DRUG NAME MODE OF INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS SIDE EFFECTS/ADVERSE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS

ACTION EFFECTS

Generic name: Thought to  A mild  Contraindicated in: CNS: agitation, anxiety,  Establish rapport
Paracetamol produce analgesic and to Previous fatigue, headache, insomnia,  Monitor VS
analgesia by recommended hypersensitivity; pyrexia  Consider reducing total daily dose
Brand name: inhibiting for the function Products containing CV: HTN, hypotension, and increasing dosing intervals
Tylenol, Panadol prostaglandin of most painful alcohol, aspartame, peripheral, edema, periorbital
saccharin, sugar, or  Tell patient to consult prescriber
and other and febrile edema, tachycardia before giving drug to children
tartrazine (FDC
Therapeutic substances condition for yellow dye #5)
GI: N/V, abdominal pain, younger than 2 years
Class: that sentize example should be avoided in diarrhea, constipation  Advice parents that drug is only
Analgesics pain receptors. headache, patients who have GU: oliguria for short term use
Drug may including hypersensitivity or HEMA: hemolytic anemia,  Advice caregiver that many OTC
Pharmacologic relieve fever migraine, intolerance to these leukopenia, neutropenia, product containing acetaminophen
Class: through toothache, compounds; Severe pantocytopenia, anemia
 Tell patient to consult prescribe
Para-aminophenol central action colds and hepatic HEPA: jaundice
impairment/active when fever is taking for 3 days
derivatives in influenza, sore METABOLIC:
liver disease.  Advice patient to contact health
hypothalamic throat, hypoalbunemia,
 Use Cautiously in: care provider if S/S of liver drug
Actual Dose, heat – backache, hypoglycemia, hypokalemia,
Hepatic occurs
Time, and Route: regulating rheumatic pain hypervolemia,
PO, 5ml q4h PRN center and
disease/renal
hypomagnesemia  Warn patient to stop drug and
disease (lower seek medical attention
for fever dysmenorrhea chronic doses SKELETAL: muscle spasm,
 Treatment of: extremely pain  Tell breastfeeding patient this
recommended); drug appears in human milk.
Mild pain, Alcoholism, chronic RESPI: abnormal breath
Fever malnutrition, severe sounds, dyspnea, hypoxia,
hypovolemia or atelectasis, pleural effusion
severe renal SKIN: rash, urticaria,
impairment; Chronic infusion-site, pain, pruritis
alcohol use/abuse;
Malnutrition; OB: Use
in pregnancy only if
clearly needed (for
IV); Lactation: Use
cautiously (for IV)