DRUG ACTION INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION ADVERSE NURSING PATIENT

REACTION RESPONSIBILTIES TEACHING

 Competitively  Active duodenal  Contraindicated  CNS:  Assess patient  Instruct

Ranitidine
inhibits action and gastric ulcer in patients headache, for abdominal patient on
Hydrochloride of histamine on  Maintenance hypersensitive to malaise, pain. Note proper use of
the H2 at drug and those vertigo presence of OTC
therapy for
receptor sites of with acute  EENT: blurred blood in emesis, preparations,
duodenal or gastric
porphyria vision
parietal cells, ulcer stool, gastric as indicated
 Use cautiously in  HEPATIC:
decreasing  Gastroesophageal aspirate  Remind
patients with jaundice
gastric acid reflux disease  Drug may be patient to
hepatic  OTHER:
secretions  Erosive esophagitis anaphylaxis,
added to total take once-
dysfunction. parenteral daily
 Heartburn angioedema,
Adjust dosage in burning and nutrition prescription
patients with itching at solutions drug at
impaired renal injection site bedtime for
function best result
 Instruct
patient to
take without
regard to
meals
because
absorption
isn’t affected
by food