A scenario involving LW a 32 year old female patient
Consider the following scenarios:
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 comes in complaining of dizziness and generalized muscle weakness and persistent LUTS. What would you recommend?
How should you advise these patients and manage her medications? What was the process you went through to assess her current medications and to recommend an updated regimen?
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