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    Prednisone is a corticosteroid used for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory disorders. It works by binding to corticosteroid receptors in cells to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. Common side effects include fluid retention, increased appetite, weight gain, and increased blood sugar. Prednisone can interact with other drugs to increase their effects and should be used cautiously with infections. Nursing considerations include administering daily doses before 9 AM and tapering doses when stopping long-term therapy.

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    Prednisone is a corticosteroid used for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory disorders. It works by binding to corticosteroid receptors in cells to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. Common side effects include fluid retention, increased appetite, weight gain, and increased blood sugar. Prednisone can interact with other drugs to increase their effects and should be used cautiously with infections. Nursing considerations include administering daily doses before 9 AM and tapering doses when stopping long-term therapy.

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    Prednisone is a corticosteroid used for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory disorders. It works by binding to corticosteroid receptors in cells to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. Common side effects include fluid retention, increased appetite, weight gain, and increased blood sugar. Prednisone can interact with other drugs to increase their effects and should be used cautiously with infections. Nursing considerations include administering daily doses before 9 AM and tapering doses when stopping long-term therapy.

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    Prednisone Drug Study

    In making a Drug Study, the following elements must be present:Generic


    Name and the Brand name (not all brands, just the brand used by the
    patient), Action, Indication, Pregnancy Category, Drug Classification, and
    Contraindication, Adverse Effect, Drug interaction and Nursing
    Consideration/Intervention. Most clinical instructors preferred this to be in
    a long bond paper in printed or handwritten with paper in landscape.
    Prednisone
    Brand Name: Apo-Prednisone (CAN), Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten,
    Novo-Prednisone (CAN), Orasone, Panasol-S, Prednicen-M, PrednisoneIntensol, Sterapred DS, Winpred (CAN)
    Pregnancy Category C
    Drug classes: Corticosteroid (intermediate acting), Glucocorticoid, Hormone
    Therapeutic actions
    Enters target cells and binds to intracellular corticosteroid receptors, thereby
    initiating many complex reactions that are responsible for its antiinflammatory and immunosuppressive effects.
    Indications
    Replacement therapy in adrenal cortical insufficiency
    Hypercalcemia associated with cancer
    Short-term management of various inflammatory and allergic disorders,
    such as rheumatoid arthritis, collagen diseases (eg, SLE), dermatologic
    diseases
    (eg, pemphigus), status asthmaticus, and autoimmune disorders
    Hematologic disorders: thrombocytopenia purpura, erythroblastopenia
    Ulcerative colitis, acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis and palliation in
    some leukemias and lymphomas
    Trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement
    Contraindications
    Contraindicated with infections, especially tuberculosis, fungal infections,
    amebiasis, vaccinia and varicella, and antibiotic-resistant infections;
    lactation.
    Adverse effects

    Vertigo, headache, paresthesias, insomnia, convulsions, psychosis, cataracts,


    increased intraocular pressure, glaucoma (long-term therapy)
    Hypotension, shock, hypertension and CHF secondary to fluid retention,
    thromboembolism, thrombophlebitis, fat embolism, cardiac arrhythmias
    Na+ and fluid retention, hypokalemia, hypocalcemia
    Amenorrhea, irregular menses, growth retardation, decreased carbohydrate
    tolerance, diabetes mellitus, cushingoid state (long-term effect), increased
    blood sugar, increased serum cholesterol, decreased T3 and T4 levels, HPA
    suppression with systemic therapy longer than 5 days
    Peptic or esophageal ulcer, pancreatitis, abdominal distention, nausea,
    vomiting, increased appetite, weight gain (long-term therapy)
    Hypersensitivity or anaphylactoid reactions
    Drug Interactions:
    Increased therapeutic and toxic effects with troleandomycin, ketoconazole
    Increased therapeutic and toxic effects of estrogens, including hormonal
    contraceptives
    Risk of severe deterioration of muscle strength in myasthenia gravis
    patients who also are receiving ambenonium, edrophonium, neostigmine,
    pyridostigmine
    Decreased steroid blood levels with barbiturates, phenytoin, rifampin
    Decreased effectiveness of salicylates
    Nursing considerations
    Administer once-a-day doses before 9 AM to mimic normal peak
    corticosteroid blood levels.
    Increase dosage when patient is subject to stress.
    Taper doses when discontinuing high-dose or long-term therapy.
    Do not give live virus vaccines with immunosuppressive doses of
    corticosteroids.

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