Capsule surgery ends Flashcards
How to treat acute diarrhoea
Loperamide= anti mobility drug, contraindications= ABx for colitis, bloody diarrhoea, high temp
Best Abx for food poisoning
Ciprofloxacin= works against salmonella and campylobacter
Caution for metronidazole
Nitroimidazole ABx so to treat anaerobic protozoan infections, h. Pylori eradication, pseudomembranous colitis. But can also cause disqualifies, like effect when taken with alcohol eg flushing, abdo pain, hypotension for 3 days after treatment
What drugs can cause dyspepsia
Amlodipine and atorvostatin
Treatment for UTI
First instance with no previous ABx= trimethoprim, or amoxi, or co-amox, or Citpro.
Then CRP hale in
Bisphosphonates
Analogues of pyrophsophate. Work to reduce bone resorption by promoting apoptosis of osteoclasts