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Side effects Flashcards

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ADRENALINE

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  • DYSRHYTHMIAS
  • HTN
  • PUPIL DILATION
  • TREMOR
  • ANXIETY
  • PALPITATIONS
  • TACHYCARDIA
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AMIODARONE

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  • BRADYCARDIA
  • HYPOTENSION
  • POLYMORPHIC TACHYCARDIAS
  • NAUSEA
  • TREMOR
  • DIZZINESS
  • PARASTHESIA
  • HEADACHES
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ASPIRIN

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  • HEARTBURN
  • NAUSEA
  • GI BLEEDING
  • INCREASED BLEEDING TIME
  • ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION - ASTHMATICS
  • REYES SYNDROME <12YO
  • OVERDOSE
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ATROPINE

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  • TACHYCARDIA/PALPITATIONS
  • DILATED PUPILS/BLURRED VISION
  • DRY MOUTH
  • URINARY RETENTION
  • CONFUSION, RESTLESSNESS
  • HOT, DRY SKIN
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COPHENYLCAINE

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  • ORAL ADMIN. MAY CAUSE A TRANSIENT BITTER TASTE

- PAUSE BETWEEN SUBSEQUENT DOSES

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FENTANYL

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  • N+V
  • RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
  • HYPOTENSION/BRADYCARDIA
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GLUCAGON

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  • N+V
  • GASTRIC PAIN
  • TRANSIENT RISE OF BP FOR PTS TAKING BETA BLOCKERS
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GLUCOSE 10%

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  • HYPERGLYCAEMIA
  • DIURESIS
  • TISSUE NECROSIS
  • THROMBOPHLEBITIS
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GLUCOSE ORAL GEL

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  • AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
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GTN

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  • HYPOTENSION
  • TACHYCARDIA
  • FLUSHING
  • HEADACHE
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HEPARIN

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  • HAEMORRHAGE
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NORMAL SALINE

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  • HYPERVOLEMIA
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IPRATROPIUM

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  • HEADACHE
  • NAUSEA
  • DRY MOUTH
  • SKIN RASH
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KETAMINE

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  • ELEVATED BP AND HR
  • HYPERSALIVATION
  • TRANSIENT LARYNGOSPASM
  • TRANSIENT APNOEA OR RESP DEPRESSION
  • RANDOM PURPOSELESS MOVEMENTS, MUSCLE TWITCHING AND RASH ARE COMMON
  • EMERGENCE REACTIONS
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LIGNOCAINE

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  • TINNITUS, DIZZINESS, ANXIETY, CONFUSION, PERIORAL NUMBNESS
  • CVS EFFECTS: BRADYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION, DYSRHYTHMIAS
  • CNS EFFECTS
  • RESP DEPRESSION
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METHOXYFLURANE

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  • LIGHT-HEADEDNESS
  • DIZZINESS
  • DROWSINESS
  • NAUSEA
  • MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
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MIDAZOLAM

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  • RESP DEPRESSION
  • HYPOTENSION
  • ANTEROGRADE/RETROGRADE AMNESIA
  • CAUTION IS PTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
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NALOXONE

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  • WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
    - AGGRESSION
    - AGITATION
    - N+V
    - DILATED PUPILS
    - LACRIMATION
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ONDANSETRON

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  • HEADACHE
  • MALAISE/FATIGUE
  • DROWSINESS
  • DIZZINESS
  • RASH.ALLERGY
20
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OXYGEN

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  • CO2 RETENTION IN COPD PTS
    - CAN CAUSE ACIDOSIS AND ORGAN
    DYSFUNCTION
  • HIGH CONC CAN LEAD TO INCREASED FREE RADICAL PRODUCTION –> CELLULAR DAMAGE
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PARACETAMOL

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  • NIL IN THERAPEUTIC DOSES
22
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PREDNISOLONE

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  • VOMITING

- SIDE EFFECTS OCCUR FOLLOWING PROLONGED USE AND ARE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE IN AN EMERGENCY SETTING

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SALBUTAMOL

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  • TACHYCARDIA

- MUSCLE TREMOR

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