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What have family doctors being doing for the past six months? A thread. This week lots of patients keep asking if it’s nice to be back at work. They’re shocked when I tell them we never closed, not even for a day. 1/
PPE was scarce and we knew very little about COVID. We scrambled to develop policies and procedures after hours, to install plexiglass and source more masks. We debated who to mask and when. We voraciously devoured every communication from public health. 2/
But we never closed. We dusted off old phone headsets and started phoning patients for appointments. We activated a brand new secure portal to send documents to our patients. We saw carefully-selected patients (babies, pregnant women, etc) in person 3/
Thanks @UTMBFamilyMed for inviting me to present Grand Rounds today! I'm going to share a few pearls for other interested folks in #FamilyMedicine, #TwitteRx, & beyond.
A long but extremely visual🧵🧵🧵
A long but extremely visual🧵🧵🧵
To understand the "opioid crisis", you have to accept that the first wave was driven by excessive prescribing. BUT you also have to accept that reactionary supply reduction interventions drove a totally preventable second wave of deaths due to heroin.
In order to help the people who are actually dying today, you must recognize that deaths to Rx opioids accounted for fewer than ⅓ of all opioid overdose deaths, and that proportion is shrinking every year.
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Hey #medstudenttwitter! I just finished a virtual #familymedicine rotation, and wanted to share something I learned.
When should patients take their blood pressure pills?
#tweetorial #medthread #medtwitter @umnmedschool
Hey #medstudenttwitter! I just finished a virtual #familymedicine rotation, and wanted to share something I learned.
When should patients take their blood pressure pills?
#tweetorial #medthread #medtwitter @umnmedschool
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Patients often ask when they should take their medications. The answer often depends on side effects, such as drowsiness (take these meds at night).
Did you know there's evidence that blood pressure medications actually WORK BETTER if taken before bed?
Patients often ask when they should take their medications. The answer often depends on side effects, such as drowsiness (take these meds at night).
Did you know there's evidence that blood pressure medications actually WORK BETTER if taken before bed?
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The results of a study of over 19,000 patients in Spain was published in October 2019. Patients were randomized to take their antihypertensives before bed or in the morning.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31641769/?from…
The results of a study of over 19,000 patients in Spain was published in October 2019. Patients were randomized to take their antihypertensives before bed or in the morning.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31641769/?from…
