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Be sure to rinse your mouth after using this medication.
What are glucocorticoids, such as beclomethasone or prednisone?
This is a class of medications that can help with inflammation of the upper respiratory system, but be careful, they may cause drowsiness, dry mouth or urinary retention!
What are antihistamines, such as diphenhydramine?
This class of medications acts on the 2 lungs and not the 1 heart.
What are beta-2 agonists?
Adrenal insufficiency, acute asthma, growth retardation, osteoporosis.
What are systemic side effects of inhaled steroids?
substances taken to thin out the secretions
What are Mucolytics
These are the instructions you would provide to a client who is prescribed albuterol & beclomethasone.
What is "use the albuterol inhaler prior to using the beclomethasone"?
This could be a potential adverse effect of taking phenylephrine nasal drops for 10 days, for sinusitis.
What is rebound nasal congestion? Other answers could be insomnia, CNS stimulation, tachycardia, HTN, jitteriness.
This anti-inflammatory can treat allergies and prevent asthma attacks.
What is Montelukast?
This is the directions a nurse should tell a patient that is going to use Montelukast to prevent exercise-induced bronchospasms.
What is take the drug at least 2 hours before the activity?
2 uses for xanthines
What is COPD & Asthma
These are potential side effects of taking PO prednisone for chronic asthma.
Sodium/water retention, weight gain, hyperglycemia, moon face, immunosuppression.
Albuterol is contraindicated for patients with a history of these three disorders.
What are cardiac disease/disorders, coronary artery disease, and hypertension?
This drug hops a ride on bronchodilators to act as an anticholinergic.
What is Ipratropium (Atrovent)?
This other steroid is given PO for respiratory distress.
What is Prednisone?
Adverse effects of this SABAs are: tremors, shakiness, dizziness, hypokalemia, insomnia, and nausea.
What is Albuterol?
This class of medications can be used as short or long acting rescue drugs that help to open up the airways.
What are Beta2-adrenergic agonists? (bronchodilators)
The nurse educates a client about the potential adverse effects about their newly prescribed dextromethorphan (Robitussin) for their cough. This could be a potential adverse effect.
What is sedation? Other answers: respiratory depression or stupor at high doses.
Albuterol an be antagonized by these commonly taken medications for blood pressure.
What are beta-blockers?
This is the most common side effect of an anticholinergic bronchodilator.
What is dry mouth?
This rescue inhaler peaks at 30-60 minutes and lasts 4-6 hours.
What is Albuterol?
Closed or narrow-angle glaucoma would be a contraindication or should be monitored very closely when prescribing this class of medications for COPD.
What are anticholinergics, such as ipratropium (Atrovent)?
The nurse knows the client understood their teaching regarding their fluticasone (Flonase) prescription when they state this.
It may take 2-3 weeks for full effects. Other answers: I will blow my nose prior spraying & then sniff gently with the spray. I will point the spray away from the center of my nose. I will not use this long-term because it can cause my congestion to return.
Do you need to turn a dry cough into a productive cough? Take this expectorant.
What is guaifenesin?
This medication is a nonsedating antihistamine with the trade name Zyrtec.
What is Cetirizine?
This SAMA causes dry mouth, pupillary dilation, lens paralysis, increased intraocular pressure, increased HR, and urinary retention.
What is Ipratropium bromide?