Drug Cards for Respiratory Care – Flashcards
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Serevent
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Salmeterol; Long-acting Beta 2-agonists On set 20-30 Min, Duration 12 hours, Peak 2 hours.
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Perforamist
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Formoterol; Long-acting Beta 2-agonists On set 20-30 Min, Duration 12 hours, Peak 2 hours.
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Brovana
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Arformoterol; Long-acting Beta 2-agonists On set 20-30 Min, Duration 12 hours, Peak 2 hours.
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What are possible side effects with Long acting Beta 2-agonists.
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Headaches, shaking, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, nausea, trouble sleeping, and muscle cramps
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Albuterol
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ProAir HFA, Proventil HFA, Proventil, Ventolin, Volmax, Vospire. Short-acting Beta 2 agonsts. Onset 5 min Duration as little as one hour up to 3-6 hours.
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Maxair
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Pirbuterol. Short-acting Beta 2 agonsts. Onset 5 min Duration as little as one hour up to 3-6 hours.
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Alupent
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Metaproterol. Short-acting Beta 2 agonsts. Onset 5 min Duration as little as one hour up to 3-6 hours.
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Brethaire, brethine
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Terbutaline. Short-acting Beta 2 agonsts. Onset 5 min Duration as little as one hour up to 3-6 hours.
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Tornalate
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Bitolterol. Short-acting Beta 2 agonsts. Onset 5 min Duration as little as one hour up to 3-6 hours.
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Xopenex
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Levalbuterol. Short-acting Beta 2 agonsts. Onset 5 min Duration as little as one hour up to 3-6 hours.
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What are the possible side effects for, short-acting beta 2 agonsts.
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Increased heart rate, headache, tremors,nerousness, restlessness, dryness of mouth and throat
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Atrovent
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Ipratropium bromide. Anticholingerics
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Spiriva
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Tiotropium Bromide Anticholingerics "long acting"
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What is the possible side effects for anticholingerics "Atrovent, spiriva"
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Dry mouth, bitter taste, headache, constipation, increased heart rate.
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Pulmicort
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budesonide, 200 mcg; Nebulizer 0.25mg and 0.5mg Bid Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Qvar
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Beclometasone. 80 mcg, 2 puffs BID Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Flovent
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Fluticasone. 44 mcg, 110 mcg, 220 mcg; 2 puffs BID Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Azmanex Twisthaler
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Mometasone 1 puff BID Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Azmacort
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Triamcinoline. 2 puffs BID. Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Aerobid
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Flunisolide. 250 mcg, 2 puffs BID. Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Symbicort
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Budesonide/Formoterol. 80/4.5 160/4.5; 2 puffs BID. Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids.
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Advair disk
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Fluticasone/salmererol 100/50, 250/50, 500/50: 1 puff BID. Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Advair HFA
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45/21, 115/21, 230/21, 2 puffs BID. Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Dulra
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momestasone/Formoterol; 100/5, 200/5. 2 puffs BID. Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Possible side effects of inhaled corticosteriods.
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Sore mouth, sore throat, or hoarseness, cough and spasms of the large airways "bronchi", fungus infection in the mouth "thrush", temporary delayed growth in adults, decreased bone thickness in adults, cataracts, glaucoma,
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Dalaresp
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Once a day pill for COPD.
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What must we tell patient to do after inhaling corticosteroids? Why?
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Rinse their mouth? Thrush
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What do we give mucomyst for?
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it useful in thinning the abnormally thick mucus
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What do we give a patient along with mucomyst? Why?
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bronchodilator. To expend the airways to get the mucus out. It would suck to have the mucomyst work "losen up the mucus, and have the airways so narrow that the patient can not cough up the mucus.
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What is TID?
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Three times a day
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What is QID?
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Four times a day
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What is Q4?
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Four times a day
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What is BID?
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Twice a day.
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What is the normal adult dose of albuterol?
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2.5 mg in 3 ml.
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If patient is prescribed MDI of albuterol and a SVN treatment of Albuterol at the same time do you give both?
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No.
