Women and Men health topics
Women and Men health topics
Answer the following?
LW is a 32 year old female patient who comes to your medical clinic for primary care. She has
been on hormonal contraceptives for years, although she’s just been married and has stopped
her pills in hopes of becoming pregnant. Her PMHx includes obesity, HTN (diagnosed 3 years
ago), familial hypercholesterolemia, and PCOS. Her current medications are as follows:
Metformin 2000 mg PO daily, Lisinopril 10 mg PO daily, rosuvastatin 5 mg PO daily, and a
multivitamin.
GD is an 82-year-old patient is taking 2 mg of terazosin for BPH every morning. He comes in
complaining of dizziness, generalized muscle weakness and persistent lower urinary tract
symptoms (LUTS).
How should you advise these patients and manage their medications? What was the process
you went through to assess the current medications and to recommend an updated regimen?
