Name Dosage Action Indication Contraindication Adverse Effects Nursing

Consideration
Kalium 1 tab bid Principal  Prevention &  Allergy to DERMA: Rash  Administer oral
Durule intracellular correction of tartrazine, GI: Nausea, drug after meals or
cation potassium therapy with vomiting, with food & full
maintaining deficiency potassium abdominal glass of water to
intracellular  IV: sparing discomfort, decrease GI upset
tonicity, Treatment of diurectics or diarrhea  Caution patient not
transmission of cardiac aldosterone HEMA: ECG to chew the tablet.
nerve impulses; arrhythmias inhibiting changes Have the patient
contraction of due to agents, OTHER: swallow tablet
cardiac, skeletal glycosides hyperkalemia, Hyperkalemia whole
& smooth muscle severe renal  Monitor IV injection
maintenance of impairment for necrosis, tissue
normal renal  Use cautiously sloughing &
function, plays with cardiac phlebitis
role in CHO disorders,  You may find wax
metabolism & especially matrix capsules in
various enzymatic treated with the stool.
reactions cardiac  Have periodic
glycosides blood test &
medical evaluation
 May experience
nausea, vomiting &
diarrhea
 Report unusal
tingling of hands &
feet, weakness,
abdominal pain &
black tarry stools
 Name Dosage Action Indication Contraindication Adverse Effects Nursing
Consideration
Ceftriaxone ANST To reduce the  Treatment of  Hypersensitivity LOCAL: Pain,  Instruct patient
TIV q12 development of LRTI to phlebitis, warmth, to take
drug-resistant (Bronchitis, Cephalosporins tightness medications as
bacteria and pneumonia, , penicillin, HYPERSENSITIVITY: prescribed for
maintain the lung lidocaine, or Rash, pruritus, fever & the length of
effectiveness of abscess,etc.) any other chills time ordered
Rocephin and , skin & soft anesthetic HEMA: Eosinophilia, even if patient
other tissue product or thrombocytosis, feels better
antibacterial infections amide type leukopenia, anemia,  Teach patient to
drugs, Rocephin pre-operative hemolytic anemia, report sore
should be used prophylaxis neutropenia, throat, bruising,
only to treat or to reduce lymphopenia, bleeding & joint
prevent chance of thrombocytopenia & pain
infections that post- prolongation of the  Advise patient
are proven or operative prothrombin time to watch out for
strongly surgical GI: Diarrhea, nausea, perineal itching,
suspected to be infections vomiting, dysgeusia, fever malaise,
caused by pseudomembranous redness, pain,
bacteria colitis swelling, rash,
CNS: Headache, diarrhea
dizziness
GU: Moniliasis,
vaginitis
MISC: diaphoresis &
flushing
 Name Dosage Action Indication Contraindication Adverse Effects Nursing
Consideration
Acetaminophen 50mg 1 Unknown but  Symptomatic  Patients HEMA: Hemolytic  Alert: Many OTC
(Paracetamol) tab thought to relief of pain hypersensitivity anemia, products contain
produce & fever to drug neutropenia, Acetaminophen
analgesia by  Suitable  Use cautiously leukopenia,  Use liquid form for
blocking pain substitute for in patients with pancytopenia children & patients
impulses by aspirin long term HEPA: Liver with difficulty in
inhibiting alcohol use damage, jaundice swallowing
synthesis of because METAB:  In children do not
prostaglandin therapeutic Hypoglycemia exceed in five
in CNS dosages cause DERMA: Rash, dose in 24 hours
hepatoxicity urticaria
 DRUG STUDY

Name Dosage Action Indication Contraindication Adverse effects Nursing

Consideration
Omeprazole IV OD Pregnancy risk  Gastro  Contraindicated CNS: headache,  Tell patient to
category C  esophageal in patients dizziness, swallow tablets
reflux disease hypersensitive asthenia. or capsules
Pharmacologic (GERD) to drug or its whole and not
Class: proton without components GI: diarrhea, to open, crush,
pump inhibitor esophageal  Use cautiously abdominal pain, or chew them
lesions in patients with nausea, vomiting,  Instruct patient
Therapeutic  Duodenal Bartter constipation, to take drug 30
Class: gastric ulcer syndrome, flatulence. minutes before
acid  Frequent hypokalemia, meals. Should
suppressant heartburn (2 or and respiratory Musculoskeletal be taken on an
more days a alkalosis. : back pain. empty stomach
week)  Long-term at least 1 hour
administration Respiratory: before a meal.
of bicarbonate Cough upper  Caution patient
with calcium or respiratory tract to avoid
milk can cause infection. hazardous
milk-alkali activities if he
syndrome. Skin: rash. gets dizzy.
 Advise patient
that Prilosec
OTC isn't
intended to
treat infrequent
heartburn
 Name Dosage Action Indication Contraindication Adverse effects Nursing
Consideration
Loperamide 1 cap q4 6 Acts on the Symptomati Those in whom PRECAUTION: >assess pt’s
HCl doses nerve endings c control of constipation must Hepatic bowel pattern
&/or acute and be avoided, dysfunction, >check
intramural chronic children less than chronic response after
ganglia of the diarrhea 1 yr, diarrhea, 48 hrs
intestinal wall hypersensitivity, dehydration >Assess
to decrease abdominal ADVERSE RXN hydration
intestinal distention Hypersensitivit >assess for
motility, y reactions, abdominal
resulting to flatulence, distention
prolonged abdominal >inform pt.
retention of pain, that dry mouth
feces in the distention or may be
intestines discomfort, relieved by
nausea and frequent sips
vomiting of water, hard
candy or
sugarless gum.
Name Dosage Action Indication Contraindication Adverse effects Nursing
Consideration
PLASIL q8 • Decreased • Management of Contraindicated CNS: .
with allergy to headache • Assess patient
nausea and esophageal reflux metoclopramide, GI CV: chest pain,
vomiting. • Treatment and hemorrhage, dyspnea, for nausea,
• Decreased prevention of mechanical myocardial vomiting,
obstruction or damage when abdominal
symptoms of postoperative
perforation,epilepsy
gastric stasis. nausea and doses of 5-8 distention, and
use cautiously with
previously detected g/day are bowel sounds
Pharmacologic vomiting
breast cancer, ingested daily before and after
Mechanism
lactation,pregnancy for several
• Blocks administration.
weeks.
dopamine • May cause
GI: hepatic
receptors in drowsiness.
toxicity and
chemoreceptor failure, • Advise patient to
trigger zone of jaundice avoid concurrent
the CNS. Hematologic: use of alcohol and
• Stimulates hemolytic other CNS
motility of the anemia, depressant while
upper GI tract neutropenia, taking this
leucopenia medication.
and accelerates
Hypersensiti • Advise patient to
gastric
emptying. vity:fever, notify health care
ras professional
immediately if
involuntary
movement of eyes,
face or limbs
occurs.