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From Healing to Harm: The Unintended Consequences of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Every day, 750 seniors (age 65 and older) in the United States are hospitalized due to serious side effects from one or more medications.(Shehab People over 65 make up only 14% of the population but account for 56% of hospitalizations for adverse drug events (ADEs) (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ, 2021). Shehab et al.

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Paediatric Drug Dosing

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Hence, maintenance dosage (on a mg/kg/day basis) are generally smaller than those of adults. Cephalexin (oral) for UTI prophylaxis Paediatric Protocols for Malaysian Hospitals, 2019: 5 mg/kg ON Frank Shann Drug Doses, 2017 : 12.5 As children mature physically, their physiological systems develop at varying rates. mg 12H, 11-20 kg 12.5

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Thyroid Antibodies Part 2: Mechanisms to Reduce Thyroid Antibodies

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Another interesting study connected fluctuations in TPO antibody levels to psychiatric symptoms in a hospitalized person diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. A dosage of 200 mcg per day has been found to reduce thyroid antibodies in clinical trials. [41] Published in 2002. Lasers Surg Med. 2010;42(6):589-596.

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