pt has osteoporosis/osteopenia..Evista & s/l beca-serloxafin 60 mg daily. nm
Posted By: minmin on 2007-06-04
In Reply to:
Subject: pt has osteoporosis/osteopenia..Evista & s/l beca-serloxafin 60 mg daily. nm
thanks for everyone's help. this is a new doctor with a thick accent, so trying to muddle through on his 1st day.
Complete Discussion Below:  marks the location of current message within thread
The messages you are viewing
are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select
the boards given in left menu
Other related messages found in our database
Evista for osteopenia....?
Subject: Evista for osteopenia....?
x
Forteo is a osteoporosis med which is given daily. Might be it. sm
Subject: Forteo is a osteoporosis med which is given daily. Might be it. sm
Forteo 250 mcg.
Yes that is the osteopenia score of the hip which can range between osteopenia between minus 1.0 and
Subject: Yes that is the osteopenia score of the hip which can range between osteopenia between minus 1.0 and minus 2.5.
Trileptal 150 b.i.d.; s/l "Vantz" as tolerated; Cymbalta 30 mg daily; verapamil 24 mg daily.
Subject: Trileptal 150 b.i.d.; s/l "Vantz" as tolerated; Cymbalta 30 mg daily; verapamil 24 mg daily.
Pt with chronic headache, chronic back pain, factor V Leiden.
Depression, Not Otherwise Specified.
Other/Unknown Substance Intoxication Delirium, Resolved.
Opioid Dependence.
Episodic Sedative Hypnotic Abuse.
s/l luvensa 4 capsules daily and s/l Exforge 10/160 mg one daily
Subject: s/l luvensa 4 capsules daily and s/l Exforge 10/160 mg one daily
Evista
Subject: Evista
Evista
Subject: Evista
Could it be Evista????
osteopenia and mgs
Subject: osteopenia and mgs
Osteopenia - Her s/l MGS is previously mildly elevated.
What is MGS? Relation to osteopenia? This is written in assessment.
I wonder if he meant Evista, a drug
Subject: I wonder if he meant Evista, a drug
for osteoporosis.
The only thing that comes to mind is osteopenia because of the bone disease.
Subject: The only thing that comes to mind is osteopenia because of the bone disease.
Pt w/seasonal allergies, osteopenia. Medication is list s/l BYast or VYast? Any ideas? nm
Subject: Pt w/seasonal allergies, osteopenia. Medication is list s/l BYast or VYast? Any ideas? nm
daily versus q. daily?
I always thought q. daily was wrong, but have received back corrections from QA with q. daily after I had changed it to daily. This is not a verbatim account. Am I wrong?
q.daily versus daily
Subject: q.daily versus daily
You are definitely right. Q.daily and q.day, q.d. are not accepted by the AAMT Book of Style. You are to put daily.
osteoporosis
Subject: osteoporosis
Boniva is ibandromate.
osteoporosis maybe??
Subject: osteoporosis maybe??
osteoporosis
oops - osteoporosis
Subject: oops - osteoporosis
decs-o-scan to rule out osteoprosis
Bisphosphonate for osteoporosis.
Subject: Bisphosphonate for osteoporosis.
senile osteoporosis?
Subject: senile osteoporosis?
raloxifene? for osteoporosis
Subject: raloxifene? for osteoporosis
Perhaps raloxifene for osteoporosis. Given to women after menopause?
Reclast for osteoporosis?
Subject: Reclast for osteoporosis?
There's Reclast for osteoporosis.
Subject: There's Reclast for osteoporosis.
Patient has osteoporosis and also takes - sm
Subject: Patient has osteoporosis and also takes - sm
Fosamax, estradiol, calcium. Thanks.
Fosamax is for osteoporosis which I have, and it is taken once weekly.
Subject: Fosamax is for osteoporosis which I have, and it is taken once weekly.
#2 could be *asthenia, osteoporosis" (nomsg)
Subject: #2 could be *asthenia, osteoporosis" (nomsg)
x
Thank you, all the information I was finding was for postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Subject: Thank you, all the information I was finding was for postmenopausal osteoporosis.
I'll make note of the other uses.
This is just a guess... bisphosphonate? Does the patient have osteoporosis?
Subject: This is just a guess... bisphosphonate? Does the patient have osteoporosis?
Try IsofemŽ by Meprofarm - osteoporosis vitamin?
Subject: Try IsofemŽ by Meprofarm - osteoporosis vitamin?
What is the correct way to type osteoporosis T-score numbers?
Subject: What is the correct way to type osteoporosis T-score numbers?
I've seen it as minus and with the - symbol.
There's Vivelle for osteoporosis. If you go to drugs.com, you can search medications by conditio
Subject: There's Vivelle for osteoporosis. If you go to drugs.com, you can search medications by condition.
It is a really good reference web site for that. Try going in and clicking on osteoporosis and see if anything sounds like what is dictated.
Miacalcin is for treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, etc. Men are treated with Miacalcin
Subject: Miacalcin is for treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, etc. Men are treated with Miacalcin
for this disorders, maybe not as prevalent as in woman, but it happens.
(s/l) do-par-a-mid 50 mg daily --- Sorry, doc does not tell me what it is for. nm
Subject: (s/l) do-par-a-mid 50 mg daily --- Sorry, doc does not tell me what it is for. nm
nm
Did he mean three 20 mg daily? sm
Subject: Did he mean three 20 mg daily? sm
I guess I'm asking if he said it exactly as you put it, "320 daily." That could be taken in different ways, especially if he didn't specifically say mg.
2 pag daily?
Subject: 2 pag daily?
i'm listening to a list of medications, and it sounds like the heavily accented doctor is saying "Claritin 10 mg 2 pag once daily."
any ideas on what she might mean by "2 pag?"
thanks!
maybe he meant 15 mg daily
Subject: maybe he meant 15 mg daily
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/ketor_ids.htm
See the Indications and Dosaging Page also and flag your QA/client as necessary to verify his dosing.
Is it an orthopedic note?
hem/onc help please-- s/l cirtyline 100 mg daily
Subject: hem/onc help please-- s/l cirtyline 100 mg daily
pt with dx of myelodysplastic syndrome
Thanks for the help!
s/l JEXON 8.6 mg via PEG daily
Subject: s/l JEXON 8.6 mg via PEG daily
S/L zetalopram 40 daily (not sure what it is for)
Subject: S/L zetalopram 40 daily (not sure what it is for)
tamoxifen AFA 81 mg daily.
Subject: tamoxifen AFA 81 mg daily.
This is in regards to treatment of a woman with breast cancer. I cannot decipher if the doctor is saying tamoxifen AFA 81 mg daily or something else. According to my references the usual dose of tamoxifen is 25 mg daily so possibly the doctor is saying "due to tamoxifen AFA but then what medication would sound like AFA? Please help!
s/l fenfoxidine 180 mg daily
Subject: s/l fenfoxidine 180 mg daily
I'm having major brain farts today. I can't reference this. Is this correct?
CoQ10, 150 mg daily
Subject: CoQ10, 150 mg daily
How would y'all type this? I put the comma in there for lack of a better idea. Thanks...
exforge 5/160 one daily.
Subject: exforge 5/160 one daily.
exforge 5/160 one daily. Cannot confirm a medication named anything close to Ex-Forge??
When a dictator says q.daily you are to put
Subject: When a dictator says q.daily you are to put
daily. Putting q.daily is redundant and like saying every daily. It should only be daily. You were right. Your QA person was incorrect.
s/l Bismo 60 mg daily
Subject: s/l Bismo 60 mg daily
Patient admitted for chest pain, but rules out for cardiac etiology. No other info, just lists meds, including s/l bismo or bismuth 60 mg daily. The dosage does not seem to fit bismuth.
it is 650 mg 3 times daily
Subject: it is 650 mg 3 times daily
(s/l) lidopine bis-a-late 10 mg daily
Subject: (s/l) lidopine bis-a-late 10 mg daily
Doesn't give diagnoses.
? lidopine bis-a-late 10 mg daily
Subject: ? lidopine bis-a-late 10 mg daily
Not sure how other post got wrong info in name. Ignore it.
Furonedine 0.3 mg daily. (med list) TIA
Subject: Furonedine 0.3 mg daily. (med list) TIA
doc spells "transulusion" 0.4 mg daily TIA!
Subject: doc spells "transulusion" 0.4 mg daily TIA!
I have no idea what it is used for. TIA!!
s/l bipane urea daily
Subject: s/l bipane urea daily
nm
may IU q day. International units every day or daily
Subject: may IU q day. International units every day or daily
In medication list s/l VFP .05% daily
Subject: In medication list s/l VFP .05% daily
I can't find VFP, VSP, BFP, BSP, or anything that seems similar. Anyone? This is a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
|
