Explain how you might improve patients drug therapy plan

Assignment Help Science

Reference no: EM133735486

Assignment:

Case studies are a useful way for you to apply your knowledge of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic aspects of pharmacology to specific patient cases and health histories.

For this Assignment, you evaluate drug treatment plans for patients with various disorders and justify drug therapy plans based on patient history and diagnosis.

To Prepare:

Review the case study posted in "Announcements" by your Instructor for this Assignment

Review the information provided and answer questions posed in the case study

When recommending a medication, write out a complete prescription for the medication

Whenever possible, use clinical practice guidelines in developing your answers when possible

Include at least three references to support your answer and cite them in APA format.
This week you are working in a primary care office when a 35 year old male presents with new onset HTN. The patient also complains about excess urination during the night. The patient takes no other medications other than levothyroxine for hypothyroidism. What would you start this patient on? In addition, please see assignment requirements below:

Write a paper that addresses the following:

Explain how the factor you selected might influence the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in the patient from the case study you were assigned.
Describe how changes in the processes might impact the patient's recommended drug therapy. Be specific and provide examples.

Explain how you might improve the patient's drug therapy plan and explain why you would make these recommended improvements.

ASSIGNMENT

SCENARIO 1

A 52-year-old man was recently discharged from the hospital following treatment for atrial fibrillation. He was discharged on Warfarin 5 mg po q day and Amiodarone 200 mg tid. His INR is 8.8. What interaction has occurred with these 2 medications? What changes in his medications would you make?

SCENARIO 2

A 44-year-old women is currently taking Glipizide and Phenytoin. She has a new prescription for Ceftriaxone. All three medications are known to be highly protein bound. What effect does protein binding have on drug availability? How would you manage this patient's medication?

SCENARIO 3

Name two drugs that are highly affected by the first pass effect. As a prescriber, what actions would you take in prescribing these drugs to counter the first pass effect?

SCENARIO 4

James is a 49-year-old male that was prescribed atenolol for his high blood pressure. James states that he only occasionally takes the medication because he does not like the side effects. What information would you provide to the patient at his visit? How would you manage his medication? What alternative might you prescribe (include a complete medication order)?

Reference no: EM133735486

Questions Cloud

Reviewing a tool-like a fishbone diagram : After reviewing a tool, like a fishbone diagram, describe how you think a tool like this would benefit the leaders of clinical scenario in this weeks lesson.

Develop the appropriate goals before finishing the nurse : Developing role of the PMHNP specialty area, and what contributions you plan to make to improve the nursing occupation

How well is the article suited to the audience : How well is the article suited to the audience and What are the strong and weak points of how the author presented the topic

Career planning and management course : What topic areas in the course did you find helpful in Career planning and management course?

Explain how you might improve patients drug therapy plan : Explain how you might improve the patient's drug therapy plan and explain why you would make these recommended improvements.

How has your experience been in past with public speaking : How has your experience been in the past with your public speaking? What one point in the Ted Talk resonated most with you and why? Explain.

Outline obligations of a director of occupational safety : Outline obligations of a director of Occupational Safety and Health Services under the Occupational, Safety and Health Act No. 15 of

Describe common researcher practices can be described : Describe common researcher practices can be described as p-hacking and how research results might be implicated as a result of p-hacking

Rebel Foods Cloud Kitchen Technologies : How has Rebel Foods used technology at each stage of the value chain? How might the introduction of AI-enabled innovations affect the workforce of Rebel Foods?

User Account

All Pages