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Drug Text Enter Edit Dosages. . . Drug Enter/Edit Drug Interaction Management. . . Electrolyte File (IV) Lookup into Dispense Drug File Medication Instruction File Add/Edit Medication Route File Enter/Edit Orderable Item Management. . . Orderable Item Report Formulary Information Report Drug Text Enter/Edit Drug Text File Report Pharmacy System Parameters Edit Standard Schedule Edit Synonym Enter/Edit

DRUG TEXT ENTRY � Use SCREEN EDITOR to edit data Select IHS Kernel Option: TB User's Toolbox Change my Division Display User Characteristics Edit User Characteristics Electronic Signature code Edit Menu Templates. . . Spooler Menu. . . Switch UCI Task. Man User Help

Drug Text/Enter Edit Overview � Where does drug text enter/edit live? ◦ PDM > DRUG TEXT ENTER/EDIT � What format can I use? � What type of information should I enter? ◦ Can copy from Excel, WORD, or Text files ◦ ◦ Conversion tables Dosing tables Blackbox warnings Pregnancy guidelines

Drug Text/Enter Edit Overview Cont… 74 Characters or less… 74 Characters or more…

EXCEL DOSE TABLE CEPHALEXIN SUSPENSION 50 MG/KG/DAY IN 4 DOSES QID x 10 d * # OF MLS * TOTAL AMT. * PER DOSE * NEEDED * LBS KG * 9 4 1. 0 * 40 * 11 5 1. 3 * 50 * 13 6 1. 5 * 60 * 15 7 1. 8 * 70 * 18 8 2. 0 * 80 * 20 9 2. 3 * 90 * 22 10 2. 5 * 100 * 24 11 2. 8 * 110 * 26 12 3. 0 * 120 *

ENTERING DRUG TEXT This option enables you to edit entries in the DRUG TEXT file. Select DRUG TEXT NAME: CEPHALEXIN, PEDS Are you adding 'CEPHALEXIN, PEDS' as a new DRUG TEXT (the 41 ST)? No// Y (Yes) There may be entries in your DRUG file and PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM file linked to this Drug Text Name. Editing information related to this Drug Text entry will affect the display of information related to these. Do you want to review the list of drugs and orderable items linked to this Drug Text entry? ? YES// NO Do you want to edit the Drug Text Name? NO// IMPORTANT!! After editing the Drug Text Name OR Text, review the drugs and orderable items linked to this entry for accuracy. Do you want to edit the text for this entry? YES// TEXT: No existing text Edit? NO// YES

SCREEN EDITOR You are now in the Screen Editor Mode. If this is not what you have on your screen, then you may have the LINE EDITOR mode as your default. If so, you will have to back out to a menu prompt and do ^TBOX, select EDIT USER CHARACTERISTICS, use the ENTER key to move down to the PREFERED EDITOR: type in SCREEN EDITOR. ENTER down to the COMMAND LINE: then ^, and answer YES to the SAVE CHANGES BEFORE LEAVING FORM QUESTION. This is an example of what the Screen Editor Screen will look like. ==[ WRAP ]==[ INSERT ]====< TEXT >=====[ <PF 1>H=Help ] TEXT INFORMATION IS ENTERED HERE =<=======T=======T====T>======

ENTERING DRUG TEXT: TEXT EDITOR, SUMMARY OF KEY SEQUENCES Navigation Incremental movement Arrow keys One word left and right <Ctrl-J> and <Ctrl-L> Next tab stop to the right <Tab> Jump left and right <PF 1><Left> and <PF 1><Right> Beginning and end of line <PF 1><Left> and <PF 1><Right> or: <Find> and <Select> or: <Home> and <End> Screen up or down <PF 1><Up> and <PF 1><Down> or: <Prev Scr> and <Next Scr> or: <Page Up> and <Page Down> Top or bottom of document <PF 1>T and <PF 1>B Go to a specific location <PF 1>G

Exiting/Saving Exit and save text <PF 1>E Quit with optional save <PF 1>Q or <Ctrl-E> Exit, save, and switch editors <PF 1>A Save without exiting <PF 1>S Enter minutes for Auto. Save <PF 1>S Deleting Character before cursor <Backspace> Character at cursor <PF 4> or <Remove> or <Delete> From cursor to end of word <Ctrl-W> From cursor to end of line <PF 1><PF 2> Entire line <PF 1>D

TAB SETTING � To set the Tabs for your entry: ◦ Count the number of characters in the individual columns and use these numbers to set the Tab stops. Add 1 -2 additional spaces to make the entry easier to read. ◦ From the above Cephalexin EXCEL worksheet, the first Tab would be at 4, the second at 8, third at 19, and fourth at 22. =<===T=====T==T============>===== 4 8 19 22 LBS / KG / # OF MLS / * / NEEDED ( 3+1) ( 9+2) (1+2) � Adjust each Drug Text entry based on the number of characters per line and the Tab stops needed.

COPY TO EDITOR FORM � The next step is to Drag and Copy the work sheet, and paste it into the SCREEN EDITOR form � Use the Screen Editor to move items or adjust tabs or margins

EXAMPLES DRUG TEXT NAME: ACETAMINOPHEN CHEWABLE PEDIATR DRUG TEXT: ACETAMINOPHEN CHEWABLE DOSING CHART 80 MG/TABLET 10 -15 MG/KG/DOSE LB(S) KG MG #TABS 6 -11 LBS 3 -5 KG 40 MG 1/2 TABLET 12 -17 LBS 6 -8 KG 80 MG 1 TABLET 18 -23 LBS 9 -11 KG 120 MG 1 & 1/2 TABLETS 24 -35 LBS 12 -16 KG 160 MG 2 TABLETS 36 -47 LBS 17 -21 KG 240 MG 3 TABLETS 48 -59 LBS 22 -27 KG 320 MG 4 TABLETS 60 -71 LBS 28 -32 KG 400 MG 5 TABLETS

ACETAMINOPHEN ELIXIR 160 MG/5 ML PEDIATRIC DOSING CHART Q 46 H prn Wt in LBS Wt in KG Dose in MG Dose in ML(s) -------------------------------------- 6 -11 LBS 3 -5 KG 40 MG 1. 25 ML 12 -17 LBS 6 -8 KG 80 MG 2. 5 ML 18 -23 LBS 9 -11 KG 120 MG 3. 75 ML 24 -35 LBS 12 -16 KG 160 MG 5 ML 36 -47 LBS 16 -21 KG 240 MG . 5 ML 48 -59 LBS 21 -27 KG 320 MG 10 ML 60 -71 LBS 27 - 32 KG 400 MG 12. 5 ML

DRUG TEXT NAME: MEVACOR-ZOCOR-LIPITOR DOSING DRUG TEXT: The following chart provides selected HMG Co. A reductase inhibitors and the adult dosage range for primary therapeutic indications: GENERIC BRAND DRUG NAME NAME (US) DOSAGE RANGE* (mg) ================= Atorvastatin Lipitor 10 to 80 mg PO QD Fluvastatin Lescol 20 to 80 mg PO QD Fluvastatin XL Lescol 80 mg PO QD Lovastatin Mevacor 20 to 80 mg PO QD Pravastatin Pravachol 10 to 40 mg PO QD Simvastatin Zocor 10 to 40 mg PO QD --------------------------- Key: * = patients receiving cyclosporine, fibrates, or niacin, or patients with renal insufficiency may require lower doses. PO = orally QD = daily REFERENCES: 1. Hutchison TA & Shahan DR (Eds): DRUGDEX(R) System. MICROMEDEX, Inc. Englewood, Colorado (Edition expires 12/2000).

OTITIS MEDIA Treatment AMOXICILLIN CLAVULANATE (Augmentin) Usual dose for otitis media/sinusitis: 40 mg/kg/day (amoxicillin component) in divided doses every 8 hours, with meals. (Dose range: 20 -40 mg/kg/day) Example: Augmentin "250" suspension Supplied as: 10 kg (22 lbs. ) 1/2 tsp q 8 h 75 ml bottle: 10 days 15 kg (33 lbs. ) 3/4 tsp q 8 h 100 ml bottle: 10 days 20 kg (44 lbs. ) 1 tsp q 8 h 150 ml bottle: 10 days 40 kg and over adult doses Alternative twice daily dosing: Usual dose: 45 mg/kg/day (amoxicillin component) in divided doses every 12 hours, with meals (Dose range: 25 -45 mg/kg/day)

The Crow Service Unit P&T committee has selected Lovastatin as our first line drug. Patients need to be on a dose for 4 -6 weeks to determine effect. After failure with Lovastatin the next drug to try is Simvastatin. Atorvastatin is be used only after treatment failures or documented side effects with Lovastatin and Simvastatin. The following chart provides selected HMG Co. A reductase inhibitors and the adult dosage range for primary therapeutic indications: GENERIC BRAND DRUG NAME (US) DOSAGE RANGE* (mg) ================ Atorvastatin Lipitor 10 to 80 mg PO QD Fluvastatin Lescol 20 to 80 mg PO QD Fluvastatin XL Lescol 80 mg PO QD Lovastatin Mevacor 20 to 80 mg PO QD Pravastatin Pravachol 10 to 40 mg PO QD Simvastatin Zocor 10 to 40 mg PO QD STATIN DOSE EQUIVENCY TABLE Potency Rating Expressed in MG's Generic Name Brand Name 1 2 3 4 Atorvastatin Lipitor 10 20 40 Fluvastatin Lescol 20 40 80 Lovastatin Mevacor 10 20 40 80 Pravastatin Pravachol 10 20 40 Simvastatin Zocor 5 10 20 40 80 5

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