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The miracle drug for the day is Amerge!! Cures hangovers and migraines!!

List your own miracle drugs.
 
Same thing, but Imitrex....
 
nitric oxide.
f**king good for f**king everything.
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i shot a man in reno, just to watch him die- the late great man in black, Johnny Cash
 
Aztreonam... my favorite silver-bullet antibiotic... 🙂
 
Originally posted by QuinnNSU
In no particular order:

Sex
Epinephrine
Oxygen
Water
Sex

Q, DO
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Eh? Is it called epinephrine in the US? I thought adrenaline was the americanisation and epinephrine was british..?
 
I dare anybody to name one condition that lorazepam (Ativan) cannot treat.

Heck, we had to give it to a temezapam OD once!
 
Right now for me (not patients LOL)

Sleep
Cinnamon Tea
Lemon Tea
Vicks 44D and DayQuil

Star
 
Propranolol 10mg PO
Cures the high stress chairman's rounds presentation shakes.
*resident approved*
 
diphenhydramine HCL 75 mg PO when I can't sleep.
 
ambien.....zzzzzzzzzzz

and no morning hangover! :clap:
 
Originally posted by RedBlanket
Propranolol 10mg PO
Cures the high stress chairman's rounds presentation shakes.
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Hehe, I get propranolol 40 mg bid for migraine prophylaxis. So far I think it's working (haven't been on long enough to know for sure). But yeah, no migraines AND decreased stress response = good.
 
Vitamin L all the way.

aka Levaquin. It's prescribed for everything.
 
AUGMENTIN, DITTO.
UNTIL RECENTLY INAPSINE, BUT NOW IT'S A PAIN IN THE ASS TO USE BECAUSE OF THE EKG/MONITOR/OBSERVATION REQUIREMENTS
 
Originally posted by emedpa
AUGMENTIN, DITTO.
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grandma? is that you?



my grandma takes augmentin for everything, tries to pass it off onto friends who have everything from ingrown toenails, tonsilitis, angina, and color blindness to a dry cough and dizziness. and then she saves the pills she doesn't use, as she stops taking prescribed meds when she "feels better" rather than when they are gone, and then takes them when she "just doesn't feel well." additionally, she takes other people's prescriptions, encourages sharing of medications, passes her drugs off onto anyone with remotely similar symptomes and feels that popping an antibiotic or two will clear up anything that ails you. she is singlehandedly bringing drug resistance to my small hometown. and now she has internet access. god help us all.
 
BAD MONKEY...
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CALLED? OR VISITED? YOUR SISTER WAS HERE JUST
LAST WEEK AND SHE HAD TO BE THE ONE TO TELL ME YOU FINALLY FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL ON THE 3RD TRY. AND YOUR MOM RAN OFF WITH THE BARBER, WHY AM I ALWAYS THE LAST TO HEAR THESE THINGS.....
 
hard to believe no one has picked my favorite yet...

ethanol
 
Upon further reflection, the response to Ativan can always be augmented with 200mg of succinylcholine.

Takes those shakes right away!
 
um screw Starbucks, I take caffeine hydrochloride, PO, as needed... which is all the time 😉
 
Originally posted by paramed2premed
Upon further reflection, the response to Ativan can always be augmented with 200mg of succinylcholine.

Takes those shakes right away!
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By "shakes", are you referring to the "shakes" your chest makes going up and down as you breathe?
 
Eh? Is it called epinephrine in the US? I thought adrenaline was the americanisation and epinephrine was british..?
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No no no no no no no no no!! :laugh:

It's a pain, all these American books with american words in the good old UK - it just looks so wrong! 😉

My drug of choice?

Chocolate... Mmm, chocolate (a la Homer Simpson)
 
Originally posted by Homonculus
the grand-daddy of them all, penicillin

name one other drug that was so valuable that it was once reclaimed from patients' urine for reuse. 🙂
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I can't say they re-used it via urine filtration... but insulin is pretty dang important to a zillion people.

Q, DO

And we say epinephrine in the states. I can't imagine in my next code asking for adrenaline, I think I'd get some funny looks.

Q, DO
 
Adrenaline is the layperson's term, epi is used by anyone with medical training.
 
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Sleep.
 
Originally posted by gwyn779
Adrenaline is the layperson's term, epi is used by anyone with medical training.
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adrenaline is the british term. epinephrine is what americans say.
 
Originally posted by doc05
adrenaline is the british term. epinephrine is what americans say.
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Sorry, someone said the opposite eariler. I don't actually know what the british use. But the american layperson does use the term adrenaline rather than epinephrine.
 
Originally posted by QuinnNSU
In no particular order:

Sex
Epinephrine
Oxygen
Water
Sex

Q, DO
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eh, who the heck gives themselves epi injections? 😕
 
Benedryl is the wonder drug of wonder drugs as far as I'm concerned.

I use it for:

-Allergy symptoms when I'm out of the expensive non-drowsy stuff.
-Mosquito bites. The itchiness that comes with them is basically just a histamine reaction, so if I am covered with them (like after a camping trip), a baking soda bath and two benedryl do the trick.
-Sleep. I don't use as much as you do, Adcadet. 50 mg is enough to knock me out cold for a full 12 hours. I shudder to imagine what 75 mg would do to me.
-Jitters. Just don't overdo it or you will be out like a light!
-Motion sickness. 12.5 or 25 mg before a plane ride and I'm good to go!
-I have heard that it can even be used as a topical pain reliever, but I have never used them for that purpose.
 
Originally posted by Weil-Felix
Benedryl is the wonder drug of wonder drugs as far as I'm concerned.

I use it for:

-Allergy symptoms when I'm out of the expensive non-drowsy stuff.
-Mosquito bites. The itchiness that comes with them is basically just a histamine reaction, so if I am covered with them (like after a camping trip), a baking soda bath and two benedryl do the trick.
-Sleep. I don't use as much as you do, Adcadet. 50 mg is enough to knock me out cold for a full 12 hours. I shudder to imagine what 75 mg would do to me.
-Jitters. Just don't overdo it or you will be out like a light!
-Motion sickness. 12.5 or 25 mg before a plane ride and I'm good to go!
-I have heard that it can even be used as a topical pain reliever, but I have never used them for that purpose.
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I suspect the pain releaver part is because it can act as a local anesthetic...try breaking open a capsule some time and sucking on it. Just beware of the horrible taste.

And yeah, 75 mg is a lot....50 mg usually works well if I give it enough time to kick in (>1 hour). Although there have been times when 50 mg just never seemed to work. 100 mg and my "pre-dreams" (you know, the stuff you think about just as you are entering sleep) become vivid enough to actually wake me up, defeating the purpose. Not fun.
 
Sorry, someone said the opposite eariler. I don't actually know what the british use. But the american layperson does use the term adrenaline rather than epinephrine.
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We Brits use adrenaline as laypeople and professionals (although you could write epinephrine on charts and not have any problems). We do still talk about "epi pens" though... 😕
 
any allergy meds w/ decongestants (pseudoephedrine). i.e. taking allegera-d really keeps me awake.
 
Originally posted by carrigallen
eh, who the heck gives themselves epi injections? 😕
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ummmm... anyone who carried an epi pen with them due to their propensity to anaphylax (allergies to bee stings, peanuts, etc.)
 
If I don't get into med school...

etomidate, Vecuronium, and KCl.

Maybe a shot of Makers Mark
 
Originally posted by RedBlanket
Propranolol 10mg PO
Cures the high stress chairman's rounds presentation shakes.
*resident approved*
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Asthma attack... can... not... breathe... get... beta-.... agonist... then... switch... to... metoprolol... or.... atenolol... [GASP!]
 
Lasix- luv the way it sounds.

But it inhibits NaCl cotransport at thick ascending limb,can cause hyperuricemia and hyperglycemia ,the other lytes go down because of this "high ceiling diuretic"
Luv it even more for CHF, edema, inappro.ADH secretion,hypercalcemia,some forms of HTN

Also originally used to detect cheating at horse races
Also only drug I know of that made them change the name of another drug,because it sounded so like it----Prilosec originally was called Losec but it had to be changed cause Losec sounded like Lasix
Id never give up the name LASIX
I Luv it!
 
LIDOCAINE... gotta love it... local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic for post MI ventricular arrhythmias. What a cool drug.
 
Cordorone, Retavase, and lets not forget ASA, Integrilin
 
Ellis Dee

Explore the Inner Space
 
Favorite for personal use? Vitamin I (ibuprofen).

Least favorite because of where is comes from? Premarin
(Pregnant Mares Urine) Ech.
 
the glenlivet, sex, cigarettes
 
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