DRUG GENERIC NAME: PARACETAMOL BRAND NAME: AEKNIL ADMINISTRATION: PARACETOMOL 1 AMP IV Q 6HRS

CLASSIFICATION NONOPIOD ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS 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

SIDE EFFECTS HYPOGLYCEMIA RASH, URTICARIA

NURSING CONSIDERATION > INSTRUCT PATIENT TO TAKE WITH MEALS > HAVE A PLENTY OF WATER WHEN TAKING THIS DRUG

GENERIC NAME: RANITIDINE BRAND NAME: ZANTAC ADMINISTRATION: RANITIDINE 1 AMP IV Q 8HRS

H2 BLOCKER/ANTACIDS ACTION: INHIBITS ACTION OF H2 AT RECEPTOR SITES DECREASING GASTRIC ACID SECRETION. INDICATION: > GASTRIC IRRITATION > GASTRITIS > ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IMMUNOMODULATOR AND ANTIVIRALS 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

HEADACHE, BLURRED VISION, MALAISE.

> INSTRUCT PATIENT TO TAKE WITH MEALS. > ADVISE PT. TO AVOID CIGARETTE SMOKING THIS MAY INCREASE GASTRIC ACID SECRETION

GENERIC NAME: IMMUNOVIR

Brand name: Isoprinosine

ADMINISTRATION: 1 TAB TID PO OD

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