DRUGS CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM OF INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION ADVERSE EFFECT NURSING

ACTION CONSIDERATION
Pharyngitis infection - contraindicated in
Generic Name: Antibiotic Second-generation of the urinary and patients Body as a whole:  Determine
Cefuroxime cephalosporin that lower respiratory hypertensive to drug history of
inhibits cell wall tracts, and skin and - use cautiously in Thrombophlebitis hypersensitivity
Brand Name: Zoltax synthesis, skin-structure patients (IV site): pain, reactions to
promoting osmotic infections caused by hypersensitive to burning cephalosporin,
Frequency: BID instability, usually streptococcus penicillin because of penicillin and
bacteriodal pneumonia and S. possibility of cross- GI: Diarrhea, nausea, history of
Dosage: 1 tab pyogenes, sensitivity with other antibiotic-associated allergies
500mg heamophillus beta lactam colitis particularly to
influenza, antibiotics drugs before
Route: PO staphylococcus - use with caution in Skin: rash, pruritus, therapy is
aureus, E.coli breastfeeding urticarial initiated
women and in  Report for loose
patients with history stool
of colitis or renal  Absorption of
sufficiency cefuroxime is
enhanced by
food
 Notify
prescriber about
rashes or
superinfections