DRUG STUDY

Generic Name Dosage Mechanism of Action Side Effects Nursing Interventions

 Vomiting  Advise the patient’s family
amoxicillin 2.5 ml Prevents bacterial cell wall synthesis  Nausea to take the medication with
during replication. Bactericidal .  Abdominal pain meals for better absorption
 Diarrhea & to reduce GI discomfort.
 Instruct the patient’s family
to take medication as
Brand Name Timing Adverse Reactions prescribed even after feeling
 Nausea better and not to double
Amoxil A 2.5 ml is given TID  Vomiting dose.
for 7 days.  Diarrhea  Teach the patient’s family to
 Rash report sore throat, bruising,
 Pruritus bleeding and joint pain, this
 Urticaria may indicate blood
dyscrasias.
Drug Indications Contraindications  Advise patient’s family to
Classification References: watch out for perineal
Hypersensitivity to penicillins, itching, fever, malaise,
Anti-infective Treatment of infection of PPD’s Drug Hand Book for cephalosparins, or imipenem. redness, pain, swelling,
Drug respiratory tract, skin & Professionals and Nursing Students, 2nd Not used to treat severe drainage, rash, diarrhea,
skin structures, Edition, page 80. pneumonia, empyema, change in cough, sputum or
genitourinary tract, otitis bacteremia, pericarditis, furry tongue, this may
media, meningitis, *http://www.mims.com/Page.aspx? meningitis and purulent or indicate superinfection.
septicemia, sinusitis, menuid=mng&name=Amoxil+cap&h= septic arthritis during acute  Advise patient’s family to
bacterial endocarditis amoxicillin,amoxil&CTRY=PH&searc stage . report bloody, mucoid
prophylaxis. hstring=amoxicillin+amoxil diarrhea which may indicate
(Retrieved last December 2, 2009) pseudomembranous colitis.