I have two medications I can't figure out...first one sounds like "avencia" and the other one sounds like "sulfazolin" - - any ideas???
* The patient has/had rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes zoster, atrial fibrillation, high cholesterol, hypertension and large B-cell lymphoma.
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I have a report where EMS arrived at a home where someone was unresponsive. Sounds like she said "They administered RSM medications and intubation with good bilateral breath sounds.I cannot find RSM anywhere ...
Not sure of the spelling for either. Also, not sure if these are 2 separate medications or if they should be separated by a comma. Any help is appreciated. Also, if you are familiar, please indicate whether they are brand or generic meds.
amiodipine danazopril oral ...
How many of you leave blanks when medications are not pronounced correctly?
Or fill in because you are sure of what medication it is supposed to be?
I've seen QC and QA fill in the medication when it was badly mispronounced.
Example: Methylprednisone for methylprednisolone (there is no methylprednisone).
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Does anyone have a good website where if you can only make out part of the name of a drug it will research everthing with that part. I used to have one ages ago that all it needed was at least 3 letters, but have since lost it. Now a year or so later I am trying to find it again.
Any help is appreicated. ...
past medical history includes
Sleep apnea.
Hypertension.
Seasonal allergies.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The patient is being seen for anemia. ...
Has anyone ever heard of "fitted" with medications.
It is part of the hospital course. It sounds exactly like that - "The patient was fitted with naproxen...."
I've never heard of this and wondered if it makes sense to anyone.
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"He has no allergies. He takes Mavik 1 mg daily, s/ coronavera 240 mg daily and ASA 81 mg daily."
This is a 70-year-old patient with history of cataracts, bilateral hip replacements with bone grafting and acetabular component replacement, but no CAD, diabetes, renal dysfunction and no other disorders/diseases.
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Doc dictates "omega-3 1000 mg, vitamin B12 1000 mcg, vitamin D3 2000 international units"
My feeling is maybe it should be expanded to "omega-3 one-thousand mg, vitamin B12 one-thousand mcg, and vitamin D3 two-thousand international units," but that feels wrong.
Anyone have any suggestions? ...
I have a dictator that says the drug, dispensed #x, then says "sig". What does the sig mean? What's the purpose?
example: Norco 5/325 mg, dispense #10, sig. 1 p.o. q. 6 hours
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