Capsule surgery ends

Question 1

How to treat acute diarrhoea

Answer 1

Loperamide= anti mobility drug, contraindications= ABx for colitis, bloody diarrhoea, high temp

Question 2

Best Abx for food poisoning

Answer 2

Ciprofloxacin= works against salmonella and campylobacter

Question 3

Caution for metronidazole

Answer 3

Nitroimidazole ABx so to treat anaerobic protozoan infections, h. Pylori eradication, pseudomembranous colitis. But can also cause disqualifies, like effect when taken with alcohol eg flushing, abdo pain, hypotension for 3 days after treatment

Question 4

What drugs can cause dyspepsia

Answer 4

Amlodipine and atorvostatin

Question 5

Treatment for UTI

Answer 5

First instance with no previous ABx= trimethoprim, or amoxi, or co-amox, or Citpro.
Then CRP hale in

Question 6

Bisphosphonates

Answer 6

Analogues of pyrophsophate. Work to reduce bone resorption by promoting apoptosis of osteoclasts