COLCHICINE vs INDOMETHACIN

Why does EU use colchicine 0.5mg vs 0.6mg in US? Does metric system have a role in this? What is it based on?

Belladonna: anticholinergics like atropine, scopolamine, hyosciamine Autumn crocus: colchicine Opium poppy: opioids Coca plant: cocaine (although rarely used in a medical setting now, we use similar local anesthetics all the time) Know some more? Drop them below and let's talk about it! Edit: Cocain

I suppose the term used by the hospital I interned at of "High Alert Drug" is a bit more professional, but I'm curious which drugs you place on your list, in my never ending quest to learn new stuff/refresh my memory/sharpen that sword... Unofficial Reddit CE style (sorry no credit here). Which drug

On r/Residency there was recently a thread about the IM resident who poisoned his wife with colchicine. Some of the comments spoke about how colchicine is a terrible medication, how they would never prescribe it, and how toxicology docs would never use it. This has me a bit worried because my 12 ye

*Posting for my cousin. She posted here but wasn’t sure if anyone saw it, so just testing to see if this gets more reach and if any of you amazing people have insight on her situation. Thank you so much!* Heart constantly pounding, palpitations are so strong it wakes me up while trying to sleep. 5 m

34 female, 5’10 135lbs. My heart makes a weird clicking and squeaking noise that can easily be heard a few feet away. The noise can be heard louder through my mouth. I have been having shortness of breath upon exertion and increased heart rate for the past year, and wondered if this might have an

Age 34 Sex female Height 5’6 Weight 130 Race white Duration of complaint 2020 to now Location California Any existing relevant medical issues Skin lesions Current medications colchicine Include a photo if relevant have lesions all over body been to over 50 doctors. Dermatology, rheumatologists,

New grad pharmacist looking for advice Hello, I'm a new grad pharmacist who would really appreciate advice on how to survive in the harsh environment known as retail chain pharmacy. I worked as a tech first, interned, and graduated this year so I know the computer system well. However, I wasn't the

24m 185cm 78kg , non smoker, Australian. Complaint- Costochondritis and pericarditis (potential rheumatoid arthritis) Duration of complaint- 1 year Bp 134/87 Hb- 81 Medication currently taking- humira bi-weekly (10weeks so far) pantaprozole (1year) cymbalta 60mg ,panadol (if needed) NSAID’s (if ne

How do you guys handle beers’ list issues in retail? My chain has now made it a hard-stop contraindication and our general guidelines for those are that we have to document that we spoke to the provider and discuss the issue. The problem is the majority of these are for acute conditions, promethazin

Today I was counseling a customer on Indomethacin and when I was done I asked him if he had any questions. He did but because of his accent when I asked if there were any reactions I heard he say “Any erections?”

Has any pharmacist seen such an indication for indomethacin? So it looks like this is used for headaches associated with sexual activity? But the most common side effect of indomethacin is headache! ​

I have a patient who is continuing on a compounded medication of dihydroergotamine 10 mg, indomethacin 50mg, metoclopramide 10mg, and caffeine 30mg. Has anyone heard of this combination or know anymore about it? Not even sure where to start writing this or anything.

I work at an educational institution. Today, I made an indomethacin (placebo) 5mg/mL suspension using placebo powder, sucrose, methylcellulose, and purified water. I thought suspending agent like methylcellulose is going to slow down sedimentation of the placebo powder, but I never expected to see s

Physician here. I saw a pt in clinic today who showed me a pic of a med he took for his back pain (from Mexico). It was a tablet with a steroid(cant remember which one but it was 0.5mg), 25mg indomethacin, and methocarbamol (don’t remember dose). It just got me and one of my partners talking. What