DRUG STUDY

STUDENT’S NAME: CRISTINE ANNE A. DELA CRUZ

YEAR & SECTION: BN3G
DRUG NAME DOSAGE/FREQUENCY/ MECHANISM OF ACTION INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION ADVERSE EFFECT NURSING CONSIDERATION
ROUTE
Assessment
Generic name: DOSAGE: 500mg/cap Bactericidal; interferes Indicated for: Contraindicated to:  CNS: headache,  History: Allergy to
dizziness, insomnia, ciprofloxacin,
Ciprofloxacin with DNA replication in  Treatment of  Clients with allergy to
susceptible bacteria fatigue, somnolence, norfloxacin, or other
FREQUENCY: BID infections caused by ciprofloxacin,
preventing cell depression, blurred flurouquinolones; renal
susceptible gram- norfloxacin, or other vision, hallucinations,
Brand name: production. impairment; seizures;
negative bacteria. flurouquinolones ataxia, nightmares
Novo- Ciprofloxacin ROUTE: PO lactation.
 Treatment of  Pregnant clients  CV: Arrythmias,
(CAN)  Physical: Skin color,
uncomplicated UTIs  Lactating mothers hypotension, angina lesions, reflees, affect:
caused by E.coli,  Use cautiously with  EENT: dry eye, eye mucous membranes, bowel
DRUG K.pneumoniae as a renal impairment, pain, keratopathy sounds; LTFs, renal
CLASSIFICATION: one-time dose in seizures, tendinitis or  GI: Nausea, vomiting, function test
patients at low risk of tendon rupture dry mouth, diarrhea,  Ensure that patients
Antibacterial
nausea, diarrhea associated with abdominal pain swallows the tablets
Fluoroquinolone  GU: Renal failure
 Oral: Typhoid fever fluoroquinolone use. whole; do not crush or
 Hematologic: Elevated chew.
 Oral: STDs
BUN, AST, ALT, serum  Ensure that patient is well
 Lower respiratory creatinine and alkaline hydrated.
tract infections: phosphatase,  Give antacids at least 2 hr
caused by E.coli, decreased WBC, after dosing.
klebsiella, P. neutophil count, Hct  Encourage client to
mirabilis, P.  Other: Fever, rash complete full course of
aeruginosa, H. therapy.
influenza,
 S. pneumoniae

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DRUG NAME DOSAGE/FREQUENCY/ MECHANISM OF ACTION INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION ADVERSE EFFECT NURSING CONSIDERATION
ROUTE