Nursing Pharmacology questions with
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Side effects of Acetaminophen ✅✅Red, peeling or blistering skin; rash; hives; itching;
swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs;
hoarseness; and difficulty breathing or swallowing. Can cause liver damage.
Acetaminophen Poisoning ✅✅Weak pulse, hypothermia and decreased urine output.
Carbamazepine ✅✅an anticonvulsant that works by decreasing nerve impulses that
cause seizures and pain.
Carbamazepine is used to treat what? ✅✅seizures, nerve pain and even bipolar
disorder.
Carbamazepine should not be taken if: ✅✅you have a history of bone marrow
suppression, if taking nefazodone or if allergic to antidepressants such as amitriptyline,
desipramine, imipramine, or nortriptyline.
Clozapine is: ✅✅an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia or to reduce the
risk of suicidal behavior in people with schizophrenia or similar disorders.
Clozapine works by: ✅✅changing the actions of chemicals in the brain.
Symptoms of Clozapine: ✅✅severe dizziness, slow heartbeats, fainting, or seizures.
Disulfiram is: ✅✅a drug used to support the treatment of alcoholism by producing an
acute sensitivity to alcohol.
Disulfiram works by: ✅✅It inhibits acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, which causes an
unpleasant reaction when alcohol is consumed.
Symptoms of Disulfiram include: ✅✅flushing, sweating, nausea or severe vomiting,
increased thirst, swelling, neck pain, blurred vision, throbbing headache, chest pain or
shortness of breath, pounding heartbeat, weakness, confusion, or dizziness.
Dopamine is ✅✅an adrenergic and dopaminergic cardiac stimulant that is usually
prescribed for heart failure.
Side effects of Dopamine include ✅✅abnormal heart rhythm, fast heart rate, chest
pain, palpitations, slow heart rate, high blood pressure, narrowing of the blood vessels,
difficulty in breathing, nausea, vomiting, elevated BUN (blood urea nitrogen), headache,
anxiety, piloerection (erection of the hair of the skin), and gangrene of the extremities.
answers
Side effects of Acetaminophen ✅✅Red, peeling or blistering skin; rash; hives; itching;
swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs;
hoarseness; and difficulty breathing or swallowing. Can cause liver damage.
Acetaminophen Poisoning ✅✅Weak pulse, hypothermia and decreased urine output.
Carbamazepine ✅✅an anticonvulsant that works by decreasing nerve impulses that
cause seizures and pain.
Carbamazepine is used to treat what? ✅✅seizures, nerve pain and even bipolar
disorder.
Carbamazepine should not be taken if: ✅✅you have a history of bone marrow
suppression, if taking nefazodone or if allergic to antidepressants such as amitriptyline,
desipramine, imipramine, or nortriptyline.
Clozapine is: ✅✅an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia or to reduce the
risk of suicidal behavior in people with schizophrenia or similar disorders.
Clozapine works by: ✅✅changing the actions of chemicals in the brain.
Symptoms of Clozapine: ✅✅severe dizziness, slow heartbeats, fainting, or seizures.
Disulfiram is: ✅✅a drug used to support the treatment of alcoholism by producing an
acute sensitivity to alcohol.
Disulfiram works by: ✅✅It inhibits acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, which causes an
unpleasant reaction when alcohol is consumed.
Symptoms of Disulfiram include: ✅✅flushing, sweating, nausea or severe vomiting,
increased thirst, swelling, neck pain, blurred vision, throbbing headache, chest pain or
shortness of breath, pounding heartbeat, weakness, confusion, or dizziness.
Dopamine is ✅✅an adrenergic and dopaminergic cardiac stimulant that is usually
prescribed for heart failure.
Side effects of Dopamine include ✅✅abnormal heart rhythm, fast heart rate, chest
pain, palpitations, slow heart rate, high blood pressure, narrowing of the blood vessels,
difficulty in breathing, nausea, vomiting, elevated BUN (blood urea nitrogen), headache,
anxiety, piloerection (erection of the hair of the skin), and gangrene of the extremities.
