My favorite med:

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Specializes in Cardiac.

I just love Versed. Fentanyl is a close second!

I give tons of versed and fentanyl in my unit for conscious sedation for bedside procedures.

What are your favorite meds to give? :)

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When I worked in ICU I loved succ. and rox. and propofol.

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I love giving haldol ativan and benadryl ?

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Specializes in ER, PACU, Med-Surg, Hospice, LTC.

Dilauded push. In the PACU it is the difference between a patient screaming with 10/10 pain and a peaceful sleep.

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I don't really have a favorite medication, it's basically whatever helps my patient the best with the problem they're experiencing at the moment. Certainly a lot of analgesics and PONV meds. I certainly appreciate medications like atropine, ephedrine and naloxone.

If I had to pick a favorite it would probably have to be alfentanil, love the fast onset :)

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Specializes in Float Pool-Med-Surg, Telemetry, IMCU.

What's that one that starts with a "D"? Duh..dil...da...la...something? :rolleyes:

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Specializes in mom/baby, EFM, student CNM, cardiac/tele.

My favorite is adenosine...but only for true SVT!

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Specializes in PACU, pre/postoperative, ortho.

Love me some Toradol!

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
My favorite is adenosine...but only for true SVT!

That might be my favorite too.

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Specializes in Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice.
I love giving haldol ativan and benadryl 

Yep. I also love Geodon but the haldol/ativan cocktail is the best.

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I thought when I read the title that you were asking for a favorite drug to receive. I have only had fentanyl twice (for preops), but omigod it is truly lovely. I can see why it's a favorite drug of abuse for anesthesiologists.

Drugs to give? Hmmmm. I'd say my favorite drug to give when I was in critical care was dopamine, without which "crash and burn" was imminent. On the other side of the spectrum, nitroprusside, to prevent "explode and burn" (those "Patent pending over 190" blood pressures-- so-called because at the top of the mercury tube on the manometer, up above 300mmHg, it says "Patent pending").

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Strange as it sounds, I liked giving IV Lasix to my CHF patients. Fortunately most of them had catheters so they didn't have to get up and pee every five minutes, and seeing the improvement in their breathing and edema after I gave it was good for the soul.

I also loved using Magic 4 on my hospice folks. This was a compound made up of Haldol, Phenergan, and I think Ativan and Benedryl. (It's been awhile.) It came in cream form and was simply miraculous. You'd rub it into the skin and it made people relax and feel better within minutes. Amazing stuff. They don't use it much (if at all) anymore, sad to say; I'm not sure why.

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