Doxcycline
Pick a drug and write about it. The drug to be discussed may be something you are familiar with in practice. Please discuss all routes of administration including dosage and reduced dosages for renal and liver impaired patients and people with low Body Mass Index. Learning outcomes need to be included and relevant knowledge addressed.
This essay needs to be completed from the perspective of patients being prescribed in the community, suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The client works as a community matron and deals with patients who have long term conditions such as COPD. The matron of the team prescribes the abx to the patient as stand by medication for them to self administer if the have a history of repeated exacerbation’s, for example, chest infection. This is to try and head off complications. This is to be discussed in terms of patients in general.
