Case Study: Arthritis in the Spine

Roberta is a 32-year-old back pain caused by arthritis in the spine. She has been taking acetaminophen without relief. What will you recommend for her? What dosage? What frequency? What are the possible side effects? What are the patient education guidelines for taking the medication? Which non-pharmaceutical treatments should she receive?
 

Paper details:

Each case study presentation will include:
1.    Pathophysiology of the disease or physiology of the organism that the drug(s) are addressing.
2.    What drugs are commonly used to treat which pathophysiological states?
3.    What is/are the drug(s) of choice and why?
4.    What organ systems/tissues are being targeted?
5.    What are the reasons second and third-line drugs may be used?

Please read the required format. Per the instructor, “As this is a pharmacology course, please try to keep, as much as possible, your posts related to pharmacology, prescribing practices, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics, especially when it relates to evidence-based treatments and national guidelines. When writing discussion posts about pharmacology, prescribing practices, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, evidence-based treatments, and national guidelines, it is often unnecessary to use the word "I." The focus of the discussion is pharmacology, prescribing practices, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, evidence-based treatments, and national guidelines--something generalizable to the public and not necessarily personal experiences. Since you are all going to become nurse practitioners, I recommend you all start using provider-neutral language like "provider," "clinician," or "practitioner"