Pharmacological Flashcards for Mona Hernandez. (A+ Guide)

PATIENT EDUCATION WHILE TAKING THIS MEDICATION: • Tell patient to contact health care provider if cough lasts longer than 1 week, recurs frequently, or is accompanied by high fever, rash, or severe headache. • Inform patient that drug should not be used for chronic or persistent cough, such as with smoking, asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. • Advise patient to read product labels because some liquid forms contain alcohol; warn patients with phenylketonuria that some forms contain phenylalanine. • Advise patient to take each dose with one glass of water; increasing fluid intake may prove beneficial. • Tell patient to empty entire contents of granule packet onto the tongue and to swallow without chewing for best taste. • Encourage deep-breathing exercises. ADVERSE EFFECTS • Dizziness • Drowsiness • Decreased uric acid levels • Stomach pain • Nausea • Vomiting • Headache • Rash CONTRAINDICATIONS • Hypersensitivity to guaifenesin • overactive thyroid gland • diabetes • closed angle glaucoma • high blood pressure • significant uncontrolled high blood pressure • severe disease of the arteries of the heart • enlarged prostate