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Ibuprofen
Drug of the Week # 1
Question | Answer |
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Generic Name | Ibprofen |
Brand Names | Advil, Motrin,Nuprin |
Classification | antipyretic (fever reducer) analgesic (pain reliever) NSAID ( non-sterodial anti-inflammitory drug) |
Uses | mild to moderate pain, dysmenorrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, fever |
Dysmenorrhea | menstral pain |
Route | PO (mouth) |
Side effects | headache, constipation, dyspepsia, nausea, amesis, dizziness, drowsiness, GI bleeding, hepatitis, anaphylaxis |
anti | against |
pyr | heat or fever |
ic | pretaining to |
an | without |
algia | pain |
ic | pretaining to |
dys | difficult or painful |
menses | blood and discharge from uterus during cycle |
orrhea | flow or discharge |
arthr | joint |
itis | immflamation |
dys | difficult or pain |
pepis | digestion |
ia | condition of |
GI Bleeding | Gastrointestional Bleeding |
hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
Anaphylaxis | extreame, sometime fatal allergic reation causes air way to close |
hepat | liver |
Gasto | stomach |
Care Considerations | *Do not use with Gi Bleeding, heart, kidney, or liver desease *monitor pain and tempature *take with food or milk *take with a full glass of H2O *do not takewith alchol *do not take more than 10 days for pain and no more than 3 days for fever |