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A 45-year-old white man presents to your office complaining of left knee pain that started last night. He says that the pain started suddenly after dinner and was severe within a span of 3 hours. He denies any trauma, fever, systemic symptoms, or prior similar episodes. He has a history of hypertension for which he takes hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). He admits to consuming a great amount of wine last night with dinner Provide an evaluation of the patient including possible risk factors and treatment options, including non-pharmacologic interventions Would this patient be a candidate for prophylactic therapy?

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This patient possesses a few risk factors for an occurrence of gout which include being of the male sex, alcohol consumption, hypertension, and use of…

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GD is an 82-year-old patient is taking 2 mg of terazosin for BPH every morning. He comes in complaining of dizziness, generalized muscle weakness and persistent lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). How should you advise these patients and manage their medications?  What was the process you went through to assess the current medications and to recommend an updated regimen?

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Module III: Men’s and Women’s Health Discussion Contains unread posts   Must post first. Consider the following scenarios: LW is a 32 year old female…

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