Salbutamol Case Study

Salbutamol (also known as albuterol in USA) is one of the most famous short-acting β2 agonists. It has become first line treatment for asthma due to its effectiveness. I met this drug in a dispensing session in the first term and I think is a good example of what we have learnt so far. In this essay I will tell you what I know about this drug.

At today’s visit she is found sitting in the chair, she is awake, alert, and confused. I am asked to seek this pain for new onset pain. The patient complains of acute pain in pubic area and right hip area, pain is dull, achy, severity 4/10, pain is worse with walking. At this time the patient is not taking anything for pain. The ALF staff reports that the patient has daily anxiety and has to be given Ativan three times daily. The patient ambulates with a walker. Gait is

As the brand manager for Allround cold medicine, there were many decisions regarding product formulation, strategy, line extensions and product launches over the company’s last 10 periods. The brand was focused on remaining a profitable, mature product family within the cold medicine category, but also maintaining a premium brand image.

Acute severe asthma previously called status asthmaticus is a life threatening medical condition characterized by bouts of repeated and worsening cough, wheezing, chest recession and inability to speak or drink that may result in acute respiratory failure and even death.1 These patients are also at risk for developing serious complications like aspiration pneumonia, pneumo-mediastinum, pneumothorax and hypoxic brain injury etc. 1Inhaled high dose short acting β2 agonists like salbutamol along with systemic steroids and supplemental oxygen are considered as first line treatment in all patients who

One in five people in the United States suffered from allergies or asthma symptoms (Allergy Statistics and Facts, webmd.com) . Most people at some point have taken or bought Benadryl to relieve an allergic reaction, itchiness, or for the common cold. In 1943, George Rieveschl discovered diphenhydramine while researching muscle relaxers. Eventually, Rieveschl changed the name of the antihistamine relief drug from diphenhydramine into Benadryl. Benadryl is now a common household name, that has various uses, ways to be taken, and side effects.

Attached to your discharge papers you will find a list of the medications that the doctor wants you to take at home. The prescriptions have already been sent to your pharmacy and the pharmacy will deliver them all to your home this afternoon after 4:00 PM. I will go over each of your medications with you.

Acetaminophen is a widely used analgesic drug used in over-the-counter and prescription medication (Raucy, Judy L.. Lasker, Jerome M.. Lieber, Charles S.. Black, Martin. 2004). The most common name associated with over-the-counter acetaminophen is the brand Tylenol, which many people use for pain relief and as a fever reducer. Prescription acetaminophen may be recognized as Percocet or Vicodin. This important drug is generally considered safe when used according to the directions provided on its labeling or according to a physician (U.S. Food and Drug Administration 2015). If acetaminophen is not taken following the instructions, anything from acute liver damage to death can occur.

The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of simulation gastric acid on different forms of acetaminophen. I chose this topic because it is important to know how the medicines that are ingested are reacting within the body. The information gained from this experiment will allow people to know which form of acetaminophen is most effective and how it is digested in the stomach.

They studied the OTC drugs salbutamol sulfate, formoterol fumarate, and salmeterol xinafoate in vitro by [C-14}-TEA uptake into Proxima(Calu-3) and distal (A549 and NCI-H441) lung epithelial cells and found that it was significantly reduced by the attendance of these OTC drugs. They also confirmed that these drugs make the transport responsible for the beta 2 agonist interaction challenging. “the expression of all five members of the OCT/N family has been confirmed in human pulmonary epithelial cells in situ and in

Objective: To investigate the perioperative analgesic efficacy of oral paracetamol (Pardale-V ®) at licensed dose in dogs undergoing surgery.

After a year in nursing school, drug administration and nursing responsibilities are firmly drilled into our heads. The 6 rights: right Medication right route, right time, right client right dosage, right documentation, and the right to refuse any medication. Before giving the medication the nurse must fully ensure that the patient knows what the medication is for and what to expect. The nurse must check the patient’s armband before administering medication, ask the patient to verify his name and date of birth, only administer meds the nurse has prepared herself, and if there is something the nurse is unsure about she should look it up or ask for help.

Daily cardiac ultrasounds were done from the first day to the last dose of treatment. During the course of treatment, the duct was observed to close at a faster rate in the paracetamol group (p=0.016). A high confidence interval of 95% with a mean of 177 hours ductal closure for paracetamol-treated group while confidence interval of the controlled group was 388 hours (p=0.045). The therapeutic serum range of paracetamol was also measured with no evidence of adverse effect (Harkin, Harma, Aikio, Valkama, Leskinen, Saarela, &

This writer met with the patient about his positive result dated on 02/14/2017 for opiates, cocaine, and fentanyl. Reported being stable on his dose and denies the need for a dose increase when offered by this writer. Based on the patient attitude, he appeared to be upset about the result. The patient is fully away about the epidemic of the surrounding issue of fentanyl. Then the patient begun to complained about his treatment with HCRC. He detailed about when his bottles was suspended years ago due to leaving the take home bottles in a friend or family member vehicle and the police confiscated them. The patient then says, " I waited a whole year to get them back....." this writer explained to the patient about the take home bottles procedure,

You brought to my attention that your cough syrup has one key ingredient that is known to have sever reaction, when taken with aspirin (SNHU , 2017). It is required by law, that any drugs manufactured, must have a label placed directly on the product, listing all the possible risk and harm from its consumption. Now by doing so, it protects you from being found guilty for failing to warn your consumers of possible risk and dangers and for failing to comply with the Negligence Per Se doctrine. Failing to do so, can result in paying a consumer compensatory and punitive damages (Herron, et al., 2011). I recommend that a you foresee what other dangers that can occur, such as glass shattering and perhaps going with a plastic bottle instead, in conjunction

The problematic issue for Bristol-Myers was to position its new aspirin drug to the potential customers and decide a good price which can not only make it acceptable by the customers, but also give a fair profit to the company. In other words, the company had to formulate an effective marketing and promotional strategy for its new drug, Datril. The company was not merely willing to establish its new brand in the analgesic market; the main issue was to establish this new brand in the presence of a strong competitor, Tylenol.