for Care of the Family Expected Questions and Verified Answers
1. Chlamydia treatment first line drug, dose, route and frequency
Ans>> Doxycycline
100 mg PO BID x 7 days or
Azithromycin 1000 mg po once
2. Uncomplicated gonorrhea urethritis treatment
Ans>> ceftriaxone 500 mg IM single dose with or without doxycycline 100 mg 2x
days for days
3. Bacterial
Vagionosis 1st line
Treatment
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,Ans>> Non pregnant metronidazole 500 mg 2xdays for 7 days pregnant - vaginal
metronidazole 2% for 7 days
lindamycin 1% for 7 days
4. Trichomoniasis treatment
Ans>> Metronidazole (Flagyl) 500 mg 2x day for 7 days (WOMEN)
single dose of 2 grams for MEN MEN
r Women tinidazole 2g single
5. doxazosin (BPH treatment) (a1 blocker) side effect
Ans>> side effect hypotension, dizziness, nasal congestions
6. Dutasteride (Avodart) BPH treatment (5a reductase inhibitors) patient
teach- ing
Ans>> benefits take months to develop, must continue taking med even if
improvement not readily seen
may lower ejaculatory volume and libido
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, 7. Terazosin (Hytrin) how to know is working
Ans>> improve symptom of dysuria, urgency, UTI, hesitancy
8. Progesterone (progestin) When is day not safe to prescribe
Ans>> if women has had a hysterectomy/pregnant
9. Side effect of progestin oral contraceptives
Ans>> it can cause irregular/ inconsis- tent bleeding, must be take at same time
very day to be effective
10.Medroxyprogesterone Acetate benefits
Ans>> doesn't cause thromboembolic disor- der, headache, nausea or most of
the other adverse effects associated with combo OCs.
11.testosterone replacement therapy routes
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