Drug Cards Flashcards

Question

Brand: : Carafate Generic:sulcralfate Class:Antiulcer: pepsin inhibitor

Answer 1

Use:To prevent gastric mucosal injury from drug-induced ulcers (aspirin, NSAIDs); to manage ulcers Side effects:Dizziness, headache, nausea, ﬂatulence, constipation, dry mouth, rash, pruritus, sleepiness Adverse effects:Hyperglycemia, hypomagnesemia Nursing interventions:Hypersensitivity Caution: Renal failure

Answer 2

Use:To treat nausea and vomitting | Side effects:headache, diarrhea, dizziness, and fatigue.

Answer 3

Use:To treat dyslipidemia and hypercholesterolemia. Side effects:Headache, rash/pruritus, constipation, diarrhea Adverse effects:History of liver disease, increased alcohol ingestion, trauma, severe metabolic diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled seizures Nursing inter.:Monitor liver enzymes for elevation.

Answer 4

Use:To dissolve clot following acute MI, pulmonary embolism, acute ischemic stroke. Side effects:Bleeding, nausea, vomiting, fever Adverse effects:Life-threatening: Intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, atrial or ventricular dysrhythmias, pulmonary edema Nursing interventions:Caution: Cardiac dysrhythmias, hepatic or renal disease

Answer 5

Use:To reduce pain and inflammatory symptoms; to decrease body temperature; to inhibit platelet aggregation Side effects:Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, confusion, hearing loss, heatburn, rash, abdominal pain, drowsiness Adverse effects: Life-threatening: Agranulocytosis, hemolytic anemia, bronchospasm, anaphylaxis, thromboscytopenia, Reye's syndrome, hepatotoxicity, leukopenia Nursing int:Never give to child with a virus : Rise Syndrome. Blood thinning,

Answer 6

Use: Antidote to heparin overdose. Binds and neutralizes heparin. Nursing interventions:Allergic reaction Note:The dosage is 1 mg of protamine sulfate for every 100 units of unfractionated heparin or LMWH given.

Answer 7

Use:To prevent blood clotting. Depresses hepatic synthesis of vitamin K clotting factors (II [prothrombin], VII, IX, and X) Side effects:Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, rash, alopecia, fever, stomatitis Adverse effects:Purple-toe syndrome Life-threatening: Hemorrhage Nurrsing interventions:Blood dyscrasias, eclampsia, alcoholism, bleeding, head trauma

Answer 8

Use: To prevent blood clotting. Inhibits thrombin, which prevents conversion of ﬁbrinogen to ﬁbrin Side effects: Itching, burning, chills, injection site reaction Adverse effects:Bleeding, ecchymoses, hematuria, angioedema, osteoporosis, stroke, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Life threatening: Bleeding disorder, peptic ulcer, severe hepatic or renal disease, hemophilia

Answer 9

Use: Antidote for warfarin overdose or uncontrolable bleeding. Promotes liver synthesis of clotting factors. Side effects: Adverse effects: Nursing interventions:

Answer 10

Use:To increase urine output; to treat ﬂuid retention/overload associated with HF, hepatic cirrhosis, or nephrotic syndrome Side effects:Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, dizziness, headache, weakness, dry mouth, photosensitivity Adverse effects:Life-threatening: Severe hyperkalemia, thrombocytopenia, megaloblastic anemia Nursing interventions:Severe kidney or hepatic disease, anuria, severe hyperkalemiaCaution: Renal or hepatic dysfunction, diabetes mellitus

Answer 11

Use: To treat ﬂuid retention/ﬂuid overload caused by renal disease and hypertension and edema associated with HF. Side effects:Nausea, diarrhea, electrolyte imbalances, vertigo, abdominal cramping, constipation, rash, headache, weakness, ECG changes, blurred vision, photosensitivity, muscle cramping Adverse effects:Orthostatic hypotension Nursing inter.:ﬂuid and electrolyte imbal-ances such as hypokalemia, hyponatremia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypochloremia. more potent than furosemide

Answer 12

Use: To increase urine output; to treat hypertension, edema from HF, hepatic cirrhosis, renal dysfunction Side effects: Dizziness, vertigo, weakness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, hyperglycemia, constipation, rash, photosensitivity, blurred vision Adverse effects:Severe dehydration, hypotension, gout Nursing int: Caution: Hepatic dysfunction, renal dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, gout, systemic lupus erythematosus

Answer 13

Use:to prevent kidney failure, to decrease intracranial pressure (ICP: cerebral edema), and to decrease intraocular pressure (IOP: glaucoma) (pg. 626) Side effects: nausea, vomiting, tachycardia from rapid ﬂuid loss, and acidosis. Adverse effects:ﬂuid and electrolyte imbalance, pulmonary edema from rapid shift of ﬂuids Nursing interven:heart disease, HF, renal failure

Answer 14

Use:To prevent and treat iron-deﬁciency anemia Side effects:Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, epigastric pain; elixir may stain teeth Adverse effects:Life-threatening: Iron poisoning (mostly in children) and may result in cardiovascular collapse, metabolic acidosis Nursing interventions:Hemolytic anemia, hemosiderosis, peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitisCaution: Bronchial asthma, iron hypersensitivity

Answer 15

Use:For moderate to severe pain. Side effects:Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, drowsiness, dizziness, sedation, confusion, urinary retention, rash, blurred vision, bradycardia, ﬂushing, euphoria, pruritus Adverse effects:Hypotension, urticaria, seizures, ileus Life-threatening: Respiratory depression, increased intracranial pressure Nursing inter.:CNS or respiratory depression, head injury - ICP,