Drug name Indication Contraindicatio Drug Adverse and Nursing

n Responsibilities
Action Side Effects
• Relief of mild-to- • Contraindicated • Decreases fever • CNS: weakness, • Assess patient’s
moderate pain with allergy to by inhibiting the fatigue, fever or pain:
Generic name: acetaminophen effects of nervousness, type of pain,
pyrogens on the sedation, location,
Paracetamol • Temporary hypothalamic drowsiness, intensity,
reduction of • Use cautiously heat regulating dizziness, duration,
fever with impaired centers and by depression, temperature
hepatic a hypothalamic tremor,
function, chronic action leading headache,
alcoholism, to sweating and seizures • Assess allergic
pregnancy, vasodilation. reactions: rash,
lactation. • Dermatologic: urticaria; if these
Brand Name: pruritus, occur, drug may
• Relieves pain by urticaria, rash have to be
Biogesic inhibiting discontinued
prostaglandins • GI: Anorexia,
synthesis at the nausea, • Assesss for
CNS but does vomiting, ➢ chronic
not have anti- constipation, poisoning:
inflammatory hepatic rapid, weak
action because insufficiency pulse
of its minimal ➢ dyspnea:
Classification: effect on the • GU: Hematuria, cold, clammy
peripheral glycosuria, extremities
Analgesics prostaglandin urinary
Antipyretic report immediately to
synthesis. frequency, renal prescriber.
colic,
crystaluria,
 polyuria • Give with food or
milk if GI upset
occurs
Other: weight loss,
Route and Dosage: fever , acidosis