Pills @ No Use Hospital

Curiosity drove me to abuse work resources find out what the No Use Hospital has been feeding me besides food and how much they cost. Dates are to the best of my knowledge. Generally, injections are more expensive than their pill version.

25/9/11, Admission Day

• Calcium carbonate 450mg, Vit D 200IU tablet, a calcium supplement. These are freaking expensive here! $0.07 per tablet! Mustafa sells them for only $0.05 per tablet.

28/9/11, D-Day

• Potassium chloride premixed 10mmol/500ml D5% + sodium chloride 0.33% infusion, probably an electrolyte replacement. 12 bags!
• Potassium Chloride premixed 10mmol/100ml WFI. WFI means water for injection, but the dosage instructions said "infuse". Hmm.
• Midazolam 5mg/ml (HCl) injection, a.k.a. sleeping pill. So they make people sleep during surgery using sleeping pills??
• Propofol 500mg/50ml injection and Propofol 200mg/20ml injection, for general anesthesia. I guess we are all familiar with it as the drug that killed Michael Jackson.
• Remifentanil HCl 1mg injection (Ultiva), for general anesthesia.
• Morphine Sulphate 10mg/ml injection, pain relief.
• Tranexamic acid 500mg injection (Cyclokapron), prevents excessive blood loss during surgery.
• Cal Alginate 7.5 x 12cm dressing (Kaltostat). $7.41 per piece. Wow. Didn't know there exists dressing that promotes healing.

29/9/11, ICU/HD

• Vancomycin, indicated for the treatment of serious, life-threatening infections. Fwah doctor 下手很重哦.
• Mupirocin 2% cream (Bactroban) 15g, probably for my wounds. This thing was like $19.06! Charged me for a tube but I didn't see it anywhere. Don't tell me I finished the whole thing already?
• Magnesium sulphate 49.3% (2.47g/5ml) injection, a Magnesium supplement.
• Sodium chloride 0.9% injection (ampoule). Item says "injection", but dosage instruction says "nebuliser". So it's for inhaling? How does sodium chloride vapor smell like?
• Omeprazole 40mg injection, suppresses gastric acid secretion. $12.29 per pop!
• Frusemide 20mg/2ml injection, for treatment of hypertension and edema. Hopefully the edema part for me. $0.48 per ampoule, probably one of the cheapest injections.
• Calcium gluconate 10% injection 10ml, a calcium supplement. At $2.53 per ampoule, the $0.07 tablet is relatively cheap.
• Paracetamol 500mg tablet, pain relief.
• Famotidine 20mg tablet, inhibits stomach acid production.
• Cefazolin 1g injection, mainly used to treat bacterial infections of the skin.

30/9/11, HD

• Sodium chloride 0.9% infusion bag 500ml, probably an electrolyte replacement.
• Water for injection 20ml ampoule.
• Glyceryl trinit 10mg/10ml injection, treats angina and heart failure. OMG why did I need that!!
• HES Saline (voluVEN) 6% infusion 500ml, plasma volume replacement. What a wonderful invention! No need so much real blood. $20 per bottle, and I used 2. WHY SO EXPENSIVE!
• Atracurium Besylate 50mg injection (tracrium), skeletal muscle relaxant.
• Cefazolin 1g injection. Cefazolin is mainly used to treat bacterial infections of the skin.
• Esomeprazole 40mg injection (Nexium), S-enantiomer of omeprazole, claims improved efficacy. $16.66 per vial and I used 13. WAAA!
• Fentanyl citrate 0.1mg/2ml injection, treats breakthrough pain, 100 times more potent than morphine. Ooo...
• Gentamicin Sulp 80mg/2ml injection, an antibiotic.
• Morphine Sulphate 10mg/ml injection, pain relief.

1/10/11, HD

• Sodium Glycerophosphate (P 20mmol/20ml) injection, a phosphate supplement. $10 per pop!
• Gelofusine infusion 500ml, blood volume replacement. $16.80 per bottle and I used 2.
• Paracetamol 500mg, codeine 8mg tablet painkiller. I was charged for 54 tablets by 12 Oct. I got eat so many meh???

2/10/11, HD

• Cal Alginate 7.5 x 12cm dressing (Kaltostat), 8 pieces more by 10/10/11.
• Ascorbic acid 100mg tablet. Vitamin C supplement. Yep, no fruits and vegees for a long time already.
• Potassium dihydrogen phosphate 10mmol/10ml injection, phosphate supplement. Wow so many types of phosphate supplement! This one is $4.80 per pop. I used 2.
• Metoclopramide HCl 10mg/2ml injection, treats nausea and vomiting, $1 per ampoule. More, gimme more~

4/10/11, HD

• Hirudoid cream 14g, improves circulation after bruising or soft tissue injuries.
• Vitamin B1 100mg, B6 200mg, B12 200mcg tablet, for nerves.
• Amoxicillin 500mg, Clavulanate 125mg tablet, the antibiotic that gave me an upset stomach.

5/10/11, HD

• Redoxon Double Action 500mg Chewable Tablet 60s. Vitamin C supplement. They were giving me tablet by tablet while I was still admitted. Upon discharge, they passed me the half-empty bottle.
• Lactulose syrup USP, treatment of chronic constipation.
• Nothing happened a couple of hours later, so I was given Bisacodyl 10mg suppository, a stimulant laxative
• Metoclopramide HCl 10mg tablet, treats nausea and vomiting. The tablet form is only $0.12 each!
• Magnesium Carbonate mixture 100ml, magnesium supplement. I was given 10ml only lah.

7/10/11, HD

• Calamine lotion 100ml. Ah, the itch-relieving lotion I learned from a cheer back in school days.
• Centella Asiatica Ext 1% ointment 10g, for scar treatment.

11/10/11, B1/Way Point Hospital

• Anti-embolism stocking (long/M) 3449. That $37.14 pair of socks.
• Enoxaparin NA 40mg/0.4ml injection (Clexane), prevents DVT.