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Post by fishdrzig » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:58 am

Would someone be so kind as to post their medications list with the necessary notes (precautions) attatched. I know this is asking alot because it must take much time to set it up, but I thought being near Christmas and all ........ :roll: Thank you

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Post by Jorgebon » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:59 am

HO HO HO!!!



MedicationNum MedName GenericNum Notes
1 ATENOLOL 1 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
2 GLYNASE 2 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
4 ROSIGLITAZONE 4 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
5 AVANDIA 4
6 INSULIN 6 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
7 IRBESARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 7 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
8 AVALIDE 7
9 LEVOTHYROXINE 9 FOR HYPOTHYROID
10 LEVOTHROID 9
11 AMLODIPINE AND BENAZEPRIL 11 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
12 LOTREL 11
13 GLIMEPIRIDE 13 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
14 AMARYL 13
15 SIMVASTATIN 15 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
16 ZOCOR 15
17 ROSIGLITAZONE AND METFORMIN 17 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
18 AVANDAMET 17
19 LOSARTAN 19 ANGOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKER FOR TX OF HBP
20 COZAAR 19
21 EZETIMIBE AND SIMVASTATIN 21 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
22 VYTORIN 21
23 GLIPIZIDE 23 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT. GLUCOTROL
24 CLOPIDOGREL 24 BLOOD THINNER (ANTIPLATELET AGENT)
25 PLAVIX 24
26 SERTRALINE 26 ANTIDEPRESSANT
27 ZOLOFT 26
28 ALENDRONATE 28 TX OF OSTEOPOROSIS
29 FOSAMAX 28
30 VALSARTAN 30 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
31 DIOVAN 30
33 LISINOPRIL 33 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
34 ZESTRIL 33
35 PRINIVIL 33
36 ASPIRIN 36 PAIN MED. BLOOD THINNER.
37 FOSINOPRIL 37 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
38 MONOPRIL 37
39 ATORVASTATIN 39 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
40 LIPITOR 39
41 SYNTHROID 9
42 ECOTRIN 36
43 GABAPENTIN 43 ANTICONVULSANT GENERIC NEURONTINMISCELANEOUS NEUROLOGICAL
44 NEURONTIN 43
45 CALCIUM CARBONATE 45 CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT
46 CALTRATE 45
47 CORTISONE 47 SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROID
48 ENALAPRIL 48 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
49 VASOTEC 48
50 CAPTOPRIL 50 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
51 CAPOTEN 50
52 AMLODIPINE 52 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
53 NORVASC 52
54 DONEPEZIL 54 ANTIALZHEIMERS
55 ARICEPT 54
56 PIROXICAM 56 NSAID
57 FELDENE 56
58 METHYLPHENIDATE 58 ANTIHYPERACTIVE AGENT
59 RITALIN 58
60 RISPERIDONE 60 ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT
61 RISPERDAL 60
62 METFORMIN 62 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
63 GLUCOPHAGE 62
65 METHYLPREDNISOLONE 65 SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROID
66 MEDROL 65
67 FUROSEMIDE 67 DIURETIC
68 LASIX 67
69 CANDESARTAN 69 ANTI HYPERTENSIVE AGENT. ANGIOTENSIN II BLOCKER
70 ATACAND 69
71 AMPICILLIN 71 ANTIBIOTIC, PENICILLIN
72 ORPHENADRINE 72 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT. ANTIPARKINSONS AGENT. ANTICHOLINERGIC.
73 NORFLEX 72
74 METOLAZONE 74 DIURETIC
75 ZAROXOLYN 74
76 RALOXIFENE 76 TX OF POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN TO PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS
77 EVISTA 76
78 FLUOXETINE 78 ANTIDEPRESSANT
79 PROZAC 78
80 ZOLPIDEM 80 HYPNOTIC FOR TX OF INSOMNIA
81 AMBIEN 80
82 DAPSONE 82 ANTIBIOTIC
83 DIGOXIN 83 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT
84 LANOXIN 83
85 HUMULIN 6
86 EZETIMIBE 86 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
87 ZETIA 86
88 DIPYRIDAMOLE 88 FOR BLOOD CIRCULATION. ANTICOAGULANT.
89 PERSANTINE 88
90 IRBESARTAN 90 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
91 AVAPRO 90
92 SPIRONOLACTONE 92 DIURETIC
93 ALDACTONE 92
94 CARVEDILOL 94 BETA BLOCKER
96 COREG 94
97 LEVOXYL 9
98 TENORMIN 1
99 DEXAMETHASONE 99 CORTICOSTEROID
100 MAXIDEX 99
101 DIMENHYDRINATE 101 ANTIHISTAMINE, ANTINAUSEA
102 DRAMAMINE 101
103 LATANOPROST 103 ANTIGLAUCOMA
104 XALATAN 103
105 PANTOPRAZOLE 105 PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR IN TX OF GERD
106 PROTONIX 105
107 DICYCLOMINE 107 ANTICHOLINERGIC IN TX OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
108 BENTYL 107
109 PAROXETINE 109 ANTIDEPRESSANT
110 PAXIL 109
111 GLUCOTROL 23
113 FENOFIBRATE 113 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
114 TRICOR 113
115 NADOLOL 115 BETA BLOCKER. ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
116 CORGARD 115
117 DICLOFENAC AND MISOPROSTOL 117 NSAID. AFFECTS COAGULATION
118 ARTHROTEC 117
119 ALBUTEROL 119 BETA2 AGONIST. ASTHMA INHALER.
120 PREDNISONE 120 SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROID
121 PROMETHAZINE 121 ANTIEMETIC, ANTIHISTAMINE, SEDATIVE
122 PHENERGAN 121
123 ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE 123 VASODILATOR TO CONTROL ANGINA PECTORIS
124 ISORDIL 123
125 LANSOPRAZOLE 125 PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR FOR TX OF GERD AND HEARTBURN
126 PREVACID 125
127 VENLAFAXINE 127 ANTIDEPRESSANT
128 EFFEXOR 127
129 CLONAZEPAM 129 BENZODIAZEPINE
130 KLONOPIN 129
131 RANITIDINE 131 TX OF GASTRIC AND ESOPHAGEAL PROBLEMS
132 ZANTAC 131
133 LISINOPRIL AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 133 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
134 ZESTORETIC 133
135 ALPRAZOLAM 135 BENZODIAZEPINE TRANQUILIZER
136 XANAX 135
137 FOLIC ACID 137 VITAMIN. TX OF MEGALOBLASTIC AND MACROCYTIC ANEMIA
138 ACETAMINOPHEN AND TRAMADOL 138 ANALGESIC NON NARCOTIC
139 ULTRACET 138
140 METOPROLOL 140 BETA BLOCKER, ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
141 TOPROL XL 140
142 ZAFIRLUKAST 142 LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR INHIBITOR FOR TX OF ASTHMA
143 ACCOLATE 142
144 ESTROGEN 144 TX OF SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE
145 PREMARIN 144
146 VERAPAMIL 146 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT. CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER.
147 CALAN 146
148 LOSARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 148 ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT AND DIURETIC
149 HYZAAR 148
150 GLATIRAMER ACETATE 150 TX OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
151 COPAXONE 150
152 HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE AND TRIAMTERENE 152 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
153 DYAZIDE 152
154 FEXOFENADINE 154 FOR TX OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS
155 ALLEGRA 154
156 PROVENTIL 119
157 BISOPROLOL AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 157 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT
158 ZIAC 157
159 SULINDAC 159 NSAID
160 CLINORIL 159
161 MESALAMINE 161 TX OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS
162 PENTASA 161
163 BUDESONIDE 163 CORTICOSTEROID
164 ENTOCORT 163
165 AZATHIOPRINE 165 IMMUNOSUPPRESANT
166 IMURAN 165
167 OXYCODONE AND ACETAMINOPHEN 167 NARCOTIC ANALGESIC
168 PERCOCET 167
169 QUETIAPINE 169 ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT
170 SEROQUEL 169
171 TERAZOSIN 171 ALPHA 1 BLOCKER TX OF HBP
172 HYTRIN 171
173 LOPRESSOR 140
174 METOCLOPRAMIDE 174 ANTIEMETIC, GI AGENT, PROKINETIC
175 REGLAN 174
176 FELODIPINE 176 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
177 GLYBURIDE 2
178 OMEPRAZOLE 178 PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR
179 PRILOSEC 178
180 GEMFIBROZIL 180 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
181 LOPID 180
182 HYDROXYZINE 182 ANTIEMETIC, ANTIHISTAMINIC
183 ATARAX 182
184 HYDROCORTISONE 184 CORTICOSTEROID
185 PANDEL 184
186 AMIODARONE 186 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT
187 CORDARONE 186
188 SEVELAMER 188 PHO4 BINDER END STAGE RENAL DISEASE
189 RENAGEL 188
190 CALCIUM ACETATE 190 ELECTROLYTE, CA SALT, ANTIDOTE
191 PHOSLO 190
192 DILTIAZEM 192 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER FOR ANGINA AND HBP
193 CARDIZEM 192
194 HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 194 DIURETIC
195 ANASTROZOLE 195 AROMATASE INHIBITOR FOR BREAST CANCER
196 ARIMIDEX 195
197 MICRONASE 2
198 DIABETA 2
199 GLYBURIDE AND METFORMIN 199 ANTIDIABETIC
200 GLUCOVANCE 199
201 BIMATOPROST 201 OPHTALMIC AGENT
202 LUMIGAN 201
203 VALPROIC ACID 203 ANTICONVULSANT
204 DEPAKOTE 203
205 CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE AND METHSCOPOLAMINE 205 ANTICHOLINERGIC, ANTICONVULSANT, BENZODIAZEPINE
206 LIBRAX 205
207 RAMIPRIL 207 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
208 ALTACE 207
209 CITALOPRAM 209 ANTIDEPRESSANT
210 CELEXA 209
211 LEVOBUNOLOL 211 BETA BLOCKER, ANTIGLAUCOMA OPHTALMIC AGENT
212 BETAGAN 211
213 PROPRANOLOL 213 BETA BLOCKER, ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT
214 PROPYLTHIOURACIL 214 ANTITHYROID AGENT
215 PIOGLITAZONE 215 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
216 ACTOS 215
217 TRANDOLAPRIL AND VERAPAMIL 217 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS
218 TARKA 217
219 TIAZAC 192
220 WARFARIN 220 ANTICOAGULANT
221 COUMADIN 220
222 LANTUS 6
223 QUINAPRIL 223 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACE INHIBITOR
224 ACCUPRIL 223
225 ATENOLOL AND CHLORTHALIDONE 225 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT COMBINATION
226 TENORETIC 225
227 NISOLDIPINE 227 CA CHANNEL BLOCKER ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
228 SULAR 227
229 ROSUVASTATIN 229 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
230 CRESTOR 229
231 NIFEDIPINE 231 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER FOR HBP AND ANGINA
232 PROCARDIA 231
233 MONTELUKAST 233 LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
234 SINGULAIR 233
235 COLCHICINE AND PROBENECID 235 ANTIGOUT AGENT. ANTI-INFLAMATORY AGENT.
236 COLBENEMID 235
237 TOPIRAMATE 237 ANTICONVULSANT
238 TOPAMAX 237
239 MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 239 CONTRACEPTIVE
240 PROVERA 239
241 INDAPAMIDE 241 DIURETIC
242 LOZOL 241
243 TAMSULOSIN 243 ALPHA 1 BLOCKER FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
244 FLOMAX 243
245 RISEDRONATE 245 TX OF OSTEOPOROSIS
246 ACTONEL 245
247 CELECOXIB 247 NSAID COX 2 INHIBITOR
248 CELEBREX 247
249 CLONIDINE 249 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
250 CATAPRES 249
252 MIRTAZAPINE 252 ANTIDEPRESSANT
253 REMERON 252
254 ARIPIPRAZOLE 254 ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT
255 ABILIFY 254
256 NOVOLIN 6
257 DOXAZOSIN 257 ALPHA 1 BLOCKER. ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
258 CARDURA 257
259 AMITRIPTILINE 259 ANTIDEPRESSANT
260 ELETRIPTAN 260 SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONIST. ANTIMIGRAINE
261 RELPAX 260
262 BUTALBITAL, ACETAMINOPHEN, CAFFEINE 262 BARBITURIC ANALGESIC
263 FIORICET 262
264 ETHINYL ESTRADIOL AND DROSPIRENONE 264 CONTRACEPTIVE, ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE COMBINATION
265 YASMIN 264
266 CYCLOBENZAPRINE 266 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT
267 FLEXERIL 266
268 PENTOXIFYLLINE 268 BLOOD VISCOSITY REDUCER AGENT
269 TRENTAL 268
270 HYDROCODONE AND ACETAMINOPHEN 270 NARCOTIC ANALGESIC
271 LORTAB 270
272 BUPROPION 273 ANTIDEPRESSANT
273 WELLBUTRIN 273 ANTIDEPRESSANT
274 CARISOPRODOL 274 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT
275 SOMA 274
276 DICLOFENAC 276 NSAID
277 VOLTAREN 276
278 FLUTICASONE AND SALMETEROL 278 CORTICOSTEROID INHALANT
279 ADVAIR DISKUS 278
280 METADATE 58
281 CETIRIZINE 281 ANTIHISTAMINE
282 ZYRTEC 281
283 ESOMEPRAZOLE 283 PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR FOR GERD
284 NEXIUM 283
285 EPLERENONE 285 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
286 INSPRA 285
287 NELFINAVIR 287 ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENT
288 VIRACEPT 287
289 INDINAVIR 289 ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENT
290 CRIXIVAN 289
291 ZIDOVUDINE AND LAMIVUDINE 291 ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENT
292 COMBIVIR 291
293 BUSPIRONE 293 ANTIANXIETY AGENT
294 BUSPAR 293
295 BENAZEPRIL 295 ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZIME, ACE INHIBITOR
296 LOTENSIN 295
297 ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE 297 VASODILATOR
298 IMDUR 297
299 ALLOPURINOL 299 ANTI-GOUT
300 DORZOLAMIDE 300 ANTIGLAUCOMA
301 TRUSOPT 300
302 ROSIGLITAZONE AND GLIMEPIRIDE 302 ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS
303 AVANDARYL 302
304 ESCITALOPRAM 304 ANTIDEPRESSANT
305 LEXAPRO 304
306 LORAZEPAM 306 BENZODIAZEPINE
307 ATIVAN 306
308 CLORAZEPATE 308 BENZODIAZEPINE
309 TRANXENE 308
310 BUMETANIDE 310 DIURETIC
311 BUMEX 310
312 DULOXETINE 312 ANTIDEPRESSANT
313 CYMBALTA 312
315 ADALAT CC 231
316 METHIMAZOLE 316 ANTITHYROID AGENT
317 TAPAZOLE 316
318 OXCARBAZEPINE 318 ANTICONVULSANT
319 TRILEPTAL 318
320 LEVETIRACETAM 320 ANTICONVULSANT
321 KEPPRA 320
322 GUANFACINE 322 AD HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, HYPERTENSION
323 TENEX 322
324 CHLORTHALIDONE 324 DIURETIC
325 FLUCONAZOLE 325 ANTIFUNGAL AGENT
326 DIFLUCAN 325
327 SUCRALFATE 327 GI AGENT. TX OF DUODENAL ULCERS
328 CARAFATE 327
329 INDERAL 213
330 TRAMADOL 330 ANALGESIC, NON NARCOTIC
331 ULTRAM 330
332 TRAZODONE 332 ANTIDEPRESSANT
334 GALANTAMINE 334 TX OF ALZHEIMER'S
335 RAZADYNE 334
336 RIZATRIPTAN 336 ANTI-MIGRAINE
337 MAXALT 336
338 PHENYTOIN 338 ANTICONVULSANT, ANTIARRHYTHMIC
339 DILANTIN 338
340 PHENOBARBITAL 340 ANTICONVULSANT
342 TELMISARTAN 342 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKER
343 MICARDIS 342
344 DUTASTERIDE 344 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITOR FOR TX OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
345 AVODART 344
346 OLANZAPINE 346 ANTIDEPRESSANT, ANTIPSYCHOTIC
347 ZYPREXA 346
348 NATEGLINIDE 348 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
349 STARLIX 348
350 NORTRIPTYLINE 350 ANTIDEPRESSANT
351 PAMELOR 350
352 HYDROXYUREA 352 ANTINEOPLASIC AGENT
353 HYDREA 352
354 CETUXIMAB 354 ANTINEOPLASIC AGENT
355 ERBITUX 354
356 LEUCOVORIN 356 ANTIDOTE
357 FLUOROURACIL (5FU) 357 ANTINEOPASIC AGENT
358 CONCERTA 58
359 REPAGLIDINE 359 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT
360 PRANDIN 359
361 MEMANTINE 361 ANTIALZHEIMER'S
362 NAMENDA 361
363 TRIFLUOPERAZINE 363 ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT
364 STELAZINE 363
365 TAMOXIFEN 365 ANTINEOPLASIC AGENT
367 LEUPROLIDE 367 TX OF PROSTATE CARCINOMA. MANAGEMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS AND PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY
368 LUPRON 367
369 ELAVIL 259
370 QUININE 370 Antimalarial
371 IMATINIB 371 ANTINEOPLASIC, TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR
372 GLEEVEC 371
373 HYOSCYAMINE 373 ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENT. TX OF IRRITABLE BOWEL
374 SYMAX 373
375 ESTAZOLAM 375 BENZODIAZEPINE FOR TX OF INSOMNIA
376 PROSOM 375
377 BRIMONIDINE 377 OPHTALMIC ANTIGLAUCOMA
378 ALPHAGAN 377
379 INTERFERON BETA-1A 379 TX OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
380 AVONEX 379
381 BACLOFEN 381 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT
382 TRIGLIDE 113
383 HYDROXYCHLOROQUINONE 383 TX OF LUPUS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND MALARIA
384 PLAQUENIL 383
385 ZYLOPRIM 299
386 TOLTERODINE 386 ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENT. TREATMENT OF OVERACTIVE BLADDER.
387 DETROL 386
388 CARBAMAZEPINE 388 ANTICONVULSANT
389 TEGRETOL 388
390 ETANERCEPT 390 ANTIRHEUMATIC
391 ENBREL 390
392 NIZATIDINE 392 HISTAMINE ANTAGONIST FOR TX OF DUODENAL ULCER
393 AXID 392
394 AMLODIPINE AND VALSARTAN 394 ANGIOTENSIN II BLOCKER, CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
395 EXFORGE 394
396 LEVALBUTEROL 396 TX OF BROCHOSPASM
397 XOPENEX 396
398 BUDESONIDE AND FORMOTEROL 398 TX OF ASTHMA
399 SYMBICORT 398
400 FLUTICASONE 400 CORTICOSTEROID, INHALANT
401 FLONASE 400
402 TENOFOVIR 402 ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENT FOR TX OF HIV
403 VIREAD 402
404 LOPINAVIR AND RITONAVIR 404 ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENT FOR TX OF HIV
405 KALETRA 404
406 EFAVIRENZ 406 ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENT FOR TX OF HIV
407 SUSTIVA 406
408 ESTROPIPATE 408 ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE
409 DESLORATADINE 409 ANTIHISTAMINE, NONSEDATING
410 CLARINEX 409
411 DIPHENHYDRAMINE 411 ANTIHISTAMINE
412 BENADRYL 411
413 FAMOTIDINE 413 HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONIST FOR TX OF GASTRIC ULCER
414 PEPCID 413
415 AMSACRINE 415 ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT
416 M-AMSA 415
417 SUMATRIPTAN 417 ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT
418 IMITREX 417
419 DOXEPIN 419 ANTIDEPRESSANT
420 ESZOPICLONE 420 HYPNOTIC SLEEPING AID
421 LUNESTA 420
422 OLANZAPINE AND FLUOXETINE 422 ANTIDEPRESSANT TX OF BIPOLAR DISORDER
423 SYMBYAX 422
424 LEVODOPA AND CARBIDOPA 424 ANTI-PARKINSON'S AGENT
425 THEOPHYLLINE 425 ASTHMA TX
426 REBIF 379
427 LEVEMIR 6
428 UNIPHYL 425
429 RABEPRAZOLE 429 PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR
430 ACIPHEX 429
432 CORTEF 184
433 METHYLDOPA 433 ANTI-HBP
434 ALDOMET 433
436 LEVODOPA, CARBIDOPA AND ENTACAPONE 436 ANTI-PARKINSON'S
438 STALEVO 436
439 ATOMOXETINE 439 NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR FOR TX OF ADHD
440 STRATTERA 439
441 TEMAZEPAM 441 SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC
442 RESTORIL. 441
443 LOVASTATIN 443 ANTILIPEMIC AGENT
444 MEVACOR 443
445 ALISKIREN 445 RENIN INHIBITOR FOR TX OF HBP
446 TEKTURNA 445
447 DEXTROAMPHETAMINE AND AMPHETAMINE 447 STIMULANT FOR USE IN ADHD AND NARCOLEPSY
448 ADDERALL 447
449 VISTARIL 182
450 TRIAMTERENE 450 DIURETIC
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Re: Medications list

Post by jordansparks » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:23 am

Have the staff CAREFULLY enter the names of meds as you run across them at patient exams. Then you just enter the necessary notes on the generic meds. Don't try to set it all up ahead of time. Too complicated.
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Re: Medications list

Post by fishdrzig » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:27 am

Jorge
Thank you very much!!!!!

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Re: Medications list

Post by jonesrdh » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:08 pm

I hate to disagree with you Jordan, but doing it on a patient by patient basis is extremely time consuming. We get some patients taking 20 or so drugs. Seeing that you have to look up the spelling in the book, and enter the generic and then the brand name it is quite a task when you only have so much time with the appointment. We are a small office and don't have a person on our team that has the time to be in charge of this. So sometimes it is left until the next prophy before it is entered. Finally one day during a cancellation I went through our drug book and entered all the ones that were familiar. That saved tons of time having it already in the system when I got the next long list of medications. Some medications are so new they aren't even in the current drug book so we have to look online for them. Many patients don't know the proper spelling of the drugs they are taking so it is very difficult if we rely strictly on their lists.

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Re: Medications list

Post by JimZ » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:58 pm

Well, the first thing you want to do is throw out the drug book and begin using your internet connection. Drugs.com is the home page for the computers in our treatment rooms (except mine is Open Dental!). As you start typing the drug you are looking for, a drop down list will show some suggestions-keep typing until you find the medication need. Once you select the medication, a page will open with Brand, generic, dosages, and uses. Of the 20 meds that some patients are on, I'll bet 8 or more of them are meds that others are on and won't need to be researched. If you have the time you can enter a full list, but we enter meds as the patients come in. Haven't had any problems yet (and we are also a small office). My only suggestion is to keep the generics in lower case for ease of viewing once your list becomes populated (Lesson learned the hard way).
Jim

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