Medications M-S Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Salicylates | Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory |
Salicylates Side Effects | GI Irritation: Bleeding |
Salicylates Nursing Care | Give with food, milk, or antacid: watch for signs of bleeding |
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) | analgesic, anti-Inflammatory |
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) Side Effects | GI Irritation, bleeding, dizziness, headache |
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) Nursing Care | give with food, milk, or antacid, teach patient to avoid using aspirin or aspirin products with these medications |
Steroids | Potent anti-inflammatory, overrides body's normal inflammatory response |
Steroids Side Effects | electrolyte imbalance, decreased healing time, masked infections, GI distress, osteoporosis, adrenal crisis if abruptly withdrawn |
Steroids Nursing Care | give with food or milk, take as ordered, teach patient to taper off of meds as ordered and do not stop abruptly |
Anti-Gout medications | Colchicine, Butazolidine, allopurinol, probenecid |
Anti-Gout Medications | anti-inflammatory analgesic |
Anti-Gout Medications Side Effects | GI Irritation: Hematologic Changes |
Anti-Gout Medications Nursing Care | these meds are for short-term uuse; give with food or milk |
Slow-acting anti-inflammatory | antimalarials, gold salts, antineoplastics |
Antimalarials | Anti-Inflammatory, Exact action not known, GI distress: retinal edema that can lead to blindness, eye exam every 6 months while on meds |
Gold Salts | Anti-inflammatory, renal/hepatic damage, Monitor UA and CBC |
Antinepplastics | interferes with folic acid metabolism, GI Distress, headache, nausea and vomiting. Monitor WBC and platelets, watch I&O and appetite |
Muscle Relaxants | relaxes skeletal muscle by acting on the brain |
Muscle Relaxants Side Effects | GI Distress, dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, numbness in extremities |
Muscle Relaxants Nursing Care | give with food or milk, assess safety, teach patient not to use alcohol or OTC meds while taking medications |
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