UMEM Educational Pearls

Tetracycline has seen an increase in utilization due to its effectiveness in MRSA (check your local biogram). Remember its adverse effects/toxicity:

1) Photosensitivity 

2) Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

3) Pseudotumor cerebri

4) Myopia

5) Deposits in calcifying bone/teeth - do not use in pediatrics