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| Eye doctors don't really cause resistance with our little drops, but when it comes to antibiotics in general, what's a pretty good rule of thumb when it comes to resistance? |
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| Don't Rx sub-therapeutic doses. |
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| What type of drugs are analagous to The A-Team's Murdock? (They're good at what they do, need to be combined with other meds (can't really work alone), and may not really be picked first.) |
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Polymyxin B
(Gotta myxin another drug.)
Our Polymixin B combos are Polysporin (w/ Bacitracin), Polytrim (w/ Trimethoprim) and Neosporin (w/ Neomycin). |
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| What is Bacitracin's spectrum? |
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| What is Polymyxin B's spectrum? |
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| Erythromycin vs Bacitracin on bleph. Go. |
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| Polysporin might be better for (daytime / bedtime) |
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| Bedtime so they don't have to use a steroid drop sitting on their eye all night. |
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| Polytrim's good for children, yes? |
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Yes.
High efficacy against the most common causes of bacterial eye infections in kids. In fact, pediatricians are the largest prescribers of Polytrim. |
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| What's neomycin's problem? |
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| Can cause a contact dermatitis. |
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| What type of drugs are analagous to The A-Team's Hannibal? (They're not the strongest, but a good class of drugs to turn to.) |
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| What common drug may inactivate aminoglycosides? |
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| What aminoglycoside has "two eyes"? |
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| Are there generics for Tobramycin? |
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| About 50% of patients who are allergic to neomycin are also allergic to what aminoglycoside? |
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| Besides vancomycin, what is considered a DOC for MRSA? |
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| What type of drugs are analagous to The A-Team's Face? (They're solid with low amounts of toxicity, but may not be the first ones you go with.) |
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| What macrolide makes a much better prophylactic than DOC for active therapy? |
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| What's awesome about AzaSite? What's not so awesome? |
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Good: It's like a Z-PAK: bid x 2 days; qd x 5 days
But it stings.
Also, it's pretty high viscosity, so you have to make sure you don't squeeze it too hard or else you'll get it all over your face. (…That's what she said.) |
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| I pity the Fluoroquinolones! |
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| Which fluoroquinolone is bringing the big, big guns? |
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| Besifloxacin - effectiveness equal to vancomycin and there's no resistance |
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| What is Moxeza's dosing and why? |
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*****
1 gtt bid x 7 days
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…because the xantham gum keeps it on the eye longer. |
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| What's gatifloxacin's preservative and why might it actually be a good thing to have around? |
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BAK
Since it's antibacterial in its preservative role, that's kind of exactly what you're looking for. |
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| Ciprofloxacin is approved for bacterial conjunctivitis and ___________. |
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| Ofloxacin is single-agent therapy for bacterial __________. |
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| If you're going to use a fluoroquinolone, which one is the only one Melton and Thomas will back? |
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| What superstar AB/Steroid combo is available as a generic now? |
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| What drugs are in the Zylet combo? |
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| loteprednol and tobramycin |
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| What drug do you use for acne rosacia (or RCE, for that matter)? |
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| What side effect did Dr. Horn totally get nailed with by one of his early patients? What drug was the culprit? |
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| Photosensitivity from Tetracyclines |
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| What antibiotics do you keep away from kids or people who are growing kids? |
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| What headache thingy might you see with the use of tetracyclines? |
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| IIH / pseudotumor cerebri |
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| What's the only antifungal drop that doesn't have to be compounded by the pharmacist? (ie. it's the only commercially-prepared topical antifungal) |
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