Ms. Leezer is a 50 year-old woman with a history of end stage renal disease, status post renal transplant, and a history of coronary artery disease, status post coronary artery bypass grafting. She had an episode of chest pain which was relieved by Nitroglycerin and passed out while saying goodbye to her husband, as well as several episodes of skipped heart beats during and after which she feels short of breath, and slurred speech for a few minutes. On admission her temperature was 98.8, pulse 96, blood pressure 120/70, and respirations 18. During her stay she was given a 250 cc fluid bolus, transfused two units of blood and her hematocrit went up to 31. Laboratory data revealed a sodium of 137, potassium 4.4, chloride 104, bicarbonate 15, BUN 86, creatinine 3.1, ALT 6, AST 11, alkaline phosphatase 44, bilirubin total 0.4, direct bilirubin 0.1, calcium 9.5, cholesterol 360, and HDL 40. An exercise tolerance test MIBI was performed, which was negative for ischemia, and the patient's ejection fraction was approximated to be 69%. Carotid noninvasives revealed moderate internal carotid plaque on the right and mild stenosis of the other arteries. An echocardiogram revealed concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with an ejection fraction of 65%. The patient was taken to Electrophysiology Study which revealed nonsustained ventricular tachycardia with possible right ventricular outflow tract origin. It was hoped that she could be maintained on Lopressor and Verapamil; however, her blood pressure did not tolerate the medication, so she was already on Atenolol for Beta blockade and Verapamil was tried. Her discharge medications included Aspirin 81 mg p.o. q. day, Vitamin C 100 mg p.o. q. day x14 days, Epogen 2,000 subcu q. week, Lasix 60 mg p.o. q. day, Gemfibrozil 300 mg p.o. b.i.d., Lisinopril 5 mg p.o. q. day, Prilosec 20 mg p.o. q. day, Prednisone 5 mg p.o. on even days, 10 mg p.o. on odd days, MVI with minerals one tablet p.o. q. day, Thiamine 50 mg p.o. b.i.d., Bicitra 15 ml p.o. b.i.d., Nephrocaps one tablet p.o. q. day, Cyclosporine 125 mg p.o. in the morning and 100 mg p.o. in the afternoon, Insulin sliding scale, Cellcept 1,000 mg p.o. b.i.d., and Prempro 0.625/0.25 mg p.o. q. day. Her triglycerides were checked during the hospitalization and found to be very high in the 1,500 range, so she was taken off Simvastatin and started on Gemfibrozil. She was discharged in stable condition the next day.
What is the dosage of vitamin c
Vitamin C 100 mg p.o. q. day x14 days, Epogen 2,000 subcu q. week,