DOSAGE & ROUTE MECHANISM OF ADVERSE REACTION / NURSING

DRUG NAME OF THE DRUG ACTION OF THE DRUG INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION SIDE EFFECTS RESPONSIBILITIES

Generic Name: Dosage: Mechanism of action  Treatment of  CNS:  Assess for

 Contraindicated with
schizophrenia Somnolence, history of
olanzapine 10mg not fully understood; allergy
dizziness, allergy to
to olanzapine, myelo
blocks dopamine nervousness, olanzapine.
Brand Name: proliferative disorder
headache, aka  Monitor for
receptors in the s, severe CNS
 Treatment of thisia, the many
Zyprexa Route: depression,
brain, depresses the acute mixed or personality possible drug
comatose
Classification: Oral manic episodes disorders, tardi interaction
RAS; blocks states, lactation.
associated with ve dyskinesia, before
 Use cautiously in
serotonin receptor bipolar 1 neuroleptic beginning
 Antipsychotic elderly or debilitated
disorder and malignant therapy.
 Dopaminergic sites; anticholinergic, patients, or with CV
Frequency: maintenance of syndrome  Encourage
blocker or cerebrovascular
antihistaminic (H1), bipolar 1  CV: patient to void
disease,
HS disorder as Orthostatic before taking
and alpha-adrenergic dehydration, seizure
monotherapy, hypotension, the drug to
Timing: disorders,
blocking activity may or combined peripheral help
Alzheimer’s disease,
with lithium or edema, decrease anti
7pm contribute to some of prostate
valproate tachycardia cholinergic eff
enlargement,
its therapeutic (and  GI: ects of urinary
narrow-angle
Constipation, retention.
adverse) actions; glaucoma, history of
abdominal  Take this
paralytic ileus or
produces  Treatment of pain drug exactly
breast cancer,
agitation  Respiratory: as prescribed;
fewer extrapyramidal pregnancy;
associated with Cough, pharyn do not
phenylketonuria (if
effects than schizophrenia gitis change dose
using orally
and bipolar 1  Other: Fever, without
mostantipsychotics. disintegrating
mania development consulting
tablets, contain
(injection) of diabetes your health
phenylalanine).
mellitus care provider.