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Phenergin Drug

Phenergan is a generic name for promethazine, a phenothiazine derivative classified as an antiemetic, antihistamine, and sedative/hypnotic. It is used to treat allergic conditions and motion sickness, as preoperative sedation, and to treat and prevent nausea and vomiting. Common side effects include sedation, confusion, dry mouth, blurred vision, nausea, and hypotension. When administering phenergan, nurses should monitor vital signs and for side effects such as extrapyramidal symptoms or neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Patients should be warned about potential photosensitivity and advised to use sunblock.

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Phenergin Drug

Phenergan is a generic name for promethazine, a phenothiazine derivative classified as an antiemetic, antihistamine, and sedative/hypnotic. It is used to treat allergic conditions and motion sickness, as preoperative sedation, and to treat and prevent nausea and vomiting. Common side effects include sedation, confusion, dry mouth, blurred vision, nausea, and hypotension. When administering phenergan, nurses should monitor vital signs and for side effects such as extrapyramidal symptoms or neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Patients should be warned about potential photosensitivity and advised to use sunblock.

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Drugs Generic Brand Classification Indication Dosage Action Side Effect/ Nursing Patient

Name Name Name Adverse Consideration Teachings


Reaction
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that
cs and motion dizziness, for onset of Advise use of a
sickness.Preo competes disorientatio extrapyramidal side sunblock
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prevention of receptor drowsiness. malignant hard candy, or
nausea and sites on CV: syndrome: altered ice chips may
vomitting. hypotension, mental status, relieve dry
effector
Adjunct to hypertension. autonomic mouth.
anesthesia and cells. EENT: dry instability, muscle _Warn patient
analgesia Prevents, mouth, rigidity, and to avoid
but doesn't blurred hyperpyrexia. alcohol and
reverse, vision. GI: _ Drug is used as hazardous
histamine- nausea, an adjunct to activities that
mediated vomiting. analgesics, usually require
GU: urine to increase alertness until
responses.
retention. sedation; it has no CNS effects of
At high Hemat: analgesic activity. drug are
doses, drug leukopenia, _ I.M. injection is known.
also has agranulocyto the preferred _ Tell patient
local sis, parenteral route. to take oral
anesthetic thrombocyto Inject deep I.M. form with food
effects. penia. Met: into large muscle or milk.
hyperglycem mass. Rotate _Advise
ia. injection sites. patient to
Resp:respirat Don't give change
ory subcutaneously positions
depression, _ Reduce GI slowly to
apnea. Skin: distress by giving minimize
photosensitiv drug with food or orthosthatic
ity, rash. milk. hypotension

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