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    Magnesium sulfate is used to treat life-threatening convulsions during pregnancy and acute nephritis in children. It works by reducing muscle contractions and blocking neuromuscular transmission. Common side effects include weakness, dizziness, and sweating. It should be used with caution during pregnancy and avoided in those with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or renal failure. Nurses must monitor for signs of hypermagnesemia and discontinue use if side effects occur.

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    Drug Study Magnesium Sulfate

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    Magnesium sulfate is used to treat life-threatening convulsions during pregnancy and acute nephritis in children. It works by reducing muscle contractions and blocking neuromuscular transmission. Common side effects include weakness, dizziness, and sweating. It should be used with caution during pregnancy and avoided in those with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or renal failure. Nurses must monitor for signs of hypermagnesemia and discontinue use if side effects occur.

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    Magnesium sulfate is used to treat life-threatening convulsions during pregnancy and acute nephritis in children. It works by reducing muscle contractions and blocking neuromuscular transmission. Common side effects include weakness, dizziness, and sweating. It should be used with caution during pregnancy and avoided in those with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or renal failure. Nurses must monitor for signs of hypermagnesemia and discontinue use if side effects occur.

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    Drug Study Magnesium Sulfate

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    Magnesium sulfate is used to treat life-threatening convulsions during pregnancy and acute nephritis in children. It works by reducing muscle contractions and blocking neuromuscular transmission. Common side effects include weakness, dizziness, and sweating. It should be used with caution during pregnancy and avoided in those with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or renal failure. Nurses must monitor for signs of hypermagnesemia and discontinue use if side effects occur.

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    MAGNESIUM SULFATE

    NAME AND DOSE,


    CLASSIFICATION FREQUENCY, MECHANISM INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS ADVERSE NURSING
    OF DRUG ROUTE, OF ACTION EFFECTS RESPONSIBILITY

    Generic name: Mild: 1 g Magnesium is Used for  Contraindicated to pts CNS: weakness, BEFORE ADMINISTRATION
    Magnesium Sulfate intramuscularly the second most immediate control with allergy to  Consumer information use and
    dizziness, fainting, disclaimer.
    (IM) every 6 plentiful cation of life-threatening magnesium products;
    Brand name: hours for 4 of the convulsions in the heart block, myocardial sweating (PO)  Use magnesium sulfate during
    Concept Ob, Suprep doses intracellular treatment of pregnancy only in LIFE-
    damage, abdominal pain,
    THREATENING emergencies
    Bowel Prep Kit, fluids. It is severe toxemias nausea, vomiting, or CV: palpitations when no safer drug available.
    Tandem Plus, Tis-U- Severe: 5 g essential for the (pre-eclampsia other symptoms of Positive evidence of human fetal
    sol intravenously activity of many and eclampsia) of appendicitis; acute GI: Excessive bowel risk.
    (IV) over 3 enzyme systems pregnancy and in surgical abdomen, fecal  Assessment
    Classification: hours and plays an the treatment of activity, perianal
    impaction, intestinal and  History: Hypersensitivity
     Therapeutic: important role acute nephritis in biliary duct obstruction, irritations to drug
    Antidysrhythmics, Maintenance: with regard to children. Also Hepatitis  Check expiration date.
    V 30-60 neurochemical indicated for  Do not give during 2-hr Metabolic:  Do not give magnesium sulfate to
    mg/kg/day IV transmission and replacement preceding delivery patients with abdominal pain,
    hypermagnesemia and nausea and vomiting
     Pharmacologic: muscular therapy in because of the risk of toxicity in patients with
    Electrolytes excitability. magnesium magnesium toxicity to
    Magnesium deficiency, the neonate. renal failure.
    DURING ADMINISTRATION
    sulfate reduces especially in  Discontinue if hypersensitivity
    striated muscle acute occurs.
    contractions and hypomagnesemia  Monitor serum magnesium levels.
    blocks accompanied by  Monitor knee-jerk reflex
    peripheral signs of tetany  Monitor bowel function, if diarrhea
    neuromuscular similar to those of and cramping occur, discontinue
    transmission by hypocalcemia. usage.
    reducing Also used in
    acetylcholine uterine tetany as a
    release at the myometriat AFTER ADMINISTRATION
    myoneural relaxant.  Discontinue drug and notify
    junction. physician if S&S of
    Additionally, hypersensitivity occurs.
    Magnesium
    inhibits Ca2+
    influx through
    dihydropyridine
    -sensitive,
    voltage-
    dependent
    channels. This
    accounts for
    much of its
    relaxant action
    on vascular
    smooth muscle.

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