Internal Medicine Pharmacotherapy

Midodrine is a peripherally-acting selective alpha1 receptor agonist .  Let's take that sentence apart to see what we should expect ...

A 74 year old female patient presents to clinic describing dysuria and urinary frequency that started within the last few days.  She has ...

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

Daptomycin (Cubicin) is the first antibiotic in a class known as lipopeptides and has a unique mechanism of action.  Daptomycin is a large...

Thrombocytopenia is a notable adverse effect of linezolid.  Some of the evidence behind the onset, duration, and the extent of platelet de...

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...