NAME OF DRUG DATE ROUTE, MECHANIS INDICATIO CONTRA- SIDE CLIENT’S NURSING

ADMINISTER DOSAGE M OF N INDICATION EFFECTS/ RESPON RESPONSIBILITI

ED AND ACTION ADVERSE SE ES
FREQUEN EFFECTS
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Brand Name: 2 puffs BID Budesonide Symbicort Side Prior
• Primary
Budesonide- is an is used to Effects: Administrator:
treatment of
formoterol inhaled treat  Cough  Check the
status
corticosteroi asthma in  Sore doctor’s order
asthmaticus
d (ICS) that children throat  Check for the
or other
Generic Name: reduces and aged 6 and  Stuffy or 12 rights of
acute
Symbicort prevents up who are runny administration
episodes of
respiratory not nose  Check for the
asthma or
tract effectively  Headach appearance
COPD where
Classification: inflammatio controlled e and expiration
intensive
 Corticosteroi n, whereas on a long- date of the
measures
ds formoterol is term drug to be
are required.
a long- asthma administered
acting drug such
beta2- as an ICS Hypersensitiv
agonist or whose ity to any of
bronchodilat illness the
or (LABA) necessitate ingredients in
that reduces s the use SYMBICORT
respiratory of both an .
airway ICS and a
resistance LABA. After
and Administration:
increases  Have patient
lung airflow. rinse mouth
after each
use.
 Assess for
clinical
improvement.
 Check the
level of IVF