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a. Identify two (2)significant potential adverse effects associated with each of the medications and describe the impact this could have on the well-being of the patient.
b. Discuss potential strategies that could be implemented to minimize and avoid the potential adverse effects you have identified.
1. salbutamol sulfate (Ventolin)
2. Advair Diskus
3. warfarin sodium (Coumadin)
4. metoprolol (Lopressor)
5. naproxen (Naprosyn)
6. fentanyl (Duragesic)
7. amitriptyline (Elavil)
1.Salbutamol-
SideEffect:
1.Nervousness
2.mouth/throat dryness or irritation
3. cough, nausea or dizziness
This medication can increase the blood pressue.
2.Advair Diskus
SideEffects:
1.Hoarseness, throat irritation
2. headache, or stomach upset
This medication can increase the blood pressue and also breathing
problems.
3.Warfarin
SideEffects:
1.Nausea, loss of appetite
2.stomach/abdominal pain
This medication can increase serious bleeding such as nose
bleed,prolonged bleeding from cuts or gums,unusually heavy mestural
cycle.
4.Lopressor-
Sideeffects:
1. slow heartbeat
2.Diziness
3.Drowsiness
4.decreased sexual activity.
This medication can increase cold sensation to hand and feet due to
low flow of blood to hand and feet.
5.Naproxen-
Sideeffects:
1.Swelling
2.Stomach Pain
3.Skin eruption
4.Headache
5. Indigestion
This medication can increase the blood pressue.
6.fentanyl (Duragesic)
Sideeffects:
1.Constipation
2.Itching
3.Mild Irritation
4.Headache
7.famitriptyline (Elavil)
Sideeffects:
1.Dry mouth
2.Constipation
3.Weight Gain
4.Blurred Vision