BRAND DOSAGE/ROUTE CLASSIFICATIO INDICATION ADVERSE NURSING RESPONSIBILITY

NAME/GENRIC N REACTION
NAME
Generic Name: Dosage: 250mg Uricosuric Drug -Lowers level of uric -nausea BEFORE:
Probenecid PO b.i.d to acid in the body by -vomiting - observe 10 rights of drug
maximum of 2-3g helping the kidneys to -diarrhea administration
Brand Name: get rid of the excess uric peptic ulcer or renal
daily -headache
acid impairment
Benemid -dizziness
-inhibition of a renal DURING:
tubular transporter -flushing - to minimized GI stress ,
thereby facilitating the give drug with milk, food or
excretion of the uric acid antacids
by blocking reuptake -use cautiously in patients
with
- check properly if the
patient take the medication
properly
AFTER:
- tell the patient to report
adverse reactions of acute
overdose
-document and record
-instruct patient and family
that when prescribed as
treatment for gout, drug
must be taken regularly