This is a common question that is asked a lot. Often if you ask two different pharmacists, "Can you use diclofenac gel with diclofenac tablets?" you get two different answers!…
Which INCS do you recommend? And why? A pharmacy student recently asked if I could write about this. The short answer is, it probably doesnโt matter. After all the AMH…
There is confusion. A fibre confusion. Question, which fibre supplement is clinically indicated to treat constipation? A) Psyllium (Metamucilยฎ) B) Wheat dextrin (Benefiberยฎ) C) Wheat branโฃ D) A,B,Cโฃ โฃ Hint:…
โฃOne of the first things we learn and remember about NSAIDs (e.g. ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxen and mefenamic acid) is they can be used for pain (especially due to inflammation) and…
From what Iโve seen, the most common โsystemโ most health professionalsโ use is, you warn on a few common AEs and 1 or 2 rare ones. Common AEs chosen are…
โAre you on any other medicines?โ This is one of the most common question, health professionals, ask when patients start a new medicine.โฃโฃโฃSimilarly, when a patient is starting a new…
Notes found on Memorise Medicine. โ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ.โโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃMost examiners will only give you one mark if you write the…
Understanding the name: There are a plethora of abbreviations used in the medical world. Some are commonly accepted and others are not. What happens when the abbreviation becomes more common…
Imagine this common scenario. A patient asks, โDo you have something to treat my chesty cough?โโฃโฃโฃโฃCan you straight away picture what type of cough they have? Or is it vague…
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) (Ursofalk ยฎ) is used to treat forms of cholestatic liver disease (CLD). Example: primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholestasis related to cystic fibrosis.โฃ โฃHypercholesterolemia is…