DRUG GENERIC NAME: PARACETAMOL BRAND NAME: AEKNIL ADMINISTRATION: PARACETOMOL 1 AMP IV Q 6HRS
CLASSIFICATION NONOPIOD ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS
SIDE EFFECTS
NURSING CONSIDERATION
HYPOGLYCEMIA RASH, URTICARIA
> INSTRUCT PATIENT TO TAKE WITH MEALS > HAVE A PLENTY OF WATER WHEN TAKING THIS DRUG
HEADACHE, BLURRED VISION, MALAISE.
> INSTRUCT PATIENT TO TAKE WITH MEALS.
ACTION: THROUGH THE PRODUCE ANALGESIA BY BLOCKING PAIN IMPULSE BY INHIBITING SYNTHESIS OF PROSTAGLANDIN IN CNS THAT SYNTHESIZE PAIN RECEPTOR TO STIMULATION INDICATION: > ACUTE PAIN > FEVER
GENERIC NAME: RANITIDINE BRAND NAME: ZANTAC
H2 BLOCKER/ANTACIDS ACTION: INHIBITS ACTION OF H2 AT RECEPTOR SITES DECREASING GASTRIC ACID SECRETION.
ADMINISTRATION: RANITIDINE 1 AMP IV Q 8HRS
INDICATION: > GASTRIC IRRITATION > GASTRITIS > ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
GENERIC NAME: IMMUNOVIR
IMMUNOMODULATOR AND ANTIVIRALS
Brand name: Isoprinosine ADMINISTRATION: 1 TAB TID PO OD
ACTION: ACTS ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO RESTORE IMPAIRED CELL-MEDIATED RESPONSE TO BASELINE IN ADDITION TO ENHANCING HUMORAL RESPONSE. IT HAS ALSO A DIRECT ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY. ISOPRINOSINE CAN REDUCE THE INTENSITY OF SYMPTOMS AND SHORTEN THE DURATION OF THE VIRAL INFECTION. INDICATION: > VIRAL INFECTION
> ADVISE PT. TO AVOID CIGARETTE SMOKING THIS MAY INCREASE GASTRIC ACID SECRETION
NO SIDE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE USE OF ISOPRINOSINE FOR TWO TO FIVE DAYS IN THE LIMITED RESEARCH AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, UNUSED ISOPRINOSINE IS CONVERTED BY THE BODY TO URIC ACID, WHICH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE AT RISK FOR GOUT.
> STORE MEDICINE AWAY FROM HEAT AND DIRECT LIGHT > CAUTIOUSLY FOR PATIENTS ALLERGIC TO ANY MEDICINE