The patient, a 77 year old woman, was admitted with complaint of urinary frequency and AMS. She has a possible allergy to Penicillins with a reaction of RASH and cannot tolerate floroquinolones. She was prescribed ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID 81 MG PO QD, LISINOPRIL 10 MG PO QD Starting Today ( 6/25 ), KCL SLOW RELEASE PO ( ref # 761602437 ), TOPROL XL ( METOPROLOL SUCCINATE EXTENDED RELEASE ) 100 MG PO BID HOLD IF: hr&lt;55 , sbp&lt;95, LANTUS ( INSULIN GLARGINE ) 19 UNITS QAM SC QAM Starting Today ( 6/17 ), WARFARIN SODIUM 5 MG PO QPM Starting ROUTINE , 20:00 ( Standard Admin Time ), ROSIGLITAZONE 2 MG PO QD, FUROSEMIDE 20 MG PO BID Starting Today ( 6/25 ) PRN Other:LE edema, SIMVASTATIN 10 MG PO QHS, CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL 200 MG PO BID X 16 doses Starting Today ( 6/25 ) HOLD IF: rash, and DIGOXIN 0.125 MG PO QOD with Food/Drug Interaction Instruction to Give with meals. Her AFIB became tachy to 140's with an elevated troponin to 1.69 which rose to a max of 2.41 with no EKG changes and was rate controlled and started on Levofloxacin. She was given 2 doses of vancomycin to cover potential staph infection and had an adenosine MIBI that showed no perfusion defects. Her INR was increasing due to the levofloxacin effect and was switched to ceftriaxone consistant with blood culture succeptabilities. Follow up blood cultures on 0/27 demostrated gram positive cocci in clusters and antibiotics were d/c'd after repeat cultures were negative. Her cardiac workup included an echocardiogram with RV dialation and wall akinesis with apical sparing , a new finding since last echo in '03. We have altered cardiac medications for better rate control by cancelling the coreg( carvedelol ) and Norvasc( amilodipine ) and replacing them with a blood pressure medication, Toprol XL( Metoprolol XL ) to better control the rate of her atrial fibrillation and the digoxin was also added for heart rate control. The patient was discharged in good condition and was given instructions to take the full course of antibiotics which cover the next 8days, to take medications with meals or on empty stomach and to avoid high Vitamin-K containing foods, to call PCP with any changes in urinary symptoms, or fever >101.0, return to ER if any changes in mental status, chest pain, SOB, or syncope, and follow-up with PCP within the next week with INR and digoxin levels. Do not use lasix unless necessary and contact PCP if using more than 1-2 times per week due to possible toxicity with digoxin use.
Has this patient ever been prescribed levofloxacin
INR was increasing due to the levofloxacin effect and was switched to ceftriaxone consistant with blood culture succeptabilities.