@PharmD_intheED Good to know, thanks! We are also considering doing this in our ED, but for our 130 mg and 260 mg doses. Any experience with giving 260 mg boluses? A 5 min push might be difficult to safely implement
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Toxicologist here.
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are not yet proven to treat or prevent #COVID19. They may have a role; we just don’t know yet.
Too much (or from drug interactions) can cause hypotension, hypokalemia, seizures, and fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. 1/3
On your way into work or rotation make sure to listen to our latest 5-Minute Pharmacy Pearl episode discussing Single Syringe Diluted Adenosine for SVT article by @PharmD_ED https://t.co/SXrGK9GDId
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I am glad there is a national article on this, because as an EM provider I have been shocked by the the amount of patient callbacks I have been doing to tell people their syphilis test was positive over the last year.
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Magnesium for Rapid Atrial Fibrillation Rate-Control in the ED | Updated ALiEM post by @PharmERToxGuy with new 2018 study https://t.co/0rrv1C4giq #FOAMed
Do you know the FDA safety announcements for fluoroquinolones?
2008-tendinitis and rupture
2013-neuropathy
2016-restrict use in uncomplicated infxns
2016-disabling SEs
2018-low blood sugar and mental health SEs
Use with caution!
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Ketamine for Severe Ethanol Withdrawal: A New Hope? Review of 2018 Crit Care Med article: Ketamine used as adjunct to benzodiazepines (or phenobarbital). By @PharmERToxGuy
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