This document provides information about two drugs: Cefalexin and Mefenamic acid. Cefalexin is an antibiotic that interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis and is used to treat skin and soft tissue infections. Its side effects include fever, headache, and seizures. Nurses are responsible for assessing patients before and after administering Cefalexin and monitoring for side effects. Mefenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions like arthritis. Its side effects include dyspepsia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Nurses should watch for side effects when patients take Mefenamic acid and assess its effectiveness.
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This document provides information about two drugs: Cefalexin and Mefenamic acid. Cefalexin is an antibiotic that interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis and is used to treat skin and soft tissue infections. Its side effects include fever, headache, and seizures. Nurses are responsible for assessing patients before and after administering Cefalexin and monitoring for side effects. Mefenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions like arthritis. Its side effects include dyspepsia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Nurses should watch for side effects when patients take Mefenamic acid and assess its effectiveness.
This document provides information about two drugs: Cefalexin and Mefenamic acid. Cefalexin is an antibiotic that interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis and is used to treat skin and soft tissue infections. Its side effects include fever, headache, and seizures. Nurses are responsible for assessing patients before and after administering Cefalexin and monitoring for side effects. Mefenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions like arthritis. Its side effects include dyspepsia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Nurses should watch for side effects when patients take Mefenamic acid and assess its effectiveness.
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This document provides information about two drugs: Cefalexin and Mefenamic acid. Cefalexin is an antibiotic that interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis and is used to treat skin and soft tissue infections. Its side effects include fever, headache, and seizures. Nurses are responsible for assessing patients before and after administering Cefalexin and monitoring for side effects. Mefenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions like arthritis. Its side effects include dyspepsia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Nurses should watch for side effects when patients take Mefenamic acid and assess its effectiveness.
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DRUG NURSING
NAME DOSAGE ACTION INDICATION EFFECT RESPONSIBILITY
Generic: Cefalexin 500mg Tab of Cefalexin interferes > Skin and soft >Fever, headache, >Assess the patient Cefalexin tid with bacterial cell- tissue infections. lethargy, before and after wall synthesis, paresthesia, giving the drug. Brand: Cefacure, causing cell to syncope, seizures. >Monitor patient’s Keflex, Oracef. rupture and die. >Edema, vital signs. Active against hypotension, >Watch for drug’s many gram-positive vasodilation, side effects. CLASSIFICATION: bacteria; shows palpitations, chest Antibiotic. limited activity pain. against gram- >Nausea, vomiting, negative bacteria. diarrhea, abdominal cramps, oral candidiasis, pseudomembranous colitis DRUG NURSING NAME DOSAGE ACTION INDICATION EFFECT RESPONSIBILITY
Generic: Mefenamic 500 mg of Mefenamic acid >Used for the relief >Dyspepsia, upper >Watch for side acid mefenamic acid has analgesic, anti- of mild to moderate gastro-intestinal effects and call the three times daily inflammatory and pain in acute and discomfort, gastro- physician if drug with food. anti-pyretic chronic conditions intestinal bleeding. toxicity is observed. Brand: Ponstel, properties. It including: pain of > Headache, >Assess the patient Ponstan, Ponstal, inhibits the traumatic, arthritic drowsiness, before and after Parkemed, synthesis of or muscular origin; dizziness, giving the drug. Mephadolor, Meftal. prostaglandins. dysmenorrhoea; nervousness, visual >Assess the drug’s Mefenamic acid headache and disturbances. effectiveness to the shows central and dental pain. patient. CLASSIFICATION: peripheral action >Reduces blood Non-steroidal anti- and it owes these loss in menorrhagia inflammatory drug properties to its where menorrhagia capacity to inhibit is due to ovulatory cyclooxygenase. dysfunctional bleeding. Uterine and other pathology should first be excluded before prescribing
