DRUG CALCULATIONS  Drug choice:

o Metformin, - endocrine drug.

DESIRED DOSE
Glucophages. Dmtype 2
o sulfonylureas, (glimepiride, glipizide,)
-------------------- = q
o insulin is admisnitered for uncontrolled
STOCK DOSE dm type2
( humulog)

 MICRO SET HAS A NEEDLE

 MACRO HAS NO NEEDLE YET IS
CALIBRATED INTO 60
IV FLOW RATE CALCULATIONS
NO. OF ML X DROP RATE
------------------------------
NO. OF HOURS X 60 MINUTES
Anti-biotic resistance- disorder
 If you took antibiotic for 3 days instead of 7 it
won’t be effective and it will not fight the
viruses any more, it will just pass into your
system. Moves to a higher treatment regimen.
Means more expensive.
Treatment regimen 4 days to 1 week:
DIABETES MELLITUS type 2 “silent death”
COMMON CAUSE
 Lack of exercise
 Have no proper diet
 Consumes too much fat
 Family history
 Controlled diabetes mellitus: drugs to control
glucose level
 Used medications and exercise and diet
 Insulin is a transporter for your glucose for
glucose to be absorbed the energy to derive
ATPS for sugar to be consumed in the
body/cells. Glucose remains outside the cells in
the blood stream it is not used by the body
without insulin because it can not enter the
blood for it to be utilized.
Fasting level blood test: diet for 12 hours
 Your doctor will check your blood glucose level on
another day using the FPG or the OGTT to confirm the
diagnosis of diabetes.
We inject insulin so that it may enter the blood stream m
because if orally taken it won’t be absorbed.
COPD called as blue bloaters because they are cyanotic, less
air goes inside the lungs. More carbon dioxide less oxygen and
less released carbon dioxide thus retention of carbon dioxide.
Common to smokers.
DRUG OF CHOICE:
 Bronchodilators (Ventolin)
 Beta adrenergic agonist (Isoproterenol salmeterol)
 Antihistamine (Allegra, Claratine)
 Corticosteroids (inhalers) –
beclomethasone(beclovent) Montelukast
 Mucolytics
 Antitussives
Pink puffers: Emphysema – air is trapped in the lungs
Blue bloaters:
CHF - THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE PUMPING OF
THE HEART. It is congested. No proper cardiac refill , cause

 Treatment would not be the drugs instantly 3 doses

usually teach them to have a proper diet, less
sugar, less fat