Lets play the drug of choice game

[30days2nclex]

Name a disease and then name the drug that's mostly commonly associated with that disease or condition. Here's mine: Erythromicin is seen with chlamydia and syphilis. Anybody else got anything?

[Kittycat12]

CHF, treated with digoxin and diuretics (Lasix, etc). Watch out for potassium levels! Hypokalemia potentiates dig toxicity; and hypokalemia occurs with diuretic use!

[Graduatenurse14]

Low Iron levels. Take Iron supplement with OJ. May cause constipation and very dark stools.

[Xaldin4life RN]

Tamoxifen associated with breast cancer!! it helps to lower estrogen fight against breast cancer. Also leads to increase Ca release and increase cholesterol.

[xxsunshineBellaxx]

Atropine for sinus bradycardia - increases hr

[erinberrin, CNA]

Bi-Polar disorder/Prozac?..hmm what else?

[30days2nclex]

Yes. Folks keep them coming! This is great!

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

Common for me: Hepatitis C treated with Sovaldi and Ribavirin

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

Oh, I got another, Androgel used for hypogonadism

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

xxsunshineBellaxx said:

Atropine for sinus bradycardia - increases hr

Only if symptomatic.

As an example, my current resting heartrate is 54 and when I was a competitive athlete it was 46. Sinus brady, would you administer atropine?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

erinberrin said:

Bi-Polar disorder/Prozac?..hmm what else?

Not always. Prozac can trigger a manic phase. More common for mood stabilization in bipolar are lithium, depakote, lamictal, tegretol and others. If severely depressed SSRI or other anti depressant may be started with close supervision (Prozac, Paxil..,)

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

JustBeachyNurse said:

Not always. Prozac can trigger a manic phase. More common for mood stabilization in bipolar are lithium, depakote, lamictal, tegretol and others. If severely depressed SSRI or other anti depressant may be started with close supervision (Prozac, Paxil..,)

Yeah, I'm sure there are people who are prescribed Prozac for bipolar disorder, I.e., if they have another disorder or have tried everything and nothing works (not entirely sure!), but I've seen Prozac most commonly prescribed for depressive disorders.