DAPTOMYCIN

29F. Not taking any medications other than daily fiber supplement and multivitamin. Pictures to be added in the comments. Between \~January 10th and January 16th I had unexplained knee pain to the point where I was limping and bought a compression sleeve to help with some stability. The pain subside

I work home infusion where we send IV antibiotics to the patient home. We compound everything in a sterile hood, date everything with stability information, and we also coordinate with nursing, who show up and train the patient how to administer it to themselves. I used to work hospital where nurse

So, some techs are reconstituting micafungin with a transfer needle instead of adding the 5ml of ns and waiting for the foam to dissipate and fully reconstitute. Somewhat similar, they’re using a shaker table with refrigerated Daptomycin to reconstitute it, and not letting the foam to completely se

I'm wondering where everyone gets their info for extended stabilities. The organization I work for isn't particularly helpful with this. For example: One pharmacy uses a 9 day exp on daptomycin, but we use a 2 day because that's what the package insert states to do. Any and all info is appreciate

United States, registered nurse, not currently working. ​ I keep reading about shipping containers stuck in ports and little warning lights about medication shortages are going off in my mind. ​ Just a few years ago, I remember giving IV daptomycin as a bolus from a syringe

Hey guys been working in IV sterile compounding for around 6 years. I was curious if you guys had any good techniques to recon daptomycin 500mg vial with NS since it takes forever. TIA! ​ Edit: Thanks to all of you who recommended some good tips for reconstituting Dapto! I really apprecia

Because daptomycin uses weight based dosing, it is common to use partial vials, and because it is an expensive drug there is a strong incentive to save those partials for later use. There seem to be mixed signals regarding whether this is an acceptable practice, however, so I wanted to check in and