MEDICATION DOSE, ROUTE, TIMES EFFECTS

NAME INDICATION/ ACTION DOSGE/RANGE FOOD/DRUG SIDE EFFECTS PREGANCY FETUS NURSING CONSIDERATIONS
GENERIC/TRADE (include therapeutic dose INTERACTIONS AND/OR NEONATE
CLASSIFICATION calculation)
(PHARM) AND
PREGNANCY
CATEGORY
Causes uterine PO Adult Increased risk of Headache, abdominal pain, Termination of Assess patient routinely for
Mistaprostal contractions. Termination of diarrhea with diarrhea, constipation, Pregnancy epigastric or abdominal pain
Cytotec Prevention of gastric Pregnancy 400mcg magnesium-containing dyspepsia, flatulence, 400mcg single and for frank or occult
ulceration form single dose two days antacids nausea, vomiting, dose two days blood in the stool, emesis,
NSAIDs. With after mifepristone if miscarriage, menstrual after or gastric aspirate. Women
Antiulcer
mifeprestone for abortion has not disorders. mifepristone if of childbearing age for
agents, termination of occurred. Antiulcer abortion has pregnancy. Misoprostol is
cytoprotective pregnancy less than 49 200mcg 4 times daily not occurred. usually begun on 2nd or 3rd
agents days. with or after meals day of menstrual period
Prevention of gastric and at bedtime, or 0 following a negative
Preg. Cat X mucosal injury from mcg twice daily, with pregnancy test result
NSAIDs, including the last dose at
aspirin, in high-risk bedtime. If
Half-life 20- patients (geriatric intolerance occurs,
40 min patients, debilitated dosage may be
patients or those with decreased to 100mcg
history of ulcers). With. twice daily, with the
Unlabeled uses last dose at bedtime.
treatment of duodenal
Davis Drug ulcers.
Guide for Nsg Acts as a prostaglandin
page 832 analogue, decreasing
gastric acid secretion
(antiscecretory effect )
and increasing the
production of protective
mucus (cytoprotective
effect).

PHARM