SOCI 3630 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3: Liver Function Tests, Rosuvastatin, Grapefruit Juice

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3630
• Professor: Alireza Asgharzadeh

Document Summary

Reference, if copy and paste, change it up. Use tables if it can be better suited for one. Moa is talked about in pharmacology, don"t need to include it here unless it is very important. Common and uncommon but serious, need to know frequency (lexicomp), in cps they cut out vs. placebo. Don"t write for duration of therapy put a timeframe on next test. Negative consequences and can impact therapy (monitor and may have to treat it). Corticosteroids (cant change therapy, if need it give it) Hrt -> temporary, effects sometimes decreases ldl and increases hdl, but estrogen can. Immunosuppressants increase tg if oral, so can be considered if have high tg initially. Lower ldl and vldl, overall effects vary amongst them. Generally well tolerated, but ae: myopathy, myalgia (muscle ache, more proximal -> arms, thighs, pelvic girtle), some gi, rhabdomyalsis, myositis.