Case: pt: I don't want to wait 3-5 days for Claritin 5mg for me to go to parent's house which has a dog that I'm allergic to. What can I do? NP: Start pt on loading dose and then start on regular min dose. However, this is NOT a good thing to do & this is not a good thing to do to the body since the body doesn't like to go to extreme. So, only do loading dose when ER!
Case: pt comes in w/
Loading dose is usually done by the pharmacist in Hospital for the calculation.
Ideal drug: short half life for loading dose. If it's not good, just stop it and let it go out of the body very quickly. Go too much => get rid quickly and easily. Ideal is meds is IV bc 100% bioavailibitliy, short-half-life => even w/ allergies => still good => come out quickly.
~Miss Student
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