MEDICATION INDICATION CLASSIFICATION CONTRAINDICATION NURSING RESPONSIBILITY

AND ADVERSE EFFECT

Generic Name: • Symptomatic • Anti-pyretic • Contraindicated in patients • Use liquid form for children and
relief of pain and hypersensitive to drug. patients who have difficulty
• Paracetamol fever. swallowing.
• Use cautiously in patients with long
Brand Name: term alcohol use because therapeutic • In children, don’t exceed five doses
doses cause hepatotoxicity in these in 24 hours.
• Biogesic patients.
• Advise patient that drug is only for
Dosage: • Hematologic: hemolytic anemia, short term use and to consult the
neutropenia, leucopenia, pancytopenia. physician if giving to children for
• Adults and longer than 5 days or adults for
children 500- • Hepatic: Jaundice longer than 10 days.
1000 mg orally
every 4-6 hours. • Metabolic: Hypoglycemia • Advise patient or caregiver that
many over the counter products
• Skin: rash, urticaria. contain acetaminophen; be aware
of this when calculating total daily
dose.

• Warn patient that high doses or

unsupervised long term use can
cause liver damage.