DRUGS

Question 1

Aminoglycoside
Used to treat?
3 drugs that end in MYCIN that are not amino?
Toxic effects?

Answer 1

** A MEAN-OLD MICEN** - an antibiotic used to treat gram-negative, resistant, serious, life-threatening infections.
* ALL end in MYCIN, but not all drugs that end in MYCIN are aminoglycosides - 3 that arent - AZITHROMYCIN, CLARITHROMYCIN, AZITHROMYCIN - if it has THRO throw it out!
* TOXIC effects - Mice - Ear / Ototoxic. Monitor hearing, balance, tinnitus
Kidney / Nephrotoxicity - Creatinine

Question 2

Aminoglycoside
8?
2 cases when to give PO?
Who can sterilize my bowel?

Answer 2

Remember 8 - Toxic to cranial nerve 8 / give every 8 hours / give IM or IV
Do not give PO, they are not absorbed
2 cases where we give PO - to get ammonia down. Hepatic encephalopathy & bowel surgery / sterilized bowel
* NEO-KAN!! NEOMYIN & KANOMYCIN

Question 3

What is TAP?
When do you draw the trough?
When do you draw peak?
Subling?
IV?
IM?
PO?

Answer 3

Draw Trough, Administer, Draw Peak
Draw Trough 30 mins before next dose
Draw peak
* Sublingual - 5-10mins after dissolved
* IV - 15-30 mins after finished
* IM - 30-60 mins after injecting
* PO - not necessary

Question 4

Calcium Channel Blockers
What do they do for heart?
They treat?
S/S
Drugs?
Monitor

Answer 4

like valium for your heart
* Negative inotropic, dromotropic, chronotropic - like valium for your heart /Slow down
They treat A, AA & AAA.
** A** - antihypertensives / relaxes heart and blood vessels
** AA **- Anti-angina / decreasing 02 Demand
** AAA **- Anti Atrial Arrhythmias /
S/S Headache & Hypotension
* Anything ending in DIPINE + Verapamil & Cardizem (continuous IV Drip)
* Monitor BP/ hold if SYS is under 100