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Ibuprofen
Drug of the Week # 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |