Antibacterial
Response appropriate when patient asks if they can stop taking their antibiotic as soon as they feel better
What is "take ALL of your antibiotic prescription as prescribed or your symptoms could return?
Chlorpheniramine, Doxylamine and Brompheniramine
What are common ingredient in OTC analgesic and cough-cold medications?
HCl and pepsin
What is gastric juices?
Used for classification of diarrhea's
What is increased motility, secretory, inflammatory or exudative, and osmotic
Medication that works on anaerobic bacteria and protozoa
What is Flagyl? (metronidazole)
Term for infection that does not respond to initial treatment with anti-microbial medication
What is drug resistant
The main reason that H2 antihistamines are preferable to H1 antihistamines
What is they cause less drowsiness
(Zyrtec, Allegra, etc are H2 antihistamines that do NOT cross the blood brain barrier-->do not cause drowsiness. Benadryl is H1 antihistamine and DOES cause drowsiness and sedation and xerostomia)
Blocks the secretion of acid and pepsin
What are H2-blockers? Cimetidine ( Tagamet), famotidine ( Pepcid), nizatidine ( Axid), and ranitidine ( Zantac)
Used to reduce opioid-induced constipation
What is Methylnaltrexone bromide (Relistor)?
Drugs useful in the treatment of systemic mycotic infections are called
What is fungicidal?
Anti infective therapy given prior to exposure is called
What is prophylactic therapy
Meclizine indications
What is vertigo and nausea?
This class of medications promote the formation of ulcers by interfering with mucus production or secretion
What is NSAID's?
Can be the result of chronic diarrhea
What is dehydration and electrolyte imbalance?
Candida is diagnosed most often in patients with these conditions
What is HIV, patients receiving treatment with antibiotics, patients using inhaled corticosteroids, or patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer or immune suppression.
vancomycin (Vanco) and gentamicin (Garamycin) are toxic to what parts of the body
What is the kidneys (nephro toxic) and ears (ottotoxic)
Diphenhydramine Indications
1st generation; (Bendryl)
Allergies, Occasional insomnia
Antibiotic treatment for peptic ulcers
What are two antibiotics and bismuth salts(kaopectate)
Low in fiber diets cause this frequently
What is constipation?
Patients with this infection are susceptible to multiple infections
What is HIV?
Important teaching for patient who will be taking metronidazole (Flagyl)
What is abstain from ETOH use
Commonly known as the Response of Lewis
What is edema and erythema in the skin?
This medication is neither an antacid nor an antisecretory drug
What is Sucralfate
Bowel evacuants onset of action is usually this time period
What is onset of action of 30 minutes to 3 hours?
Mechanism of action of fungicidal medications
What is cell-wall synthesis, inhibit fungal DNA, or bind to special proteins required by the fungus to survive
Antibiotic that can cause photosensitivity in some individuals
What are tetracyclines?
What medication effect is delayed when taken closely with high fatty meals and grapefruit juice
What is fexofenadine?
Chronic use of antacids may cause this condition
What is acid rebound?
Drug agents that increase intestinal motility
What is antacids, antiarrhythmics, blood pressure medications, antibiotics, chemotherapy medications, colchicine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and laxatives.
Systemic anti-fungal medication
What is amphtericin-B