Medications Flashcards
Vasopressin
Desmopressin acetate
Anti-diuretic hormone drugs
Aluminum hydroxide gel (Amphogel)
Magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesium)
These are examples of what?
Antacids
Ranitidine (Zantac)
Famotidine (Pepcid)
Nizatidine (Axid)
These are examples of what?
H2 Antagonists
Pantoprozole (protonix), Esomeprazole (Nexium)These are examples of what?
Proton Pump Inhibitors
What are these medications used for? Silver Sulfadiazine Mafenide acetate silver nitrate Povidone-iodine
for burns
What do we worry about with mycin drugs
Ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
How is Insulin dose determine
based on weight
Average adult dose of insulin is?
0.4-1.0 units/kg/day
Regular insulin is cloudy?
False it is clear
NPH is clear?
False it is Cloudy
What type of insulin can you give IV
Regular
What is the total daily dose of insulin with Basal/Bolus method
It’s a combination of long insulin and rapid insulin
How often is long acting insulin given
Once a day
How often is the rapid acting insulin given
Through out day before meals in divided doses and it covers the food eaten at meals
When should clients eat when taking insulin
At peak times
When insulin is at it’s peak what happends to the blood sugar it should be at
it’s lowest
When drawing Regular and NPH draw which one first
Clear before cloudy, regular before NPH
What is the purpose of a fibronlytic and what is the major complication
Dissolves clot that blocks blood flow to heart muscle
Therefore Bleeding is a major complication
What are streptokinase, alteplase, tenecteplase, reteplase types of
Fibrinolytics
Fibronolytics should be administred within
6-8 hours of onset
If a person has intracranial neoplasm, intracranial bleed, suspected aortic dissection and internal bleeding what is contraindicated
Fibrinolytics
What is another component of fibrinolytic therapy
Anti-platelets such as: apririn, clopidogrel, abciximab, eptifibatide
