Internal Medicine Pharmacotherapy

A previous discussion was about selecting a phosphate repletion product .  Selecting a drug product can be confusing because of the similar ...

Monitoring and balancing electrolytes seems to be an inevitable daily function of physicians and other healthcare professionals in the inter...

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2023 updated AGS Beers Criteria ® for potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older adul...

An elderly male presents to the emergency department with complaints of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea starting a day and a half ago.  The...

The pneumococcal vaccine was developed to reduce the disease burden of streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-postive bacteria that has more tha...

A 55 year old business executive is being discharged from the hospital after a brief admission for cellulitis.  His only PMH is HTN and o...

A 48 year old male is admitted to the hospital after experiencing a fever and malaise for several days.  He states that he has some shortn...

Metformin is the preferred initial pharmacologic therapy in every patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus who does not have a contraindicati...

A 60 year old female patient presents to the emergency department with complaints of swelling and pain in her right leg.  She recently had...

Here are some stand-out facts and tips about the target-specific oral anticoagulants.  These agents are becoming increasingly popular in ...

On December 3, 2014, the FDA issued a new rule revising the current regulations pertaining to the pregnancy, labor and delivery, and nursi...

Given the rising number of options for treating venous thromboemboli (VTE), questions occasionally arise on what is the standard for initi...

Let’s start with a patient case.   A patient is being treated with methylprednisolone 20 mg IV q6 hours for some inflammatory process and...

Let's start with a patient case.  A 70 year old male patient is admitted to the hospital for a diabetic foot infection.  He has a past...

Since July is here and the academic calendar is starting over, it is time for new medical residents to be arriving to the hospital floors...

There are many different insulin preparations and supplies available in order to create individualized regimens for patients.  Here are s...