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    This document summarizes three drugs: Paracetamol, Cefuroxime, and Omeprazole. For each drug, it provides the generic and brand name, mechanism of action, indications for use, contraindications, potential adverse effects, dosage, and nursing responsibilities for administration and monitoring. The nursing responsibilities include observing vital signs, checking the medication site for adverse effects, ensuring the proper dosage is given, advising patients to report any abnormal feelings, and monitoring intake and output as relevant to the drug's effects and potential side effects.

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    This document summarizes three drugs: Paracetamol, Cefuroxime, and Omeprazole. For each drug, it provides the generic and brand name, mechanism of action, indications for use, contraindications, potential adverse effects, dosage, and nursing responsibilities for administration and monitoring. The nursing responsibilities include observing vital signs, checking the medication site for adverse effects, ensuring the proper dosage is given, advising patients to report any abnormal feelings, and monitoring intake and output as relevant to the drug's effects and potential side effects.

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    Drug Study Paracetamol and Cefluroxime

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    VII.

    Drug Study

    1. Paracetamol

    Name Mechanism of Action Indication Contraindication Adverse Nursing


    Effect Responsibilities

    Generic Reduces fever by direct ● Fever ● Not None ● Monitor the patients
    name: action on hypothalamus ● Temporary relief of contraindicated for seen with VS after an hour after
    Paracetamol heat-regulating center with mild to moderate pain the patient the administration of the
    consequent peripheral patient drug
    vasodilation, sweating, and
    Dosage: 300 ● Monitor especially the
    dissipation of heat.
    mg patient’s temperature
    ● Note any possible
    adverse effects,
    therefore check skin
    integrity
    ● Make sure to give
    proper dosage to the
    patient
    ● Advice the patient to
    tell any abnormal
    feeling after
    administering the
    medication
    2. Cefuroxime

    Name Mechanism of Action Indication Contraindication Adverse Nursing


    Effects Responsibilities

    Generic Second generation Indication: ● Not ● No adverse ● Monitor the patients


    name: cephalosporin that inhibits Pharyngitis, tonsillitis, contraindicated for effects VS after an hour after
    Cefuroxime cell wall synthesis; infections of the urinary the patient noted administration of the
    promoting osmotic and lower respiratory drug
    instability that would lead
    Dosage: 750 tracts, and skin and ● Note any possible
    to the destruction of the
    mg skin-structure infections adverse effects,
    bacteria; it is bacteriacidal
    caused by Streptococcus therefore check IV site
    pneumonia and S. ● Make sure to give
    pyogenes, Haemophillus proper dosage to the
    influenzae, patient
    Staphylococcus aureus, ● Advice the patient to
    Escherichia coli tell any abnormal
    feeling after
    administering the
    medication
    ● Report when he has
    loose stool
    ● Encourage patient to
    eat more food
    ● Notify that rashes may
    appear if there is a
    superinfection
    3. Omeprazole

    Name Mechanism of Action Indication Contraindication Adverse Nursing


    Effects Responsibilities

    Generic Reduces gastric acid Indication: ● Not ● Minor ● Monitor the patients
    name: secretion and increases ● Hypersecretory contraindicated for abdominal VS after an hour after
    Omperazole gastric mucus and conditions the patient pain was administration of the
    bicarbonate production, ● Gastric ulcer noted drug
    creating protective coating
    Dosage 40 ● Monitor and evaluate I
    on gastric mucosa and
    mg &O
    easing discomfort from
    excess gastric acid ● Advice the patient to
    tell any abnormal
    feeling after
    administering the
    medication

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