UNDERSTANDING CODE DRUGS - Yola

Lidocaine – yup, once in a while we still use lido. 50 to 100mg load, followed by a drip at 1-2 mg per minute. Lido can make people acutely bonkers, which usually goes away if it’s stopped. Procainamide – second antiarrythmic up until the rise of amiodarone – is it third now? Proc (“Proke”) also gets loaded, and then run in mgs per ... ................
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