Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Hi Elaine.....while I was home sick I tried Dayquil, chrospectic spray, and Sucrets before I finally went to the doc. I realize the Dayquil is not supposed to be taken by folks with " thyroid disease " . Does this apply to those in remission? I took very small doses. Thanks, Mona Re: Kate TED can develop years before hyperthyroidism develops, and some patients develop TED without ever developing clinically significant thyroid dysfunction. When this happens, it's called euthyroid Graves' disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 ________________________________ From: B. Austin <abaustin+groups@...> Sent: Tue, January 18, 2011 8:26:27 PM Subject: OTC Medications My policy was always to have a large box of single-dose tylenol and ibuprofen (sometimes naproxen) available for general use. Other OTC medications I did keep " controlled " but mostly just for convenience and accounting (and I had smaller stocks of things such as loperamide, cough syrups, etc). They were available for the asking in reasonable amounts. I never saw why people were " responsible adults " in their time off and suddenly can't be trusted with their own healthcare while offshore. ********************** I do not think it is so much a question of denying access to meds that are normaly available at home As much as providing an added service and an increase quality over and beyond self care (+ if the employees want the same access to home meds... well they bring there own and they do) I can not imagine situations where we would DENY paracetamol, loperamide, cough syrup, etc. I certainly Sorry We certainly know of many cases where patient delayed Treatment for an AMI and popping tylenols, anti-emetics, etc We know that NSAID have nasty, sometime lethal GI bleeds We know that the majority of cough syrups have sedative effects (not recommended in a work environment) By being obligated to see us early We may Sometime Only sometime Catch some interesting pathology early Treat early Evacuate early And avoid a 5H1T load of problem for everybody Including the patient That is ALSO Why we should not put OTC meds in First-Aid kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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