Commonly Used Antibiotics in the Outpatient Setting By: Raymond Lengel, MSN, FNP, RN Purpose: This course will provide an overview of the antibiotics most commonly ordered by primary care providers for common conditions in the outpatient setting. Objectives: â¢ List three major problems associated with the use of antibiotics
New onset bilateral shoulder pain, stiffness, functional impairment, and constitutional symptoms such as fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and fever are characteristic clinical features of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease of older people.
Symptom similarities. Polymyalgia rheumatica and fibromyalgia are musculoskeletal conditions with symptoms that may be hard to tell apart. When you have polymyalgia rheumatica, you feel pain and stiffness in the muscles in your shoulders/upper arms (shoulder-girdle), and hips (pelvic-girdle).