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A 48-year old patient with no history of diabetes mellitus and LDL-C of 200mg/dl should be considered for:

Which of the following is a commonly prescribed SNRI for depression in primary care?

You examine a 75-year old man who presents with severe headache and generalized pruritis. Spleen palpable at 10cm mark just below the left costal margin. Liver palpable 3 cm below right costal margin. The rest of the exam was within normal limits. These values are most consistent with: Hgb=17.3/dL (normal 14 to 16g/dL) Hct=54% (normal 42% to 48%) RBC= 7.7 million mm (normal 4.7 to 6.1 million mm) MCV= 97 fl (normal 81 to 96 fl) MCHC=33.2 g/dL (normal 31 to 37 g/dl) WBC=18.3 (Normal 4,500-11,000) PLT=484 (normal 150-450)

You see a 59-year-old man with poorly controlled HTN. On physical examination, you note grade 1 hypertensive retinopathy. You anticipate all of the following will be present except:    

Which of the following about ezetimibe is FALSE?

Which lab testing should be performed for a patient initiating statin therapy

Risk Enhancers for ASCVD include what specific disease procesess?

The medullary cavity of a long bone is lined with a thin cellular layer called ______.

In the inherited disease ichythyosis, the skin is rough, brown, and very scaly because the uppermost layer cannot peel off as easily as it normally does. The part of the skin that is affected is the

The treatment called Botox works by blocking nerve signals and is typically used to target the muscles of the face to reduce wrinkling. However, some patients with excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) have Botox injected into problem areas to reduce the amount of sweating. Why would this work?