. I began feeling better by day 2 or 3 of the amoxicillin but still completed the full course. On the morning of 06/10 (4 days