COLCHICINE vs PREDNISONE

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

Edit: I deleted the vaping post a while ago because doctors kept judging me for it. I’ve kept screenshots of it, they were moderators telling me NOT to go to the ER making me feel stupid. At eosinophil of 5800. So yeah. I’m not lying about the post I just deleted it because of anxiety before the hos

31F, don’t want to give too much identifying info since there aren’t that many bat rehabilitators in the world. No relevant PMH. I’m normally the one answering questions about rabies, not asking them, but this is more than I know and more than my doctor knows, so I’m hoping this might happen to be s

Hi everyone, 6 year old male. 43 pounds. 45 inches tall. Caucasian. Canada. No allergies. Medical conditions: asthma. Medications: Advair BID, and Ventolin PRN. Was prescribed Prednisone for a possible asthma exacerbation, and recieved one 20mL dose on Wednesday morning then went to school, and caug

I can't embed images here, so I made a pdf with all text, pictures, and labs. [https://www.scribd.com/document/511582218/askdocs-pdf?secret\_password=VqmaLuJA0tGw5bGE5xYp](https://www.scribd.com/document/511582218/askdocs-pdf?secret_password=VqmaLuJA0tGw5bGE5xYp) It will be much easier to read th

Hi everyone (throwaway account here), I need help on how to proceed with a meeting I am going to have with my staff pharmacist who got caught on camera stealing drugs at 5 different instances in the past 3 months. All drugs were non narcotic for personal use such as cochicine, nitrofurantoin, naprox

Yesterday, I had a prescriber send over 12 seperate prednisone rx's trying to do a taper. Today, I had a prescriber writing for the 2.4mg wegovy but to inject 0.5mg. I asked them if they instructed the patient on how to get 0.5mg out of a pen designed to inject 2.4mg and they said "no, why? did the

Before official corona virus news started trickling in, I recall a large number of people coming into the pharmacy for a few months with a terrible cough that wouldn’t go away. For the most part these were regulars I had known for years with no outstanding health problems. Now that I think back we w

Hello. Just got a message from pharmacy about norco for chronic pain in an elderly patient, “alternative requested, please add icd code, is patient seeing pain specialist.” I do appreciate the concern, however in this particular patient I believe it is warranted, (she has tried several other class