Internal Medicine Pharmacotherapy

A 65 year old male is being treated for an infection on his forearm that developed purulent drainage within the last few days.  He denies ...

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

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...