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    Drug Study Pethidine

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    Pethidine is an opioid analgesic used to manage acute pain severe enough to require an opioid. It acts similarly to other narcotics by causing respiratory depression and suppressing the cough reflex. While it provides analgesic effects within 2-4 minutes that can last up to 4 hours, it is contraindicated in conditions with raised intracranial pressure or head injury. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and drowsiness. Nurses must assess the need for naloxone, consult patients on its availability, and monitor those with seizure disorders during treatment due to risks of addiction, abuse, and toxicity with prolonged use.

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    Pethidine is an opioid analgesic used to manage acute pain severe enough to require an opioid. It acts similarly to other narcotics by causing respiratory depression and suppressing the cough reflex. While it provides analgesic effects within 2-4 minutes that can last up to 4 hours, it is contraindicated in conditions with raised intracranial pressure or head injury. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and drowsiness. Nurses must assess the need for naloxone, consult patients on its availability, and monitor those with seizure disorders during treatment due to risks of addiction, abuse, and toxicity with prolonged use.

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    Pethidine is an opioid analgesic used to manage acute pain severe enough to require an opioid. It acts similarly to other narcotics by causing respiratory depression and suppressing the cough reflex. While it provides analgesic effects within 2-4 minutes that can last up to 4 hours, it is contraindicated in conditions with raised intracranial pressure or head injury. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and drowsiness. Nurses must assess the need for naloxone, consult patients on its availability, and monitor those with seizure disorders during treatment due to risks of addiction, abuse, and toxicity with prolonged use.

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    Drug Study Pethidine

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    Pethidine is an opioid analgesic used to manage acute pain severe enough to require an opioid. It acts similarly to other narcotics by causing respiratory depression and suppressing the cough reflex. While it provides analgesic effects within 2-4 minutes that can last up to 4 hours, it is contraindicated in conditions with raised intracranial pressure or head injury. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and drowsiness. Nurses must assess the need for naloxone, consult patients on its availability, and monitor those with seizure disorders during treatment due to risks of addiction, abuse, and toxicity with prolonged use.

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    PHINMA - UNIVERSITY OF ILOILO

    COLLEGE OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES


    Nursing Department

    DRUG STUDY
    THERAPEUTIC NURSING
    MEDICATION INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS SIDE EFFECTS
    ACTIONS RESPONSIBILITIES/PRECAUTIONS
    GENERIC NAME: Similar to other narcotics, Indicated for the Use of pethidine should be Like other opioids, -Assess need for naloxone upon initiating and
    Pethidine meperidine management of acute avoided in patients with diabetic pethidine is renewing treatment
    causes respiratory pain severe enough to acidosis where there is danger of associated with -Consult patients and caregivers on the
    BRAND NAME: depression and require an opioid coma. It also contra-indicated in several side effects, availability of naloxone for emergency treatment
    Demerol, pethidine suppresses the cough analgesic. conditions associated with raised including nausea, of opioid overdose.
    reflex. The sedative and intracranial pressure and in head vomiting, dizziness, -Because of risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse
    CLASSIFICATION: analgesic effects of injury (opioid analgesics interfere drowsiness and with opioids, even at recommended doses,
    Opioid Analgesics; meperidine after with pupillary responses vital for confusion. One study reserve therapy for use in patients for whom
    Synthetic, Opioids intravenous dosing occur neurological assessment). found that when alternative treatment options
    within 2 to 4 minutes, compared to -Monitor patients with a history of seizure
    and the analgesic effects tramadol, pethidine disorders for worsened seizure control during
    ROUTE:
    can last 4 hours. caused more nausea, DEMEROL Tablets and Oral Solution therapy.
    Pethidine Injection may
    vomiting and Prolonged meperidine use may increase the risk
    be administered by
    drowsiness in full- of toxicity (e.g., seizures)
    subcutaneous,
    term parturients.
    intramuscular or slow
    intravenous injection.

    DOSAGE/FREQUENCY:
    Adult:
    50 mg to 150 mg orally,
    every 3 or 4 hours as
    needed for pain

    Pediatric Patients:
    1.1 mg/kg to 1.8 mg/kg
    orally, up to the adult
    dose, every 3 or 4 hours
    as necessary

    PREPARED BY: Billones, Rica S.


    CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR:

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