Question

The Instructor will assign ten      (10) drug cards per week, in specific areas. Each card will be worth 1      point. You will not receive the points for the cards if they are not submitted      within the week when due.

· Cards must be handwritten,      legible, and on ruled index cards.

· All information required on the      card must be completed or you will not receive the point for the card.

· The following information must      be on the Drug Card for Each Drug:

• Generic and Trade /Brand Names       ( American Only )
• Classifications:
  • Therapeutic
  • Pharmacological
• Indications/Uses
• Contraindications
• Adverse reactions by all       systems
• Safe dosage range
• 3 nursing implications
• Action

1.    Quidine

2.    Procainamide

3.    Cialis

4.    Nadolol

5.    Ranexa

6.    Adenosine

7.    Xarelto

8.    Eliquis

9.    Pradaxa

10. Urokinase

11      Celexia

12     Remeron

`13    epinephrine

   14 cymbalta

      15 Naproxen

    

Answer 1

Drug:-	Quidine
Generic:-	Quinidine Gluconate
trade name:-	Cardioquin Tablets
Classification:-	Anti-arrhythmic drug
Therapeutics:-	prevent ventricular arrhythmias
Pharmacological:-	Half- life of 6-8 hours Quinidine acts as a blocker of voltage-gated sodium channels. Quinidine's effect on (sodium) INa is known as a 'use dependent block'. This means at higher heart rates, the block increases, while at lower heart rates, it decreases
Indications/uses:-	ventricular pre-excitation and cardiac dysrhythmias
Contraindications:-	Complete AV block, severe intra-ventricular conduction defects, left bundle-branch block, or ventricular ectopic.
Adverse reactions:-	· Diarrhoea. · Nausea. · Vomiting. · Loss of appetite. · Stomach pain/cramps. · A burning feeling in throat or chest (e.g., heartburn) · Light headedness. · Headache.
Safe dosage range:-	100 mg/1 and 324 mg/1 in extended release
Nursing implications	· Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice while being treated with this medication · Take this medication by mouth with or without food with a full glass of liquid (8 ounces/240 millilitres) · Do not crush or chew extended-release tablets

Drug:-	Procainamide
Generic:-	Apo-procainamide
trade name:-	Procan SR
Classification:-	Sodium channel blocker
Therapeutics:-	prevent ventricular arrhythmias
Pharmacological:-	Half- life of 2.5-4.5 hours This drug induces rapid block of the batrachotoxin (BTX)-activated sodium channels of the heart muscle and acts as antagonist to long-gating closures.
Indications/uses:-	Ventricular arrhythmias: ventricular ectopic and tachycardia and supraventricular arrhythmias: atrial fibrillation, and re-entrant and automatic supraventricular tachycardia.
Contraindications:-	· High levels of potassium in the blood. · Low amount of potassium in the blood. · Decreased blood platelets. · Very low levels of granulocytes. · A type of white blood cell. · Myasthenia gravis. · A skeletal muscle disorder. · Heart attack within the last 30 days
Adverse reactions:-	Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, bitter taste in the mouth, dizziness, tired feeling, flushing (warmth, redness, or tingly feeling), and itching or rash.
Safe dosage range:-	250 mg/1 and 500 mg/1 in extended release
Nursing implications	· Drug interacts with diabetes medicine · Drug sometimes interacts with vitamins · It could also cause systemic lupus erythematous · Can cause respiratory depression