Drug name Indication Contraindicatio Drug Adverse and Nursing

n Responsibilities
Action Side Effects
• Rheumatoid • Contraindicated • Relieves pain, • Dizziness • give with meals
arthritis, in patients fever and • Drowsiness or milk to
Generic name: osteoarthritis hypersensitive inflammation. • Headache reduce adverse
• Mild to to the drug or • Edema GI reactions
Ibuprofen
moderate pain, any of its • Heart failure • If drug is
dysmenorrhea components and • Hypertension ineffective,
• Fever, minor in those with • Tinnitus notify prescriber
aches and pains nasal polpys, • Visual • Warn patient
angoiedema, disturbances that using drug
and • Epigastric with aspirin,
bronchospastic distress alcohol, or
reaction • Peptic corticosteroids
Brand Name: toaspirim or ulceration may increase GI
other NSAIDs. • Reversible renal reactions.
Dolan, Advil
• Use cautiously failure • Instruct patient
in patients with • Prolonged to use sun
GIdisorders, bleeding time block, wear
history of peptic • Bronchospasm protective
ulcer disease, • Photosensitivity clothing, and
hepatic or renal reactions avoid prolonged
disease, cardiac • Pruritus exposure to
decompensation • Rash sunlight.
Classification: , hypertension • urticaria
Analgesics, or coagulation
antipyretic, anti- defects.
inflammatory
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