ILOILO DOCTORS’ COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF NURSING
West Avenue, Molo, Iloilo City

DRUG STUDY

Classification and Indication and Side Effects or Adverse

Classification: Paracetamol is Indication: It's typically used Side Effects: ● Taking too much ● Assess the patient’s
an analgesic and antipyretic to relieve mild or moderate acetaminophen may pain level before
● Yellow eyes or skin
drug that is used to pain, such as headaches, cause serious administering the
● Loss of appetite
Brand Name: Paracetamol temporarily relieve mild-to- toothache or sprains, and (possibly fatal) liver medication
● Rashes
moderate pain and fever. reduce fevers caused by disease.
● Right upper stomach
illnesses such as colds and
tenderness
flu. ● Assess overall health
● Melena
● Adults should not status and alcohol
Trade/ brand Name: Panadol, ● Dark urine
take more than 4000 usage before
Dymadon, Lemsip, Panamax, ● Nausea
milligrams (4 grams) acetaminophen
Tylenol, Acetaminophen ● Ulcers
of acetaminophen a
● Decreased urination
day.
● Low back pain
● Bleeding ● Assess the patient’s
● Diarrhea pain level using
● High fever ● People with liver appropriate tools
● Inflammation problems and
● Sore throat children should take
Dosage: 300mg ● Stomach cramps less acetaminophen. ● Assess the amount,
● Sweating frequency, and type
● Trouble breathing of drugs taken in
patients self-
medicating,
● Ask your doctor or
especially with OTC
 pharmacist how drugs
much acetaminophen
is safe to take.
Route: IV Adverse Effects: ● Monitor the patient’s
response to
● Constipation
● Before using this medication
● Nausea and
product, tell your
Vomiting
doctor or pharmacist
● Pinpoint red spots on
your medical history, ● Assess the patient’s
skin
Actions: Paracetamol has a especially of: liver allergies and
● Decreased appetite
central analgesic effect that is disease, regular previous reactions to
● Mouth ulcers
mediated through activation use/abuse of alcohol. medications before
● Bloody or cloudy
of descending serotonergic administering
urine
pathways. Debate exists acetaminophen
Frequency/Timing: Q4H ● Dizziness
about its primary site of ● Liver damage
8 12 4 8 12 4 action, which may be ● Muscle spasms ● Acetaminophen
inhibition of prostaglandin ● Monitor patients
passes into breast
(PG) synthesis or through an with liver or kidney
milk. Consult your
active metabolite influencing Contraindications: dysfunction for
doctor before
cannabinoid receptors. Contraindicated in known potential adverse
breastfeeding.
hypersensitivity to effects and adjust the
paracetamol, in hepatic and dosage accordingly
renal failure.