General Medical issues thread

[VPS]

Ahh yes but we didn't know the name of the lady in question - and yes you are correct it was the phlebotomist. Well spelt

 

[Quickstatus]

Not sure if this should be here in the humour thread. Patient came in to have blood taken and told the nurse that the doctor told her she was unusual because she only had one neuron The nurse had a lot of difficulty containing herself but that was used in our tea room quite a lot after that.

It’s been around. Mononeuron is the other variant.

 

[Quickstatus]

Ahh yes but we didn't know the name of the lady in question - and yes you are correct it was the phlebotomist. Well spelt

Some medical spellings can be tricky. The generic names for drugs even more difficult. Drug companies have a habit of making the brand name a lot easier.

Those new sodium-glucose-channel-2 inhibitors are a tongue twister and would stump those spelling bee kids:
Generic: Empagliflozin
Brand: Jardiance

Then there are the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors:
Generic: Pembrolizumab
Brand: Keytruda

Medical trainees are required to only use generic names especially in exams.

 

[JohnM]

And so they should - just as any applied agriculturalist or vet should know the specific names of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, antihelminths. The trade names, especially after things go out of patent, are a nightmare zoo. And when some are mixed into a single formulation to broaden the application, and given a different trade name again, yikes!...

 

[Pushka]

Some medical spellings can be tricky. The generic names for drugs even more difficult. Drug companies have a habit of making the brand name a lot easier.

Those new sodium-glucose-channel-2 inhibitors are a tongue twister and would stump those spelling bee kids:
Generic: Empagliflozin
Brand: Jardiance

Then there are the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors:
Generic: Pembrolizumab
Brand: Keytruda

Medical trainees are required to only use generic names especially in exams.

Heaven help us if bogans ever get into the naming of drugs although Jardiance is kind of out there with the fairies.

 

[drron]

There was a bit of thought that went into drug names in the past.Eg frusemide's trade name became Lasix because the diuretic effect LASts SIX hours.

 

[Pushka]

There was a bit of thought that went into drug names in the past.Eg frusemide's trade name became Lasix because the diuretic effect LASts SIX hours.

I never knew that it lasts for 6 hours but usually any ‘urgency’ is done in that time period so it makes sense. Not on lasix but one of the others.

 

[Quickstatus]

I never knew that it lasts for 6 hours but usually any ‘urgency’ is done in that time period so it makes sense. Not on lasix but one of the others.

That’s why it’s not nice to tell patients to take before bedtime

 

[Pushka]

That’s why it’s not nice to tell patients to take before bedtime

Which I think some might do as it’s usually combined with anti hypertensive so in case of that side effect of reducing blood pressure then best be resting in bed. Must check what it says on the box! I think it just recommends no potassium from memory. Which is another thing. I had to google that to find out why because some doctors don’t say why that’s an issue.

 

[Quickstatus]

It’s the other one which is combo-Ed with anti high Bp.
That one don’t need extra potassium - opposite to lasix

 

[Pushka]

It’s the other one which is combo-Ed with anti high Bp.
That one don’t need extra potassium - opposite to lasix

The instructions are not to take potassium. Karvezide.

 

[JohnK]

There was a bit of thought that went into drug names in the past.Eg frusemide's trade name became Lasix because the diuretic effect LASts SIX hours.

Lasix didn't have any effect for the first 3 hours yesterday but then lasted around 6 hours.

 

[cove]

Thanks for the note on Lasix drron.
Since you mentioned licorice and potassium I haven’t overdone my consumption.
I am not allowed grapefruit and have to be careful with spinach quantities based on my prescription medication.
Colonoscopy date booked.....funny how quickly that date comes around with 3 years seeming to be like 1 year.

 

[Pushka]

Grapefruit is an issue with cholesterol drugs I think?
On a cruise I was sharing a table with other cruise people. Strangers. But all around the same age. I love pink grapefruit. I had avoided all the bacon and eggs and fried potatoes that the others were eating. One large gentlemen who had such a heaped plate of these items looked at my grapefruit and said he can’t eat it as it was bad for him. Ok, I understand the drug interaction but I couldn’t help look at his plate and just smile. Ah huh I nodded. Then the days plans were discussed. He said he was having a quiet day in Sydney as he lived there and spending the time around the pool. He asked what I was doing. I mentioned I was climbing the bridge. All the table mates looked aghast.

 

[cove]

It seems that grapefruit can either magnify or in some cases switch off my prescription medication. Getting a 10 times or a no dose would not be too good for a lot of folks.
Medication bungles seem to be a major reason for hospital admissions.
I see my super thin cardiologist in April for an annual check up. I look at him and I think he doesn’t know anything about the naughty food groups.

 

[blackcat20]

Something has bitten me right below the eye, leaving me with a stinging red patch

 

[JohnK]

Note to self. Don't take Phenergan 25mg tablet in the morning.

 

[Flashback]

Note to self. Don't take Phenergan 25mg tablet in the morning.

I find they don't make me drowsy anymore, don't know what's changed as used to knock me out nicely.

 

[JohnK]

I find they don't make me drowsy anymore, don't know what's changed as used to knock me out nicely.

I'm quite tough (yeah I know) but for some reason it made me very drowsy yesterday. Keep forgetting to take at night time. Might try half next time.

 

[Milboo]

My mother avoids grapefruit due to the interaction with blood pressure meds.