CEFEPIME vs CEFTAZIDIME

Bill has not been paid. BCBS has also not reimbursed us for any care in 90 days. We’re about to go full hunger games for Zosyn and cefepime. How do I get this to have as much news coverage as a bunch of tik tok stars striking in Minnesota?

69M My dad is critically ill — the hospital keeps changing his diagnosis and refusing to document what’s actually happening. I don’t know what else to do. My dad has Addison’s disease, a rare autoimmune condition that makes him extremely vulnerable to stress and infection. He is considered malnouris

I’ve noticed that even if someone has anaphylaxis to penicillin, they will get a cephalosporin and be fine on it (cefepime for example because it has low cross reactivity?). Are 3rd and 4th generation a good alternative to suggest for anaphylaxis to penicillin? Or should I go with a carbapenem (I.e.

Patient put on IV Cefepime empirically 2/2 fever, congestion, leukocytosis. Tested positive for Influenza A. Pharmacist asked MD to dc antibiotics since...patient has the flu.. MD started Tamiflu and wants to keep IV cefepime to “prevent secondary pneumonia” -insert pikachu face-

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You have a patient with confirmed C. Diff with symptoms and positive PCR. Precious chemo. Central line in place. ANC 400 Previous admission for kleb bacteremia. Pt is febrile and clinically stable. Team adds oral vanc, IV vanc and cefepime. Questions: 1. Cultures still arent back in 48 hours, pt st

Hello all of you lovely people! I'm just tossing this out there and need insight. In the world of cephalosporins, I know that Keflex and Rocephin are different gens. If a person's culture shows a resistance to cefazolin but was prescribed Keflex. Will the Keflex cover the organism? The organism is

People who work in hospitals: what do you do for those drugs that are sensitive to light in powder form but not in reconstituted form? I'm talking about cefepime and ceftriaxone, but if there are ones that I don't know about, please feel free to enlighten me. For instance, we keep our piggybacks cov

I have a patient with a history of multiple myeloma, currently in remission about a year after autologous stem cell transplant, currently in pomalidomide maintenance. PMH is notable for multiple DVTs and PEs and probably an undiagnosed hypercoagulable state, for which he's on warfarin. Also paroxy

Hi there, I'm Throwaway PharmD. Let me type up a few new Rx's for you that showed up in my hospital electronic RX queue: >Metformin 800mg supp 500mgMISC Sig: TAKE >Rosiglitazone 8mg Sig:take 0.5 tab in AM >pioglitazone 22.5mg Sig:take 0.5 tab in AM >Ceftazidime 1gm for 5 doses Frequency:

When I'm reconning ceftazidime/avibactam(avycaz) there is a ton of positive pressure in the vial after the powder fully recon's. I know that's normal, however, I notice after a short while, maybe an hour, the bubbles go away and there is no more positive pressure in the vial, even if none of the sol

My Dad has been an alcoholic for decades and has been drinking every night since he was 25 years old. There have been moments in the past several months when we had to have him checked by physicians because we were worried about his health, given that he is not getting any younger. Surprisingly, his

Nurse here. I have a question for reconstituting ceftazidime via IV push. I notice specifically for this medication, when I inject 20 ml’s of sterile water into the vial, it seems like there’s carbonated bubbles once I draw it back into my syringe. It also leaks a whole lot. I don’t inject any addi

Hi everyone, and sorry for the photo (in the comments). A relative developed (F30, no smoker) a wound on their hip after an afternoon at the beach. This happened in July. We went to the ER, and a plastic surgeon also examined it. They were prescribed antibiotics and painkillers (amoxicillin, flucona

Howdy, nerds. Anyone know why the ceftazidime package insert indicates that vials should be reconstituted with SWFI, and then diluted further with NSS? Can I just use NSS for the initial recon? Most importantly, can I use a mini-bag? TYIA.

Info: 26 y/o, Male I’m sorry in advance for a really long text but I think it may be helpful in understanding the whole problem. Also, English is not my first language, so forgive me my mistakes, please :) Since November 30 I started to feel bad. Was lying in a bed at home for 4 days without any tre