Drug Study
Drug Study
DRUG STUDY
NAME OF THE DOSAGE, ROUTE, INDICATION CONTRAINDICATI SIDE EFFECTS ADVERSE NURSING
DRUG AND FREQUE-NCY ON REACTION CONSIDERATION
(GENERIC/BRAND) OF ADMINIS-
TRATION
Generic Name: Dosage: -Short-term therapy of Any allergy -Frequent: Phlebitis, CNS: Ototoxicity, -Baseline
Amikacin sulfate 37 mg severe infections to thrombophlebitis. confusion, examinations: C&S,
brought on by aminoglycosi Occasional: Rash, disorientation, renal function, and
Brand Name: Route: susceptible strains of des, kidney fever, urticaria, depression, vestibulocochlear
Amikin /Amikin Intravenous (IV) Pseudomonas or liver pruritus. lethargy, nystagmus, nerve function before
Pediatric species, Escherichia disease, -Rare: Neuromuscular visual disturbances, to the first dose (and
Frequency: coli, Providencia prior hearing blockade (difficulty headache, fever, at regular intervals
Ø24˚(every 24 species, Klebsiella, loss, breathing, drowsiness, numbness, tingling, during therapy;
workers. throat
Abusers of (angioedema)
injectable or narrowing
drugs. of the airways
People with a (bronchospas
number of m).
sexual
partners.
Homosexual
men.
Haemodialysi
s patients or
those
receiving
certain blood
products.
People with
chronic liver
disease or
hepatitis C.
People in
close contact
with a
hepatitis B
carrier or with
an infected
person.
Staff and
residents of
homes.
Inmates and
staff in
prisons.
Travellers
intending to
stay for long
periods in
areas where
the hepatitis
B incidence is
high.
Generic Name: Dosage: Prevention of Hypersensiti swollen lymph hives, Assessment &
BCG Vaccine/BGC 0.5cc disseminate, vity. Impaired nodes difficulty Drug Effects
live severe forms immune small red breathing,
Route: of response, areas at the swelling of Monitor for
Brand Name: Intramuscular (IM) tuberculosis. congenital or site of the face, S&S of
TheraCys® BCG acquired injection. lips, tongue, systemic BCG
TICE® BCG Frequecy: immune (These usually or throat, infection:
24 hours after birth deficiencies appear 10-14 fever, Fever, chills,
(e.g., HIV days after severe
infection, injection and chills, malaise, or
leukemia, slowly aches, cough.
lymphoma, decrease in weakness, Culture blood
cancer size. They flu-like and urine, if
treatment, should symptoms, systemic
Hodgkin's disappear cough, infection is
disease), after about 6 suspected.
pain or
active months.) Assess for
burning
tuberculosis, fever regional
while
acute severe blood in the lymph node
urinating,
febrile urine enlargement
a weak
illness, frequent or and report
stream of
generalized painful fistula
urine,
infected skin urination formation.
trouble
conditions, upset stomach Patient & Family
emptying
current or vomiting Education
the bladder,
previous Review
blood in the
evidence of potential
urine,
BCG adverse
dark-colored
infection, effects.
urine,
urinary tract Keep
vomiting,
infection, vaccination
upper
gross site clean until
stomach
haematuria, local reaction
pain,
14 days of has subsided.
yellowing of
biopsy, TUR,
or traumatic the skin or Do not breast
catheterizatio eyes, feed until
n are all not feeling cleared to do
examples of well, and so by
these burning, physician.
conditions. itching,
concurrent odor,
treatment discharge,
with pain,
antibiotics, tenderness,
radiation redness, or
therapy, swelling of
bone marrow the genital
inhibitors, or rectal
and area,
immunosupp
ressive drugs