I have an IV problem of aqueous penicillin G 1MU in 100ml D5w IVPB- What does the MU in this problem mean?
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You are probably a beginning nursing student. Instead of answering your question I advise you to look up PCN G in a drug reference. It should be very informative as to what MU means. When you are an R.N. you will need to know how to find answers like that quickly and on your own.
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First of all, what type of medication isn't being filled? Second if the prescription note is wrong, for the most part it is because it has been tampered with or can't be interpreted due to sloppy handwriting or misspelling, if that is the case then the Pharmacist can contact the Doctor that wrote the script and get clarification. Not filling a script for pain killers or an antibiotic immediately isn't going to cause permanent harm in that it can be obtained later or next day. It is usually more bothersome for the patient though.
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FW of NaCl is 58.44  then\n\n   58.44 gm in 1000 mL = 1 Molar\n\n   4.78  gm in 200 mL = ?\n\ndo cross multiplication\n\n(4.78 gm x 1000 mL x 1 M) / (58.44 gm x 200 mL) = 0.4089 M\n\n(gm/gm and mL/mL cacels out so you get answer in M)\n\n\nNow you are taking 28 mL of 0.4089 M solution and diluting it to make final volume of 100.  Use M1V1 = M2V2\n\n0.4089 M x 28 mL = ? x 100 mL\n\n\nThen  ? = (0.4089 M x 28 mL) / 100 mL    { mL/mL cancels out and you get answer in Molarity)\n\n\n? = 0.1145 Molar is your answer
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penicillin, morphine, codeine, insulin
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I am really sorry to read that. Mine is B+, pl lemme know if the hospital can exchange the blood, i mean taking mine and giving the required O+. I am in chennai. u can contact me by clicking my icon.
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PENICILLIN G PENICILLIN V General Monograph, Benzylpenicillin Phenoxymethylpenicillin Antibiotic\n \nAction And Clinical Pharmacology: Penicillins G and V, known as the natural penicillins, are bactericidal against susceptible organisms. Penicillins interfere with the synthesis of cell wall mucopeptides, resulting in the formation of defective cell walls that will lyse and eventually result in death of the organism.\n\nThe spectra of activity of penicillins G and V are similar. Penicillin G is more active against gram-negative organisms (i.e., Neisseria) and some anaerobes than is penicillin V. Penicillin G can also be given parenterally, enabling the attainment of high serum concentrations, and is used for the treatment of serious infections involving penicillin-susceptible bacteria. Penicillin V is more resistant to hydrolysis by acidic gastric secretions and is absorbed orally to a much greater extent than penicillin G; therefore, it is the preparation of choice for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible infections of mild to moderate severity, in which the oral route of administration is desirable.\n\nThe in-vitro spectrum of activity of the natural penicillins is as follows: Gram-positive Aerobic Bacteria: non-B-lactamase-producing staphylococci, streptococci Groups A, B, C, G, H, K, L and M, S. pneumoniae (increasingly not susceptible), nonenterococcal group D streptococci, viridans streptococci and some strains of enterococci, C. diphtheriae, L. monocytogenes, B. anthracis and E. rhusiopathiae.\n\nGram-negative Aerobic Bacteria: non-B-lactamase producing N. gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis, non-beta-lactamase producing H. influenzae, H. parainfluenzae, B. pertussis, E. corrodens, P. multocida.\n\nGram-positive Anaerobic Bacteria: A. israelii, Bifidobacterium, C. tetani, C. perfringens, C. botulinum, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium.\n\nGram-negative Anaerobic Bacteria: Fusobacterium, Veillonella; most Bacteroides species are resistant.\n\nSpirochetes: T. pallidum, B. recurrentis, B. burgdorferi, Leptospira.\n\nPharmacokinetics: After oral administration, penicillin is absorbed mainly from the duodenum and upper jejunum. The extent of absorption depends on the presence of food in the gastrointestinal tract, gastric and intestinal pH and the relative acid-stability of the penicillin derivative. Both natural penicillins are hydrolyzed in the presence of acidic gastric secretions. Penicillin G is more acid-labile and should be taken on an empty stomach. Penicillin V is more stable in the presence of gastric acid and although it may be taken with meals, higher serum levels are achieved if it is taken on an empty stomach.\n\nPeak serum levels are reached within 30 to 60 minutes and are 2 to 5 times higher with penicillin V than penicillin G. The oral form of penicillin G or V benzathine reaches a lower peak level when compared with other forms of oral penicillin but levels are sustained for a longer period of time.\n\nAqueous penicillin G (as the potassium or sodium salt) may be administered i.m. or i.v. Following i.m. injection of either salt, peak levels are attained within 15 to 30 minutes.\n\nRepository preparations of penicillin G benzathine or penicillin G procaine are intended for deep i.m. injection and provide a tissue depot from which absorption takes place over several hours to several days. Penicillin G benzathine reaches its peak more slowly and is generally longer acting than penicillin G procaine.\n\nThe natural penicillins are readily distributed into ascitic, synovial, pleural and pericardial fluids. Distribution into tissues varies widely, with highest amounts in the kidney and lower concentrations in the liver, lungs, skin, intestines and muscle. Small amounts are found in all other body tissues and in the CSF. When the meninges are inflamed, the CSF concentration is about 5% of the serum concentration and can be therapeutic against sensitive organisms. Penicillins
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it is a suppliment, I would suggest you to talk to a local pharmacist and give them some time to look it up in their database of suppliments and prescription drugs, I could not find an interactive database in between the two online, good luck
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the pump was too full or the pump malfunctioned. contact your doctor to have the pump checked out to make sure its working properly. contact them also to see how much it holds and how much was put in during the refill.
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Pharmacy, call one and they will answer. Please dont take or give anything with out the correct dosages, mlg and grm are different
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I am an alternative medicinal therapist and an ex nurse. Normal B/P is 120/80 depending on your age. If you are on medication then is proberly the cause, Have you seen your doctor about it. If it goes any higher you could end up in trouble. Go back and see your GP\n\nGloria(BSYA)
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It depends on the medicine being administered, but usually it means clamping off the IV so that fluid isn't flowing and inserting the needle into the IV access port (use alcohol to clean this port first).  Then administer (push) the medicine into the IV at the rate required for that medicine (some are fast, some are slow, etc...).  Then unclamp the IV fluid and let it flow!
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Which method of deaeration are you using?  It makes a big difference.  Definitely less than 0.1 mg/L.
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Penicillin refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. The name “penicillin” can also be used in reference to a specific member of the penicillin group. Penicillins have the molecular formula R-C9H11N2O4S, where R is a variable side chain.\n\nThe serendipitous discovery of penicillin is usually attributed to Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928, though others had earlier noted the antibacterial effects of Penicillium. He noticed a halo of inhibition of bacterial growth around a contaminant blue-green mould on a Staphylococcus plate culture. Fleming concluded that the mould was releasing a substance that was inhibiting bacterial growth. He grew a pure culture of the mould and discovered that it was Penicillium notatum (now known as Penicillium chrysogenum) – he later named the bacterial inhibiting substance “penicillin” after the Penicillium notatum that released it. Fleming was convinced after conducting some more experiments that penicillin could not last long enough in the human body to kill pathogenic bacteria and stopped studying penicillin after 1931, but restarted some clinical trials in 1934 and continued to try to get someone to purify it until 1940.\n\nIn 1939, Australian scientist Howard Walter Florey and a team of researchers (Ernst Boris Chain, A. D. Gardner, Norman Heatley, M. Jennings, J.Orr-Ewing and G.Sanders) at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford made significant progress in showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin. Their attempts to treat humans failed due to insufficient volumes of penicillin, but they proved its harmlessness and effect in mice. On 1942-03-14 John Bumstead and Orvan Hess became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient using penicillin\n\nDuring World War II, penicillin made a major difference in the number of deaths and amputations caused by infected wounds amongst Allied forces. Availability was severely limited, however, by the difficulty of manufacturing large quantities of penicillin and by the rapid renal clearance of the drug necessitating frequent dosing. Penicillins are actively secreted and about 80% of a penicillin dose is cleared within three to four hours of administration. During those times it became common procedure to collect the urine from patients being treated so that the penicillin could be isolated and reused. (Silverthorn, 2004)\n\nThis was not a satisfactory solution, however, so researchers looked for a way to slow penicillin secretion. They hoped to find a molecule that could compete with penicillin for the organic acid transporter responsible for secretion such that the transporter would preferentially secrete the competitive inhibitor. The uricosuric agent probenecid proved to be suitable. When probenecid and penicillin are concomitantly administered, probenecid competitively inhibits the secretion of penicillin, increasing its concentration and prolonging its activity. The advent of mass-production techniques and semi-synthetic penicillins solved supply issues, and this use of probenecid declined. (Silverthorn, 2004) Probenecid is still clinically useful, however, for certain infections requiring particularly high concentrations of penicillins. (Rossi, 2004)\n\nThe chemical structure of penicillin was determined by Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in the early 1940s, enabling synthetic production. A team of Oxford research scientists led by Australian Howard Walter Florey and including Ernst Boris Chain and Norman Heatley discovered a method of mass producing the drug. Florey and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel prize in medicine with Fleming for this work. Penicillin has since become the most widely used antibiotic to date and is still used for many Gram-positive bacterial infections.\n\nAntibiotic resistance to penicillin was first observed in 1947, shortly after its introduction. Resistance to penicill
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My friend works as a pharmacist in New York and I remember her telling me that pharmacists can't make IVs.  So, the answer is "depends".  I think if you are talking about an oral suspension, the tech can reconstitute.  If you are making an intravenous suspension of antibiotic, the tech can't do it.
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maybe you are a nursing student from the Perpetual help College of Manila, and your pharma adviser is mrs. Ong ryt? u can visit a lot of websites to find answers in your difficult questions.. i swear searching answers in the web for this assignment is very easy, apparently it will take you only 15 mins for this!! hehe! see yah around in perps!!\n\nfrom... ncm 201 nursing chick!
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What class was this in? What grade level? What text were you using?  I may be able to help you if I know the context in which the question was raised. I have a feeling that I am not getting all the information you had. Please tell me and maybe I can help. I am an old chemist and microbiologist.
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Go to the doctor. They will give you a shot of penicillin.