Common monitoring requirements

Question 1

What do you need at baseline w/ amiodarone

Answer 1

CXR

Thyroid can also disfunction but T4 is not enough, need full TFTs

Question 2

what should you monitor with vancomycin

Answer 2

Creatinine

Question 3

when should you not start methotrexate

Answer 3

If LFTs are abnormal

Question 4

what should you measure at baseline for olanzapine

Answer 4

fasting blood glucose

Question 5

what should you measure at baseline for COCP

Answer 5

BP

Question 6

what should you monitor with carbimazole

Answer 6

Neutrophil count

Question 7

when monitoring peak (1hour) concentrations for gentamicin, what is normal

Answer 7

5-10 unless Infective endocaridits which is 3-5mg/L

Question 8

what should you monitor with ACEi

Answer 8

U+Es

Question 9

what should you monitor with digoxin

Answer 9

serum creatinine

U+Es

Question 10

what should you monitor with sodium valproate

Answer 10

LFTs

Question 11

what is the monitoring requirements for clozapine

Answer 11

FBC weekly for 18 weeks - usually in a specialist service

Stop immediately in leucocyte or neutrophil amount drops below normal