- Acyclovir 400 mg orally three times a day for 7-10 days.
- Famciclovir 250 mg orally three times a day for 7-10 days.
- Valacyclovir 1 g orally twice a day for 7-10 days.
#### Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (IM or Oral Regimens)
- Primary Treatment: Ceftriaxone 500 mg intramuscularly in a single dose, plus doxycycline 100 mg orally
twice daily for 14 days, plus metronidazole 500 mg orally twice daily for 14 days.
#### Syphilis (Primary and Secondary)
- Primary Treatment: Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units intramuscularly as a single dose.
### Side Effects and Patient Education
#### Doxazosin Side Effects
- Side Effects: Hypotension, dizziness, nasal congestion.
#### Dutasteride Patient Teaching
, - Response to Delayed Onset: Benefits may take months to appear; continue taking the medication even
if improvement is not immediately noticeable. It may also reduce ejaculatory volume and libido.
#### Terazosin Effectiveness
- Indicators of Effectiveness: Improvement in symptoms such as dysuria, urgency, urinary tract infections
(UTIs), and hesitancy.
Various routes of administration of estrogen therapy and when each would be used ✔️
· When is it safe and not safe to prescribe progesterone (AKA: progestin) ✔️Not safe: if women has had
a hysterectomy/pregnant
Safe:
Side effects of progestin-only oral contraceptives ✔️it can cause irregular/ inconsistent bleeding, must
be taken at same time every day to be effective
Benefits of prescribing medroxyprogesterone acetate (DepoProvera) ✔️doesn't cause thromboembolic
disorder, headache, nausea or most of the other adverse effects associated with combo OCs.
Testosterone therapy.
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