DIAZEPAM vs MIDAZOLAM

I stopped at a Mexican pharmacy while on vacation and was shown a laminated paper that I assume is meant to advertise and list prices for drugs that Americans commonly want to purchase in Mexico. It was mostly C4s and below (or above in numbers rather). I didn’t recognize redotex and asked to see th

The following happened in europe. Today at 8:30 a young man came into the pharmacy and demanded a bottle of Diazepam drops from my coworker. She told him he needs a prescription for that and that she can't sell it without. He begins to talk louder and says he wants only 1 bottle and so on and so f

I used to love my job. As a pharmacist at an Albertsons store, I had it all. A manageable workload, great pay at $75 an hour, and the satisfaction of knowing I was making a difference in my community. I filled about 50 to 60 prescriptions a day, enough to keep me busy but not overwhelmed. Life was g

I know a patient who takes both Xanax and Diazepam together. Both were prescribed by the same doctor but one is taken at bedtime and the other as needed during the day. I have never seen that and was worried about the duplicate therapy but apparently they have been on both for months now. The other

In another sub, many people were arguing about the problems of getting hold of alcohol (as in drinking liquor) and some said that they would get withdrawal symptoms. One person who seems to have some knowledge of medicine really went overboard with the horror stories. I told him that in my country p

This must be a very trivial question but since English is not my first language I have to ask because for me the meaning is ambiguous. I have read this a couple of times now where it says in a formulation (e.g.:http://www.pharminfotech.co.nz/manual/Formulation/mixtures/diazepam.html) "Water to 100mL

Got a phone call today which basically went like this. Me: Such-and-such Pharmacy this is %67%, how can I help you? Junkie(?): My girlfriend got a prescription from you guys about twenty minutes ago and there was a problem with it. Me: Okay what was your girlfriend's name so I can look up her dispen

RN here. As I understand it, both are dissolved in propylene glycol. Why does our unit store lorazepam in the fridge but diazepam is in the pyxis? Thanks!

If a patient has a high CK level from TCs caused by Primary General Epilepsy, have you seen whether Voltoco is more effective than Nayzilam for an abortive med in either reducing full blown status or reducing the likelihood of rhabdomyolysis given Voltoco is a muscle relaxant? The person's ck level

"More specifically, the investigation revealed that during his shift at Medical Center, Respondent locked himself in the pharmacy’s bathroom and injected Midazolam. As a result, Respondent was slurring his words, stumbling, and had blood dripping from the injection cite on his arm. Respondent’s co-w

I’m an EMS manager, and my supply guy tells me that we can no longer get midazolam in a preservative free formulation. He was under the impression that if it a medication contains preservatives we can’t give it IM, but I haven’t been able to find anything about this one way or the other (aside from

First, I need to apologize as this post will be pretty long. So I know this probably isn't the best place to ask for advice, since practice will invariably depend on where you are, but I thought I'd gather some opinions anyway.   I'm the sole pharmacist at our small hospital (managers are n

US paramedic here with some questions about appropriately treating acute and chronic pain in a prehospital setting. My options are this: -Ice pack and position of comfort/splinting/ sling and swathe -Ibuprofen 600mg PO -Acetaminophen 1000mg PO/IV -Fentanyl 0.5-4mg/kg IV/IO/IN/IM/Nebulized -Morphine