Generic Name Indication Mechanism of Action Classification Side Effects/Adverse Nursing Responsibilities

Drug Reactions
 Paroex Gingivitis: Oral Antibiotic, Oral Hypersensitivity to -watch out for hypersensitivity to
 Peridex rinse: Chlorhexidine has Rinse chlorhexidine or any chlorhexidine or any component of
activity against gram- component of the the formulation
 Periogar Antimicrobial
positive and gram- formulation
d dental rinse for negative organisms,
gingivitis facultative anaerobes,
treatment aerobes, and yeast; it
is both bacteriostatic
and bactericidal,
depending on its
Periodontitis: concentration. The
bactericidal effect of
Periodontal
chlorhexidine is a
chip: Adjunctive result of the binding
therapy to of this cationic
scaling and root molecule to
planning negatively charged
bacterial cell walls
procedures to
and extramicrobial
reduce pocket complexes. At low
depth in concentrations, this
patients with causes an alteration
periodontitis of bacterial cell
osmotic equilibrium
and leakage of
potassium and
phosphorous resulting
in a bacteriostatic
effect. At high
concentrations of
chlorhexidine, the
cytoplasmic contents
of the bacterial cell
precipitate and result
in cell death.