[Solved] TREATMENT FOR A PATIENT WITH A COMMON CONDITION

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please see attached – ## TREATMENTFORAPATIENTWITHACOMMONCONDITIONQUESTION.docx **## TREATMENTFORAPATIENTWITHACOMMONCONDITIONQUESTION.docx** For this Discussion, review the case Learning Resources and the case study excerpt presented. Reflect on the case study excerpt and consider the therapy approaches you might take to assess, diagnose, and treat the patient’s health needs. _Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse._ · _Metformin 500mg BID_ · _Januvia 100mg daily_ · _Losartan 100mg daily_ · _HCTZ 25mg daily_ · _Sertraline 100mg daily_ _Current weight: 88 kg_ _Current height: 64 inches_ _Temp: 98.6 degrees F_ _BP: 132/86_ BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 7 **Post** a response to each of the following: · List three questions you might ask the patient if she were in your office. Provide a rationale for why you might ask these questions. · Identify people in the patient’s life you would need to speak to or get feedback from to further assess the patient’s situation. Include specific questions you might ask these people and why. · Explain what, if any, physical exams, and diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the patient and how the results would be used. · List a differential diagnosis for the patient. Identify the one that you think is most likely and explain why. · List two pharmacologic agents and their dosing that would be appropriate for the patient’s antidepressant therapy based on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. From a mechanism of action perspective, provide a rationale for why you might choose one agent over the other. · For the drug therapy you select, identify any contraindications to use or alterations in dosing that may need to be considered based on ethical prescribing or decision-making. Discuss why the contraindication/alteration you identify exists. That is, what would be problematic with the use of this drug in individuals based on ethical prescribing guidelines or decision-making? · Include any “check points” (i.e., follow-up data at Week 4, 8, 12, etc.), and indicate any therapeutic changes that you might make based on possible outcomes that may happen given your treatment options chosen. **## TREATMENTFORAPATIENTWITHACOMMONCONDITIONQUESTION.docx** For this Discussion, review the case Learning Resources and the case study excerpt presented. Reflect on the case study excerpt and consider the therapy approaches you might take to assess, diagnose, and treat the patient’s health needs. _Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse._ · _Metformin 500mg BID_ · _Januvia 100mg daily_ · _Losartan 100mg daily_ · _HCTZ 25mg daily_ · _Sertraline 100mg daily_ _Current weight: 88 kg_ _Current height: 64 inches_ _Temp: 98.6 degrees F_ _BP: 132/86_ BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 7 **Post** a response to each of the following: · List three questions you might ask the patient if she were in your office. Provide a rationale for why you might ask these questions. · Identify people in the patient’s life you would need to speak to or get feedback from to further assess the patient’s situation. Include specific questions you might ask these people and why. · Explain what, if any, physical exams, and diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the patient and how the results would be used. · List a differential diagnosis for the patient. Identify the one that you think is most likely and explain why. · List two pharmacologic agents and their dosing that would be appropriate for the patient’s antidepressant therapy based on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. From a mechanism of action perspective, provide a rationale for why you might choose one agent over the other. · For the drug therapy you select, identify any contraindications to use or alterations in dosing that may need to be considered based on ethical prescribing or decision-making. Discuss why the contraindication/alteration you identify exists. That is, what would be problematic with the use of this drug in individuals based on ethical prescribing guidelines or decision-making? · Include any “check points” (i.e., follow-up data at Week 4, 8, 12, etc.), and indicate any therapeutic changes that you might make based on possible outcomes that may happen given your treatment options chosen.