ID ADE and counseling Flashcards
PCN
- Complete entire course of therapy
- Drink ample fluids
- Report persistent diarrhea (Concern for pseudomembranous colitis)
- Pregnancy category B
- ADE: nausea, diarrhea, HIVES, RASH
Veetids
• Take on empty stomach with water
Pfizerpen-G
• Pearls: Very short half-life, so must dose frequently or give by continuous infusion
Dicloxacillin
• Take on empty stomach with water
Nafcillin
• Pearls: Short half-life; q4h dosage interval, largely eliminated by the liver
Amoxil
- Take extended release formulation within 1 hour of finishing a meal
- Shake suspension well before use; may be mixed with formula, milk, fruit juice, or other cold drinks
Augmentin/XR/ES
- Take with food to decrease GI effects
- Drink water after chewable tablets
- Augmentin ES suspension does not taste very good
- ADE: diarrhea, hepatic dysfunction
Cephalosporins
- Complete entire course of therapy
- Drink ample fluids
- Report persistent diarrhea (Concern for pseudomembranous colitis)
- Pregnancy category B
- ADE: Nausea, diarrhea, RASH
Ancef (cefazolin)
• Pearl: Good alternative to anti-staphylococcal penicillins (i.e. nafcillin), except in CNS infections
Keflex (cephalexin)
• Take on empty stomach
Ceftin (cefuroxime)
- Take the suspension with food
- Bitter taste
- Tablets are without regard to meals
Omnicef (cefdinir)
- Avoid antacids / iron within 2 hours
* ADE: Discolored stools (red)
Rocephin (ceftriaxone)
- Pearls: Dosed once daily except for meningitis and enterococcal endocarditis (q12 hours), High biliary elimination, so no renal dose adjustment needed
- ADE: Biliary sludging, Hyperbilirubinemia in infants / neonates
Maxipime (cefepime)
• Pearl: Often used as an alternative to piperacillintazobactam in cases of mild penicillin allergy when anti-pseudomonal activity is needed
Teflaro (ceftaroline)
• Dose adjust for CrCl < 50 ml/min
Carbapenems
• Will all need renal adjustments
• ADE: GI, rash, SEIZURES (imipenem greatest risk)
- Risk factors for seizures- renal impairment, CNS disease
• Pregnancy category B except for imipenem which is a category C
Primaxin (imipenem / cilastatin)
- Renally adjust for CrCl < 90 mL/min
- Cilastatin inhibits dehydropeptidase and keeps the toxic product from forming (imipenem gets metabolized to nephrotoxic product in the kidney by dehydropeptidase)
- ADE: Most likely carbapenem to cause seizures
Invanz (ertapenem)
- Renally adjust for CrCl <= 30 mL/min
* Once daily dosing convenient for home infusion therapy
Merrem (meropenem
- Renally adjust for CrCl < 50 mL/min
* Pearl: Extended interval dosing (3 hour infusion) may be used for extremely resistant Gram (-) organisms
Macrolide
• Complete entire course of therapy
• Although erythromycin and azithromycin best absorbed on empty stomach, take with food or milk if GI upset
• Pregnancy category B
• ADE: GI UPSET, nausea, cramping, diarrhea, Rare hepatotoxicity (mostly telithromycin), QTc prolongation
- For QTc prolongation, Erythromycin (worst) > clarithromycin > azithromycin (least likely)