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home:special:hospitals_emergencies [03.12.2017] – [Minimizing risks of hospitalization] added Ceftin, Biaxin sallieqhome:special:hospitals_emergencies [09.17.2017] – [Minimizing risks of hospitalization] sallieq
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   * put it, along with a copy of this article, in a clear protective folder, and   * put it, along with a copy of this article, in a clear protective folder, and
   * keep a copy in a handy place at home (EMT personnel often look on the refrigerator for info) and in the car.   * keep a copy in a handy place at home (EMT personnel often look on the refrigerator for info) and in the car.
 +  * occasionally check [[home:physicians:emergency|the single page notice]] to be sure they are carrying the most recent Emergency Instructions..
  
 ===== Minimizing risks of hospitalization ===== ===== Minimizing risks of hospitalization =====
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   * Do not minimize the seriousness of your condition to yourself or your family.   * Do not minimize the seriousness of your condition to yourself or your family.
   * Follow the MP cautiously and slowly to avoid an exacerbation of symptoms that becomes so severe you feel you need to go to the ER or Urgent Care.   * Follow the MP cautiously and slowly to avoid an exacerbation of symptoms that becomes so severe you feel you need to go to the ER or Urgent Care.
-  * Ask the study site moderators for help as soon as you think you are having a problem.+  * Ask the study site moderators for help as soon as you think you may have a problem.
   * Make sure a family member or friend knows how to access the study site should you be too ill to do so yourself.   * Make sure a family member or friend knows how to access the study site should you be too ill to do so yourself.
   * Take all known precautions to avoid an acute infection.   * Take all known precautions to avoid an acute infection.
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   * Question everything and ask your advocate to take notes.   * Question everything and ask your advocate to take notes.
   * If you have sarcoidosis and oxygen is not offered and you are short of breath, ask for it. (Assure the doctor oxygen is appropriate to treat sarcoidosis.)   * If you have sarcoidosis and oxygen is not offered and you are short of breath, ask for it. (Assure the doctor oxygen is appropriate to treat sarcoidosis.)
-  * If you need a [[home:othertreatments:antibacterials:takingnonmpantibiotics|non-MP antibiotic]], insist on a fluoroquinolone (such as Levaquin) so you can go home and continue the olmesartan (Benicar) blockade. (You may need to discontinue MP antibiotics during the duration of treatment with a fluoroquinolone.)+  * If you need a [[home:othertreatments:antibacterials:takingnonmpantibiotics|non-MP antibiotic]], insist on Ceftin, Biaxin or a fluoroquinolone (such as Levaquin) so you can go home and continue the olmesartan (Benicar) blockade. (You may need to discontinue MP antibiotics during the duration of treatment with a fluoroquinolone.)
   * Refuse all [[home:othertreatments::corticosteroids|steroids]] in any form (oral, IV, injected or inhaled).   * Refuse all [[home:othertreatments::corticosteroids|steroids]] in any form (oral, IV, injected or inhaled).
   * Insist on increasing the olmesartan (Benicar) blockade by taking 40mg orally every 3-4 hours and 20mg sublingually (dissolved under the tongue) with each oral dose.   * Insist on increasing the olmesartan (Benicar) blockade by taking 40mg orally every 3-4 hours and 20mg sublingually (dissolved under the tongue) with each oral dose.
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