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This medication class inhibits sodium and chloride reabsorption and produces significant diuresis.
What is Loop Diuretics (Furosemide)
This medication is used in preventing and treatment of peptic ulcer disease, GERD, esophagitis, BI bleeding due to active stress ulcers, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
What is Histamine2 receptors antagonists (Cimetidine)
These two medication classes can be used together to increase diuresis.
What is loop diuretics (Furosemide) and Thiazides (hydrochlorathiazide)
When a patient is taking a loop diuretic, it is important to teach your patient to have a ________ ______ diet.
What is low sodium. (Foods higher in sodium such as processed meats can be a hidden source of sodium, causing increased edema and retention of sodium and water.)
Abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nausea and weakness is associated with this class of laxatives.
What is cathartics (Bisacodyl)
This medication class acts to decrease reabsorption of sodium, water, chloride, and bicarbonate in the distal convoluted tubule.
What is thiazide diuretics (Hydrochlorothiazide)
This is the drug of choice for treatment of peptic ulcer disease.
What is Proton Pump Inhibitors (Omeprazole)
This medication requires a supplement of potassium to given.
What is Loop diuretics (Furosemide)
Prior to administrating a thiazide diuretic, the nurse should check the patient for this allergy.
What is sulfamides.
This medication class can cause flatulence and bloating.
What is Bulk-forming laxatives. (Pysllium)
This medication binds to an ulcer and forms a protective barrier between the mucosa and gastric acid, pepsin and bile salts.
What is Sucralfate (Carafate)
This medication is used for relief of constipation and part of a bowel prep.
What is Cathartics (Bisacodyl) this is a stimulant
This gram negative bacterium is found in nearly half of the patients with GERD or peptic ulcer disease.
What is H.pylori (Helicobacter pylori)
What is rise slowly
This medication can cause hyponatremia, hypokalemia, ototoxicity.
What is Loop diuretics.
This medication inhibits the H2 receptors of the stomach, decreasing the amount, acidity and pepsin content of gastric juices.
What is Histamine 2 receptor antagonists. (Cimetidine)
This medication is used to treat diarrhea.
Diphenoxylate with atropine (Lomotil)
Opiate-related antidiarrheal agents
These medications that contain calcium carbonate can cause renal stones, hypercalcemia, alkalosis and raise urine pH
What is antacids.
When should a patient take their schedule antacids?
What is 1 to 3 hours after each meal and bedtime.
What is Omeprazole. (Priolosec) PPI
This medication is used to prevent the pumping or release of gastric acid from parietal cells in to the stomach lumen, blocking the final step of acid production.
What is Proton Pump Inhibitors (Omeprazole)
This medication is used to treat nausea and vomiting, and prevent/treat motion sickness.
What is Hydroxyzine (Vistaril) Antihistamines
This medication class is used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, anesthesia, migraines, chemotherapy and motion sickness.
What is Phenothiazines (Promethazine)
The nurse should teach the patient to be cautious when taking antihistamines because of this effect?
What is sedation.
This medication can cause anticholinergic effects (dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, confusion), drowsiness
What is phenothiazines (promethazine)