CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM vs CEPHALEXIN

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

usually when a prescriber writes macrodantin 100 mg bid, i generally call them up and they're okay with changing it to macrobid 100 mg bid. but today i talked to a dr who pushed back a little bit (although still very polite and professional.) I said my usual spiel about how out of the 2, macrobid i

Tell me what would you do? The caveat is I told them we’re closing in 5 minutes and it’s not a good idea to call the Dr now (on the phone) ) to send it at our location and that there’s a 24 h pharmacy a block away. At 2 minutes she shows up and tells me Dr just sent it? And what if the line was long

I’m a 71F (5’2”, 190 lbs, non-smoker/non-drinker, no regular medications) and I’ve had recurring swelling of my eyelids since last May that has been getting worse with each flare. Both upper eyelids become red, swollen and very itchy (not painful) and more recently the skin has started to crack, wee

Hey! My wife (F29) got a blister on the pinky finger a few days ago. Initially we both thought it was just a blister, but it has progressed quite significantly now to the point where we are unsure what it is. [Here is what the pinky finger looks like](https://imgur.com/a/NAzODn0) (note: it looks sli

So, I went to urgent care on Monday since I noticed a few things were happening. My first symptom was two swollen lymph nodes on the back left side of my neck. Then a general swelling started the day after, in that area. That evening I had pretty intense chills while going to bed and the next mornin

15M, 166 cm, 84 kg(??), 11 months of Ear Infection , currently drinking Amoxiclav ​ I'm in dire need of your advice. I might also vent throughout the post because I feel frustrated at their superstitions over health. I was washing my face when a small water droplet entered my right ear i

Can someone explain the point of this to me? Assuming you're treating cellulitis. Bactrim would cover both MRSA and MSSA...keflex would cover MSSA... So if you think there is a risk of MRSA why not just do Bactrim. Or, if you think MSSA why not just do Bactrim. Why do both? I did a quick uptoda