Name of Drug Classification and Indication and Side Effects or Adverse Nursing Responsibilities

(Dosage, Route, Frequency, Mechanism of Action Contraindication Reactions

Timing)

Generic Name: Classification: Indication: Mild to moderate nausea,  Observe 14 rights in medication
Azithromycin Macrolide Treatment of lower vomiting, abdominal pain,
Assessment
respiratory infections: Acute dyspepsia, flatulence,
 History:
bacterial exacerbations of diarrhoea, cramping; Hypersensitivity to azithromycin,
Brand Name: COPD due to angioedema, cholestatic erythromycin, or any macrolide
Zithromax, Zmax Haemophilusinfluenzae, jaundice; dizziness, antibiotic; gonorrhea or syphilis,
Moraxellacatarrhalis, headache, vertigo, pseudomembranous colitis, hepatic or
Streptococcuspneumoniae; somnolence; transient renal impairment, lactation
Dosage: community-acquired elevations of liver enzyme  Physical:
500mg tab pneumonia due to values. Site of infection ;skin color, lesions;
S.pneumoniae, H.influenzae orientation, GI output, bowel sounds,
Mechanism of Action: liver evaluation; culture and sensitivity
Azithromycin blocks Contraindication: tests of infection, urinalysis, LFTs, renal
function tests
Route: transpeptidation by binding
Oral to50s ribosomal subunit of Interventions
susceptible organisms and  Culture site of infection before
disrupting RNA-dependent therapy.
protein synthesis at the  Administer on an empty stomach 1
hr before or 2–3 hr after meals.
Frequency: chain elongation step
Food affects the absorption of this
OD drug

Timing: