DRUGS

INDICATIONS

ACTION

SIDE EFFECT/ADVERSE EFFECT Rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue -

NURSING CONSIDERATION

PATIENT TEACHING - Avoid overdose; strictly follow the instruction prescribed to you by your doctor - Use the medication
after taking your meal at bedtime or follow the instructions prescribed by your doctor.

Date Ordered: August 11, 2011 Generic Name: Simethicone Brand Name: Disflatyl Dosage: 1 tab Frequency: PRN Route: PO Classification: GIT Regulators, Antiflatulents & AntiInflammatories

Used in preparation for xray examination (stomach, intestine, gallbladder, kidney) and before gastroscopy.

Simethicone, a substance with surface action, causes the gas bubbles covered with mucus in the stomach and intestine to collapse. This brings rapid and noticeable relief of symptoms with commonly sensation of pressure, tension and fullness in the epigastrium, eructations, flatus, pain, intestinal spasm and removes the gas causing the flatulence. Dimethylpolysilox ane is not absorbed in the stomach and intestine, thus has no harmful effect on the organism.

-Instruct patient that changing position frequently will help pass flatus.