Nursing NUR304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Neuromuscular-Blocking Drug, Beta Blocker, Ace Inhibitor
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Pril - ace inhibitors (make sure to check bp) Pine & amil - ca+ channel blockers (check bp) Olol - beta blockers (check bp) affects sns; side effects: bradycardia, hypotension, chf, bronchospasm, or asthma attacks. (question the. Important drug information: do not give grapefruit with the following: buspar, verapamil, Rifampin (tb med) turns bodily fluids *pee* orange. Myasthenic crisis= weakness with change in vitals d/t undermedication (give more meds) Cholinergic crisis = weakness with no change in vitals d/t overmedication (reduce meds: digoxin: side effects are increased when the patient is hypokalemic so you should monitor the potassium. Digoxin has a negative chronotropic effect (it slows the heart rate) so hold the dose if the hr is less than 60. Digitalis toxicity: bradycardia, tachycardia, dysrhythmias, nausea, vomiting, headache. Maoi"s (antidepressant meds: nardil, marplan, parnate) - do not give food with tyramine (aged cheese, cured meats, fermented cabbage, soy sauce ) may cause htn crisis.
