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Ministry of Higher Education ‫ وزارة اﻟﺗﻌﻠﯾم اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻲ‬
University of Tabuk ‫ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺗﺑوك‬
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences ‫ﻛﻠﯾﺔ اﻟﻌﻠوم اﻟطﺑﯾﺔ اﻟﺗطﺑﯾﻘﯾﺔ‬
Department of Nursing ‫ ﻗﺳم اﻟﺗﻣرﯾض‬

DRUG STUDY

Name of Student: Abdulaziz naji Alfaydi
Name of Student:Mosaed Aljohani
Student Number: 391008529
Name of Patient:Naser Age 4 Medical Diagnosis: Fever
Ward/Unit Emergency department. Room/ Bed No 1 Date of Assessment: 15/3/2021
DRUG NAME MECHANISM OF ACTION CONTRAINDICATIONS SIDE EFFECTS NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES
Paracetamol AND
INDICATION
GENERIC NAME: MECHANISM OF ACTION:
an allergic
Paracetamol Paracetamol has a central caloric undernutrition
analgesic effect that is mediated reaction, which
through activation of descending can cause Check that the patient is not
BRAND NAME: serotonergic pathways. Debate
exists about its primary site of a rash and taking any other medication

Dymadon®, action, which may be inhibition of . swelling containing paracetamol.
prostaglandin (PG) synthesis or
Lemsip®, Panadol®,
Panamax®, Tylenol®
through an active metabolite acute liver failure.
influencing cannabinoid
flushing, low
receptors.
blood
CLASSIFICATION: pressure and a Alcohol increases the risk of

Paracetamol is part fast heartbeat – liver damage that can occur if
of the class of drugs liver problems.
this can an overdose of paracetamol is
known as "aniline
analgesics"; it is the
sometimes taken. The hazards of
only such drug still in happen when paracetamol overdose are
use today. It is not severe renal
paracetamol
considered an NSAID impairment. greater in persistent heavy
because it does not is given in
exhibit significant INDICATION: a condition where the hospital into a drinkers and in people with
anti-inflammatory
Paracetamol is used to treat
body is unable to vein in your arm alcoholic liver disease.
activity (it is a weak maintain adequate
COX inhibitor many conditions such as
headache, muscle aches, arthritis, blood flow called

backache, toothaches, colds, and shock. - Evaluate therapeutic
fevers. blood disorders,
DOSAGE:
such as

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Ministry of Higher Education ‫ وزارة اﻟﺗﻌﻠﯾم اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻲ‬
University of Tabuk ‫ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺗﺑوك‬
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences ‫ﻛﻠﯾﺔ اﻟﻌﻠوم اﻟطﺑﯾﺔ اﻟﺗطﺑﯾﻘﯾﺔ‬
Department of Nursing ‫ ﻗﺳم اﻟﺗﻣرﯾض‬

Initial Dose: 30 thrombocytopenia response.
mg/kg (Reported (low number of
acetaminophen
by one study platelet cells) and
overdose.
(n=121) to be more leukopenia (low
effective in
number of white
reducing fever than blood cells)
a 15 mg/kg acute inflammation of

the liver due to
maintenance dose
hepatitis C virus.
with no difference

regarding clinical liver and kidney
tolerance.) damage, if you
take too much
ROUTE:
(overdose) – this

paracetamol can be can be fatal in
given as a rectal, severe cases
oral, or intravenous
preparation


FREQUENCY:

4 times in 24
hours

Date Submitted: __________________________ Faculty Name & Signature: ______________________________

CTC_Revised summer 2016