Do you counsel on the onset of action? Nitrazepam (Mogadon and Alodorm) is a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed for sleep. Do you know the best time to take it? Imagine being a patient. You have just been prescribed nitrazepam to help you sleep. You take the…
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Counselling the potential adverse effects of gliflozins (SGLT2 inhibitor)
Glifozins cause an adverse effect that may confuse your patients. Do you what it is and how to best counsel on it? A post shared by Memorise Medicine (@memorisemedicine) on Jul 24, 2018 at 9:47pm PDT Imagine this scenario. A patient comes into your…
Prochlorperazine (Stemetil) and label 16 (L16).
How do you explain why prochlorperazine, a medicine used to treat vertigo, has a dizziness warning on it (L16)? What I often hear pharmacist (student, intern or fully registered), or other health professionals, tell patients is that: “Stemetil is used to help with your dizziness…
What’s in a (drug) name? How to optimize your study by looking at medicine names.
There is a wealth of knowledge in examining medicine names that not only help you look smart at trivia nights but also help you memorise medicines. Learning STEMs You will find that drugs within the same class often have the same prefixes, suffixes, or infixes…