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20/01/2024

النهاردة هنتكلم شوية عن الكاربيمازول من أهم الأدوية اللى بتعالج فرط نشاط الغدة الدرقية و كمان فيه أزمة كبيرة دلوقتى في توفيره لأنه ناقص، كتير من الروشتات اللى بيبقي مكتوب فيها كاربيمازول بيبقي مكتوب ممكن بال 8 أو 10 حبة في اليوم وممكن توصل 12 حبة كمان ودا لأنه التركيز الوحيد المتوفر في السوق هو ال 5 mg بس ف دا يخلينا نسأل نفسنا ليه مفيش أدوية فيها تركيز أكبر من الكاربيمازول في السوق عشان مشكلة ال adherence و ال compliance للمريض خصوصا انى دورت ولقيت أنه مفيش اي سبب علمي أو صيدلانى يمنع وجود حاجة زى كده
لو حد عنده إجابة ياريت يشاركنا بيها فى الكومنتات.

Today's post is about a question that always confuses me regarding carbimazole, but first here is some information about carbimazole
Carbimazole is a medicine used to treat an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism).
dosage:
Adult: Initially, 15-60 mg daily in 2-3 divided doses, titrate dose against thyroid function until euthyroidism is achieved. Maintenance: 5-15 mg daily (may be given as a single dose), adjust dose as needed to maintain euthyroid state. Blocking-replacement regimen: Initially, 20-60 mg daily in combination with levothyroxine. Treatment duration: 6-18 months.
Child: 3-17 years Initially, 15 mg daily adjusted according to response
so after we knew the dose of carbimazole, i didn't find any product in the Egyptian market containing carbimazole higher than 5 mg per tablet so according to the dose, patients may need to take up to 12 tablets per day which is a real problem for patient adherence and compliance.
I saw many prescriptions containing this number of tablets and I searched very much for the reason why there's no drug containing higher dose of carbimazole and if it related to any Pharmaceutical cause but I didn't find any answer so if any one have any answer, you can share it with me and for the pharmacist from the other countries can you tell me if there's drugs containing crabimazole other than 5mg.

09/01/2024

دايمًا في الصيدلية بشوف روشتات كتيرة من دكاترة النسا مكتوب فيها المنيوريل أكياس اللى مادته الفعالة مضاد حيوي وهو الفوسفومايسن و استغربت كمان أنه بيتعطي دايما كجرعة واحدة بس وكمان مفيش أقراص خالص عندنا في الصيدلية فيها الفوسفومايسن ك مادة فعالة والطريقة الوحيدة اللى بيتاخد بيها أورال بتكون عن طريق الأكياس ف عشان كده قولت لازم نتكلم عليه النهاردة. 😉
As a new community pharmacist I always see doctors prescribing Monoril sachets to their female patients, and the dosage is always one sachet as a single dose, so i woundred why doctors may write monuril as a single dose and i noticed that i have never seen any tablets or capsules containing fosfomycin which is the active constituent of monuril so i decided to google it to find answers to all my questions about monuril and i I will share it with you in this post

first of all Monuril sachets contain the active ingredient "fosfomycin trometamol" which is an antibiotic used to treat bladder infections (such as acute cystitis or lower urinary tract infections) in women.

the commercially available formulations for oral fosfomycin treatment are fosfomycin trometamol and fosfomycin calcium.

Fosfomycin trometamol, which is a phosphonic acid derivative of fosfomycin, Its commercially available oral formulation consists of a single-dose sachet that contains white granules.

Fosfomycin calcium salt is the second commercially available formulation for oral fosfomycin treatment. It consists of a white tablet of 500 mg of fosfomycin

fosfomycin trometamol is now the preferred oral formulation due to its improved properties compared to fosfomycin calcium, including higher bioavailability (F) which ranges from 33% to 44% (compared to 12–37% for the calcium salt.

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24/12/2023

If you as a pharmacist used to Mark classes of drugs by their suffixes after this post, you should be careful,
the last post was about two drugs that end with the same suffix but are not from the same class, rabeprazole ( a proton pump inhibitor (PPI)) and Aripeprazole (functional antagonist in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway and reduces the extent of dopaminergic pathway activity) today's poster about another two drugs Atorvastatin and cilastatin

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18/12/2023

As pharmacists, we always categorize drugs classes based on suffixes to be easier for us to remember but sometimes it doesn't work,
Rabeprazole and aripiprazole samiliar suffixes but not the same class

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16/12/2023

Have you ever wondered why physicians prescribe pergabalin or duloxetine to diabetics??
Today we will know the answer

But first what is diabetic neuropathy?
Diabetic neuropathy is nerve damage that is caused by diabetes.
Nerves are bundles of special tissues that carry signals between your brain and other parts of your body. The signals

✅send information about how things feel
✅move your body parts
✅control body functions such as digestion

Studies have suggested that diabetic pain neuropathy (DPN) is associated with an unbalanced release of norepinephrine and serotonin from neurons.
For that reason, serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), such as duloxetine and venlafaxine, are a promising category of antidepressants for DPN treatment. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), such as amitriptyline and nortriptyline, have also shown promise in patients with DPN and are considered first-line treatment for DPN at many centers.

for more details, take a look at the references below 🙏

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13/12/2023

A few days ago, my mother told me that she had heard about a pregnant woman who ate bricks. Then she asked me if this was possible. Then she reminded me of some clips that we had seen years ago on television of people eating strange things, such as bricks, clay, and even glass. These clips were often broadcast. Under the title of those with supernatural powers, or even attributed to the titles of magic and sorcery, in those days I was still a student in primary or middle school, and perhaps I was convinced by some of these lies.
But now, when I heard these words, I remembered a medical term that we had studied at university which is pica.

Pica is the compulsive eating of material that may or may not be foodstuff. The material is often consumed in large quantities without regard for nutritional consequences. The medical term comes from the Latin for magpie (Pica pica), a bird that by folklore incessantly gathers objects to satiate its curiosity.

for more details you can take a look at this poster below and you can find the references below in the comments

if you like the post, plz share it with your pharmacist friends and if you have any questions or suggestions for the upcoming posters, write them in the comments.

Finally, I really liked the way I discovered to satisfy my curiosity by searching for answers to any questions I have and sharing them with you. 💡

11/12/2023

Hello everyone, Many times in the pharmacy I dyspensed prescriptions for women containing tamsulosin and I always wondered why, today we will find out why.
our post today will be about the reasons why physicians may prescribe Tamsulin, a medicine that contains tamsulosin, to women.

but first, What is tamsulosin?
Tamsulosin belongs to a class of medications called alpha blockers. It works by relaxing the muscles in the prostate and bladder so that urine can flow easily.

Tamsulosin capsules are used in men to treat the symptoms of an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) which include difficulty urinating (hesitation, dribbling, weak stream, and incomplete bladder emptying), painful urination, and urinary frequency and urgency.

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09/12/2023

As a community pharmacist, you will always see folic acid medications in prescriptions for pregnant women, and this is not unusual, as when the baby develops early during pregnancy, folic acid helps in the formation of the neural tube. Folic acid is very important because it can help prevent some major birth defects of the baby's brain (anencephaly) and spine (spina bifida). The neural tube forms the early brain and spine. But the unusual thing for me was once a while ago when my pregnant friend told me that her pregnancy was complicated and her gynecologist told her that she had a problem in activation of folic acid in her body. Today we will find out what this problem is and what is its solution.
but first you need to know what the (NTDs) are.
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are birth defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord that happen in fetuses within the first month of pregnancy. NTDs are linked to folate (folic acid) deficiency before and during pregnancy.
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06/12/2023

One day, while doing my work as a community pharmacist, I dyspensed a prescription for a pregnant woman containing Respatio, a drug that contains sildenafil as the active ingredient. So I wondered why physicians would prescribe sildenafil for pregnant women and today we are going to answer that question in a new poster. 😉

first of all we will get to know some terms : what is preeclampsia and what is FGR
☘️Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder involving widespread endothelial dysfunction and vasospasm that usually occurs after 20 weeks of gestation and can present as late as 4-6 weeks postpartum. It is clinically defined by new-onset hypertension and proteinuria, with or without severe features.

☘️Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a condition in which an unborn baby (fetus) is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy (gestational age).

finally if you like the post, you can share it with your pharmacist friends, and if you have any questions or suggestions for the upcoming posters, write them in the comments comments😊
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04/12/2023

Today's poster is about another group of medications Contraindicated during pregnancy and some products on the market. If you haven't seen the last poster, you can find the link in the comments below😊 If you like the content, please share it with your pharmacist friends and for any questions and suggestions write to me in the comments😊

03/12/2023

The new topic today will be about the medications Contraindicated during pregnancy. As community pharmacists, a major part of the medical team, and the first refuge for the patient, we must know the most famous active ingredients prohibited for use during pregnancy. Therefore, I have collected some of them in one poster with some pictures of the most famous products in the market that contain them.

If you like the poster, you can share it with your pharmacist friends. And you can tell me in the comments what you want for the next poster 😊

02/12/2023

After we talked about all classes of antihypertensive drugs. Here's one poster that brings them all together

For more details about each class, you can refer to previous posts, and if you like the content, you can share it with your pharmacist friends 😁

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