JS is a 67 year old female. Past medical history includes: COPD Constipation Parkinson’s Disease GERD Osteoporosis Hypertension Chronic UTI’s Her current medication list includes: Budesonide nebs 0.5 mg twice daily Senna 1 tablet twice daily Colace 100 mg daily...
You can’t tell everything from a medication list, but you can certainly begin to formulate questions and identify possible areas of concern. What do you notice that seems a little wacky? Here’s a patient with severe asthma, on multiple medications: Advair...
A 68 year male reports that he “can’t breathe” very well. Past medical history includes: COPD Asthma Migraines CHF Edema Hypertension Afib Medication list includes: Tiotropium daily Mometasone inhaler 110 mcg 1 puff twice daily Propranolol 20 mg BID...
A 73 year old female has a history of GERD, MI, chronic UTI’s, and osteoarthritis. She presents with cough and increasing difficulty catching her breath. She is questioning her provider as to what is going on? Her current medications which have been consistent...
75 year old African American female with history of chronic heart failure (CHF), hypertension, atrial fibrillation with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), diabetes mellitus, asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), came to the ED with a...
63 year old female with a history of severe COPD. She is a smoker and is currently taking the following medications: ipratropium/albuterol as needed, Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol) 160/4.5 two inhalations twice daily and Spiriva inhalation once daily. ...
