DRUG DOSAGE MECHANISM INDICATION AND SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE NURSING CONSIDERATION

AND OF ACTION CONTRAINDICATION EFFECTS

ROUTE
Generic 40 Inhibits HMG- INDICATIONS: SIDE EFFECTS: o Verify patient’s name
Name: mg/tab CoA reductase, - To reduce total cholesterol and  Headache o Check if right medication
Atorvastatin the enzyme LDL-C in patients with  Flatulence and dose
Calcium NGT that catalyzes homozygous familial  Abdominal pain, o Atorvastatin may be
the first step in hypercholesterolemia as adjunct cramps combined with a bile
Brand Name: the cholesterol to lipid-lowering treatments  Constipation acidbinding agent. Do not
Lipitor synthesis  Nausea combine with other HMG-
pathway,  Diarrhea CoA reductase inhibitors or
Functional resulting in a CONTRAINDICATIONS: fibrates.
Class: decrease in -Allergy ADVERSE EFFECTS:
Anti- serum -Elevated transaminase levels  Asthenia
hyperlipidemi cholesterol,  Cataracts
c serum LDLs  Dyspepsia
(associated
 Heartburn
Chemical with increased
 Liver failure
Class: risk of CAD),
 Transaminase
HMG-CoA and increases
elevations
reductase serum HDLs
 Sinusitis
inhibitor (associated
with decreased  Pharyngitis
risk of CAD);
increases
hepatic LDL
recapture sites,
enhances
reuptake and
catabolism of
LDL; lowers
triglyceride
levels.