COUNSELLING POINTS📍

Question 1

Macrobid (nitrofurantoin MR)?

Answer 1

Take with or just after food

Can change urine colour - orange/brown

Question 2

Statins that should be taken at NIGHT?

And why?

Answer 2

SPF

Simvastatin

Pravastatin

Fluvastatin

Due to the short half-life? Cholesterol synthesis is greatest @ night

Question 3

Doxycycline?

Answer 3

Avoid:
Indigestion remedies
Anything containing zinc/iron

For 1 hour before or 2 hours after taking doxy

Avoid direct sunlight - can make you prone to sunburns 🥵

Question 4

First dose of ramipril?

Answer 4

Attempt to take the first dose at bedtime - to avoid postural HTN

Question 5

Flucloxacillin?

Answer 5

Take on an empty stomach

1 hour before food OR 2 hours after food

Question 6

Phenoxymethylpenicillin?

Penicillin V

Answer 6

Take on an empty stomach

1 hour before food OR 2 hours after food

Oral solution - keep in the fridge!

Question 7

Perindopril?

Answer 7

Take 30-60 minutes before food

Question 8

How many missed doses of clozapine requires re-initiation?

Answer 8

2 (48 hours)

Question 9

What can ferrous sulfate do to stools?

Answer 9

Faecal discolouration

Question 10

Levothyroxine?

Answer 10

Take 30 minutes before food, other medicine and caffeine

Question 11

What counts as sugar free?

Answer 11

Everything except:

Glucose
Fructose
Sucrose

NB: if it’s ‘hydro’ glucose = it’s SF

Question 12

Lansoprazole

Answer 12

Take 30-60 minutes before food