The difference between Lidoderm patch and Versatis plasters
Posted by mei | Posted in Life as a pharmacist, Pharmacy queries | Posted on 08-08-2010
Tagged Under : lidoderm patch, versatis plasters
Ooh.. I was asked this question by someone over the phone the other day.
I couldn’t help the person coz i didnt know what active ingredient was in lidoderm, it wasn’t in my ‘bibles’ … ishh so I had to refer her to the doctor, which i hate doin because it is such a simple question. Anyway Versatis is the one we commonly see in the dispensary – lidocaine 5% plasters, I have seen Lidoderm, and kinda knew it was the same stuff, but i wasnt sure. So my friend sent me the link online for Lidoderm http://www.lidoderm.com/ .. so we found out its exactly the same as versatis plasters.
Learnt another thing today. Great.
Just a reminder – lidocaine is a local anesthetic, that temporarily blocks pathway of pain signals along the nerves.
Question: a man with a tight chest, somebody suggested to take aspirin, the counter staff gave out eff. aspirin 75mg (P) for ADMINISTRATION/TREATMENT straight away without the presence of the paramedic cos its only aspirin (right or wrong?)but also said that she could not give out GTN spray for the treatment of chest pain cos its a P – since when they are allowed to treat?
frankly speakg, i dont know if its right or wrong. I personally wouldnt, you wouldnt know if the man is allergic to aspirin or not, also for serious heart problem, 75mg isnt gonna do anythg! the thing is we dont even know whether patient is on GTN. if the man got chest pain n stressed out in my store, ill ring ambulance, unless he has got gtn with him, will get it out let him administer himslf. I wouldnt admin anythg for anyone. Haha, they are not allowed to treat anyone i think.
I think they cannot even give aspirin out if its for administration for angina treatment. Neither the counter staff or the pharmacist is allowed to do it, only paramedic is allowed to give under their PGDs. Cos in the hospital, when one has an angina the procedure is still Dr prescribed > pharm signs > release aspirin. So if the staff was giving it out to the patient to take = not ok, but if the staff was giving out to the paramedic (who would be here in minutes) = ok
interesting mei
oh sweetie! please have a fun and safe trip
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