DRUGS COPY Flashcards
CHLOROPHENIRAMINE MALEATE
ANTIHISTAMINE
1ST GEN CNS DEPRESSANT
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HCL
ANTIHISTAMINE
1ST GEN CNS DEPRESSANT
PROMETHAZINE HCL
ANTIHISTAMINE
1ST GEN CNS DEPRESSANT
GENTAMICIN
AMINOGLYCOSIDES- DO NOT PAIR WITH ANTIVIRAL = RENAL FAILURE
NEOMYCIN
AMINOGLYCOSIDES- DO NOT PAIR WITH ANTIVIRAL = RENAL FAILURE
TOBRAMYCIN
AMINOGLYCOSIDES- DO NOT PAIR WITH ANTIVIRAL = RENAL FAILURE
CATOPRIL
nursing care
action of class
SE
ACE INHIBOTOR- DEC BP
-PRIL
nursing care: must be given 1 hr before meals (others take with meals)
do NOT administer with antacids
first dose HTN
action: dec aldosterone and vasodialate
SE: persistant dry cough, angioedema (discontinue immediately!)
—-STATIN
+ADVERSE REAX
+MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
ANTILIPEMIC MEDICATIONS
if reports muscle aches– stop!
TAKE WITH FOOD give at night levels increase if taken with grapefruit AVOID ETOH ADVERSE REAX-INCREASED LIVER ENZYME EYE OPACITIES MAY OCCUR***
CLOZAPINE
2ND GEN ANTIPSYCHOTICS
AGRANULOCYTOSIS
*ESPECIALLY LOWERS SEIZURE THRESHOLD (THEY ALL DO THOUGH)
QUETIAPINE
SEROQUIL 2ND GEN ANTIPSYCHOTIC
OLANZAPINE
ZYPREXA 2ND GEN ANTIPSYCHOTIC
ACYCLOVIR
ANTIVIRAL -VIR SUFFIX
CHECK LIVER- LFT, ENCOURAGE FLUIDS
ZIDOVUDINE
ANTIVIRAL
ALENDRONATE
BIPHOSPHONATE –ONATE
(RISEDRONATE, IBANDRONATE)
SIT UP 30 MIN AFTER DRINKING
EPINEPHRINE
BRONCHODIALATAOR
MONTELUKAST
BRONCHODIALATOR
MONITOR LFTS
TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS TO WORK
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
THIAZIDE DIURETIC- give in AM to prevent nocturnal orthostatic HTN
hypokalemia-
CHLOROTHIAZIDE
THIAIDE DIURETICgive in AM to prevent nocturnal orthostatic HTN
hypokalemia
SPIROLACTONE
POTASSIUM SPARING diuretic give in AM to prevent nocturnal orthostatic HTN
HYPERKALEMIA
HYPONATREMIA
causes gynocomastia in males
FUROSEMIDE
LOOP DIURETIC- give in AM to prevent nocturnal orthostatic HTN
HEARING LOSS- ADMINISTER IV 4MG/MIN TO REDUCE OTOTOXICITY
CASCARA
LAXATICE
BISACODYL
STIMULANT LAXATIVE
PHENOLPHTHALEIN
LAXATIVE
MINERAL OIL
lubricant laxative
PROLONGED USE CAN CAUSE FAT SOLUBLE VITAMIN MALABSORPTION
