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.
The symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica are bilateral. This means they occur on both sides of the body. The symptoms develop abruptly. Sometimes the symptoms may take a week to develop. There is pain in both the shoulders. Pain in neck, arms, hip girdle, and thighs. Stiffness in arms and other large joints in morning.