Common OB Medications(Complete solutions)
Betamethasone correct answersUsed to prevent respiratory distress in preterm newborns
helps lungs produce SURFACTANT
Dinoprostone (Cervidil) correct answers-prostaglandin used for cervical ripening; produces
contractions, dilation & effacement of cervix, initiate labor or expulsion of fetus.
-S/E: abnormal contractions, warmth in vagina, back pain, amniotic fluid embolism, fever
Clindamycin correct answersInfection
Fentanyl Citrate (Sublimaze) correct answersCLASS: narcotic
ACTIONS: CNS depressant, decreases sensitivity to pain
INDICATIONS: Regional Anesthesia during labor
CONTRAINDICATIONS: shock, severe hemorrhage, hypersensitivity to the drug
PRECAUTIONS: respiratory depression (naloxone should be available), hypotension, nausea
SIDE EFFECTS: dizziness, altered LOC, bradycardia
Carboprost correct answersHelps stop postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony
Ibuprofen (Motrin) correct answersHelps with inflammatory pain like hemorrhoids
Indocin (indomethacin) correct answersA tocolytic used to stop preterm labor
Magnesium Sulfate correct answersUsed to stop pre-term labor (Tocolytic)
Prevention of seizures in eclampsia
Methylergonivine (Methergine) correct answersTo produce uterine contractions and prevent
postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony/ management of sub involution
Misoprostol (Cytotec) correct answersProstaglandin used to induce labor (Cervical ripening)
Oxytocin (Pitocin) correct answersInduction of labor, postpartum control of bleeding after
expulsion of the placenta
Terbutaline correct answersUsed for management of preterm labor - inhibits uterine contractions
by relaxing muscle
Demerol (Meperidine) correct answersBinds to opioid receptors - alters pain perception
prenatal vitamins correct answersVitamins taken by a pregnant woman before the child is born -
can be continued for breastfeeding mothers to ensure adequate intake of vitamins and minerals
Iron Sulfate correct answersProvides the iron needed by the body to produce red blood cells.
Betamethasone correct answersUsed to prevent respiratory distress in preterm newborns
helps lungs produce SURFACTANT
Dinoprostone (Cervidil) correct answers-prostaglandin used for cervical ripening; produces
contractions, dilation & effacement of cervix, initiate labor or expulsion of fetus.
-S/E: abnormal contractions, warmth in vagina, back pain, amniotic fluid embolism, fever
Clindamycin correct answersInfection
Fentanyl Citrate (Sublimaze) correct answersCLASS: narcotic
ACTIONS: CNS depressant, decreases sensitivity to pain
INDICATIONS: Regional Anesthesia during labor
CONTRAINDICATIONS: shock, severe hemorrhage, hypersensitivity to the drug
PRECAUTIONS: respiratory depression (naloxone should be available), hypotension, nausea
SIDE EFFECTS: dizziness, altered LOC, bradycardia
Carboprost correct answersHelps stop postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony
Ibuprofen (Motrin) correct answersHelps with inflammatory pain like hemorrhoids
Indocin (indomethacin) correct answersA tocolytic used to stop preterm labor
Magnesium Sulfate correct answersUsed to stop pre-term labor (Tocolytic)
Prevention of seizures in eclampsia
Methylergonivine (Methergine) correct answersTo produce uterine contractions and prevent
postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony/ management of sub involution
Misoprostol (Cytotec) correct answersProstaglandin used to induce labor (Cervical ripening)
Oxytocin (Pitocin) correct answersInduction of labor, postpartum control of bleeding after
expulsion of the placenta
Terbutaline correct answersUsed for management of preterm labor - inhibits uterine contractions
by relaxing muscle
Demerol (Meperidine) correct answersBinds to opioid receptors - alters pain perception
prenatal vitamins correct answersVitamins taken by a pregnant woman before the child is born -
can be continued for breastfeeding mothers to ensure adequate intake of vitamins and minerals
Iron Sulfate correct answersProvides the iron needed by the body to produce red blood cells.
