DRUG CLASSIFICATION MECHANIS INDICATION ADVERSE NURSING

NAME M OF AND REACTION RESPONSIBILITY

ACTION CONTRAINDICA
TION
GENERIC Digitalis glycosides Induces an Indication Allergic Monitor BP
NAME: increase in -For the treatment of reactions: periodically in
Digoxin intracellular mild to moderate skin rash, patients receiving IV
sodium that heart failure in adult itching, hives, digoxin.
BRAND will drive an patients. swelling of
NAME: influx of - To increase the face, lips, Monitor ECG
Lanoxin. calcium in the myocardial tongue, or during IV
heart and contraction in throat. administration and 6
cause an children diagnosed hr after each dose.
increase in with heart failure. - Digoxin
contractility To maintain control toxicity: Notify health care
ventricular rate in confusion, professional if
adult patients loss of bradycardia or new
diagnosed with appetite, arrhythmias occur.
chronic atrial nausea,
fibrillation. vomiting, Observe IV site for
diarrhea, redness or
Contraindications change in infiltration;
Acute myocardial vision such as extravasation can
infarction. blurry or lead to tissue
Hypersensitivity to yellow vision, irritation and
the drug. fatigue, fast or sloughing.
Ventricular irregular
fibrillation. heartbeat.
Myocarditis.
Hypomagnesemia.
Hypokalemia.
Wolf-Parkinson-
White syndrome.

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DRUG CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM INDICATION AND ADVERSE NURSING
NAME OF ACTION CONTRAINDICATION RECTION RESPONSIBILITY
GENERIC Opiate (narcotic) This drug INDICATIONS Common Reassess pain after
NAME: analgesics produces most side effects: administration of
In the emergency
of its analgesic morphine. Monitor
Morphine department, morphine is Constipation
effects by for respiratory
sulfate given for musculoskeletal
binding to the Try to get depression and
pain, abdominal pain,
mu-opioid more fibre hypotension
chest pain, arthritis, and
receptor within into your frequently up to 24
BRAND even headaches when
the central diet such as hours after
NAME: patients fail to respond to
nervous system fresh fruit administration of
first and second-line
MS Contin, (CNS) and the and morphine. Place call
agents.
Astramorp peripheral vegetables light signal close to
h, nervous system and cereals patient. Accompany
Depodur, (PNS). patient if need to get
CONTRAINDICATION Feeling or out of bed to
Duramorp
being sick minimize risk of falls.
h, in patients with acute or
(nausea or
Infumorph, severe bronchial asthma or
vomiting)
Kadian, hypercarbia. Morphine
MorphaBo sulfate is contraindicated Feeling
nd, and in any patient who has or sleepy or
Arymo ER is suspected of having tired
paralytic ileus. Respiratory
Feeling dizzy
depression is the primary
or a
risk of morphine sulfate.
sensation of
spinning
(vertigo)
Confusion
Headaches
Itchy skin or
a rash.

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DRUG CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM INDICATION AND ADVERSE NURSING
OF ACTIONS CONTRAINDICATION REACTIONS RESPONSIBILITY
GENERIC Calcium channel Nicardipine Indicated for the Dizziness, In administering
NAME: blockers acts by treatment of hypertension, lightheadedness, nicardipine, close
blocking the including hypertensive headache, monitoring of blood
Nicardipine
influx of urgency and hypertensive flushing, or pressure and heart
BRAND calcium ions emergency. swelling rate is required.
NAME: into vascular ankles/feet may
Nicardipine may
smooth muscle occur.
Cardene occasionally
and cardiac Contraindicated in
IV, produce
cells during patients with hypotension
Cardene symptomatic
depolarization. and in advanced aortic
SR. hypotension or
stenosis.
tachycardia.
Avoid systemic
hypotension when
administering the
drug to patients who
have sustained an
acute cerebral
infarction or
hemorrhage.

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