Intro to Cardiology

Me: your cholesterol is kind of high Patient: yeah but I don't want a statin Me: *puzzled look* Patient: i heard it will shut your organs down. I'm using lemon grass essential oil Me *puzzled look*

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Love when patients complain "I have degenerative bone disease" and think it's something really unusual.

Nothing irritates me more than when a patient doesn't answer a simple question. Me: How long has your hip been hurting? Patient: Well I can't even walk and it hurts when I lay down and this morning I couldn't even move Me: not what I asked

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Ezetimibe (Zetia) lowers cholesterol by inhibiting cholesterol absorption at small intestine brush border.

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Patient: I've been putting vinegar up there because it smells so bad Me: ....

Patient: I stopped my metformin because I heard it will shut your kidneys down Me: oh really

Mortality from #Hepatitis C in the #UnitedStates is more than any other infectious disease. // #paschool #medicine #healthcare

Patient: I don’t like sticking myself (referring to insulin) Me: Do you like your feet?

The USPSTF recommends offering 1-time screening for #hepatitis C virus infection to adults born between 1945 and 1965.

Just finished watching “Take Your Pills” on @netflix - really thought-provoking #documentary on #ADD and stimulant drug use. Highly recommend.

What do ya'll think of a #physicianassistant doctoral degree?

Where are you going to #paschool? If you're applying or planning to aply, what is your first choice?

Incretins are released after eating & augment the secretion of insulin from pancreatic B-cells by a blood glucose-dependent mechanism. They also slow the rate of absorption of nutrients into the blood stream by reducing gastric emptying & may directly reduce food intake.

#Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, lower limb amputations, and blindness in the US.

Chew on this.... 50% of all antibiotics prescribed in U.S. health provider offices are either unnecessary or inappropriate.