Medicines Use Reviews

Sometimes you do a Medicines Use Review (MUR) and there's nothing to report - in fact this happens quite a lot - although I believe that the MUR isn't wasted because in these cases  we get to confirm everything is fine. (Remember that a patient adhering to their medication is most likely to get maximum benefit - and less likely to suffer problems)
 
But, just occasionally something jumps out that seems to justify the MUR service really well!
 
This morning I did a MUR on a lady that had been recently prescribed 80mg of furosemide daily for fluid in the legs...and she takes them correctly as prescribed "two daily." I discovered, however, that she started to take them at bedtime with some other tablets - and is up all night going to the toilet - which we might expect!
 
She didn't realise that it was the tablets, and I've reassured her that her frequent nocturnal visits to the bathroom will stop once she takes the medication appropriately again...
 

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