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 Has sedative
HYoscine HBr -Preanesthetic and amnesia Anticholinergic CNS: Hypersensitivity to  Ensure
medication to control inducing Parasympatholitic Headache, blurred anticholinergic drugs, adequate
bronchial, nasal, properties; Antispasmodic vision, dizziness, bronchial asthma, hydration;
pharyngeal, and blocks effects Antiemetic drowsiness, tachycardia, COPD. provide
salivary spasm; of restlessness. environmental
prevent bronchospasm acetylcholine CV: control
and laryngospasm. at muscarinic Tachycardia (temperature)
cholinergic GI: to prevent
receptors that Dry mouth, hyperpyrexia.
mediate constipation  Avoid alcohol:
effects of serious
parasympathe sedation could
tic occur.
postganglionic  Take as
impulse thus, prescribed, 30-
depressing 60 minutes
salivary and before
brochial
secretions,
inhibiting
vagal impulses
on the heart,
relaxing the GI
and GU tracts.
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 Bactericidal: Respiratory:
CEFTAZIDIME  Lower Inhibits  Cephalosporin Dyspnea  Allergy to  Culture
Respiratory synthesis of (third generation) CNS: cephalosporin infection, and
tract bacterial cell Headache, or penicillin arrange for
infections wall causing cell  Antibiotic dizziness, seizure.  Use cautiously culture
 Urinary tract death. with renal sensitivity
infections GI: failure, tests before
 Intra- Nausea and lactation, and during
abdominal vomiting. pregnancy therapy if
infections expected
GU: response is
Candidiasis not seen.
 Monitor
Hemtologic: patient for
Agranulocytosis superinfection
.
 Avoid alcohol
while taking
 Report severe this drug and
diarrhea, for 3 days
difficulty after because
breathing, severe
tiredness reactions
often occur.
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The drug may CNS:

PARACETAMOL  MILD PAIN relive fever  Analgesic Headache  Hypersensitivity to  Tell patients
OR FEVER through CV: drug or to consult
central action  Antipyretic Myocardial cephalosporin prescriber
in the damage before giving
hypothalamic drug to
heat GI: children
-regulating Hepatic toxicity younger than
center. and failure age 2.
 .advise
GU: patient that
Acute renal failure drug use is
only for short
Hypersensitivity; –term use.
Fever rash
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 Serious CNS:
GENTAMYCIN  Bactericidal: infections  Antibiotic Ototoxicity- tinnitus,  Contraindicated  Avoid long-term
- Inhibits caused by dizziness, deafness, with allergy to therapies
protein susceptible  Aminoglycosi vertigo. aminoglycosides because of
synthesis in strains of des . increased risk of
susceptible pseudomonas CV:  Use cautiously toxicities.
strains of gram- Aeruginosa, Palpitation, with renal or Reduction in
negative Protus species, hypotension, hepatic disease; dose may be
bacteria; E. coli. hypertension. pre-existing clinically
appears to  Gram negative hearing loss, indicated.
disrupt infection Hematologic: active infection  Ensure adequate
functional Agranulocytosis with herpes. hydration of
integrity of patient before
bacterial cell Hypersensitivity: and during
membrane, Purpura, rash therapy.
causing cell  Report pain at
death. the injection
site, severe
headache,
dizziness, loss of
hearing, changes
in urine pattern,
difficulty of
breathing, rash
or skin lesions.
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RANITIDINE  Short-term CNS:

-Competitively inhibits treatment of  Histamine H2 Headache, malaise,  Contraindicated  Administer drug
gastric acid secretions active receptor dizziness , vertigo. with three to four
by blocking the effect of duodenal blocking drug CV: hypersensitivity times a day
Histamine H2 receptors ulcer. Tachycardia, to the drug: before meals; if
 Treatment of bradycardia (rapid diabetic the patient skips
heartburn, administration) ketoacidosis. or adds a meal,
acid the dosage
indigestion, GI:  Use cautiously should be
sour stomach. Constipation, diarrhea, with renal or skipped or
nausea, vomiting, hepatic added
abdominal pain impairments: appropriately
lactation,  Monitor urine or
Hematologic: pregnancy. blood for
Agranulocytosis glucose and
ketones as
prescribed.
 Avoid alcohol,
aspirin
containing
products; and
beverages that
contain caffeine.
 Do not smoke;
interferes
healing and drug
effectiveness.
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SALBUTAMOL -Used as bronchodilator  Inhibits the CNS:

to control and prevent phosphorylatio  Bronchodilat Nervousness,  Used as a long-  Monitor
reversible airway n of myocin or restlessness, headache. term control pulmonary
obstruction caused by and decrease CV: agent in patient function tests
asthma or COPD. intracellular Chest pain, with chronic/ before initiating
calcium. palpitation, arrhythmias persistent therapy and
bronchospasm. periodically
GI: during therapy
nausea, vomiting to determine
effectiveness of
the drug.
 Assess lung
sound, pulse
and blood
pressure. Before
administration
and during peak
of medicine.
