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Tylenol - Acetaminophen - Fabros, Jenny

This document provides information about the drug acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) including its mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, side effects, dosage, and nursing implications. It relieves pain by raising the pain threshold and is used for mild to moderate pain. Contraindications include hypersensitivity and liver disease. Severe side effects include liver injury and failure. Nursing implications are that it should only be used temporarily and not for more than 4-5 days without physician reassessment due to risk of liver damage.

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Tylenol - Acetaminophen - Fabros, Jenny

This document provides information about the drug acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) including its mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, side effects, dosage, and nursing implications. It relieves pain by raising the pain threshold and is used for mild to moderate pain. Contraindications include hypersensitivity and liver disease. Severe side effects include liver injury and failure. Nursing implications are that it should only be used temporarily and not for more than 4-5 days without physician reassessment due to risk of liver damage.

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NAME: JENNY AGUSTIN FABROS

SECTION:3BSN A1-1
SUBJECT & ROTATION:NUR 156 MS RLE
CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR: MR. Joseph Cahuela Deograchias Jr.

DRUG STUDY

NAME OF MECHANIS DOSAGE INDICATIO CONTRAINDICATI REACTION NURSING


DRUG M OF N ON ALERT
ACTION

Generic name: relieves pain Dosage: Acetaminoph Contraindications to Side effects: Nursing
ACETAMINOPH by elevating Adult Dosage en is used to the use of the drug can Implications
EN the pain Forms & relieve mild acetaminophen include cause serious Acetaminoph
threshold, Strengths to moderate hypersensitivity to side effects, en is intended
that is, by pain from acetaminophen, severe including severe for temporary
requiring a Tablets headaches, hepatic impairment, or skin reactions use only -
greater muscle aches, severe active hepatic and allergic should not be
Brand name: amount of 325 mg menstrual disease. reactions. Large given for
Panadol, Tylenol pain to 500 mg periods, colds doses of Tylenol more than 4 -
develop Caplets and sore can initially 5 days
before a throats, trigger stomach without
person feels 325 mg toothaches, cramps and physician
it. It reduces 500 mg backaches, nausea before reassessment.
fever through 650 mg and reactions physical 2. Severe
its action on Capsules to conditions hepatic
the heat- vaccinations quickly damage is
regulating 500 mg (shots), and deteriorate, sometimes
center of the Gelcaps/Geltabs to reduce leading to liver not apparent
brain. fever. injury, liver until several
500 mg failure and days after
Caplets, death. overdosage.
Extended
Release

650 mg Adverse effects:


Tablets, Adverse Effects
Chewable Frequency Not
Defined
80 mg Angioedema
Oral
solution/suspensi Disorientation
on
Dizziness
160 mg/5 mL
80mg/0.8mL Pruritic
(oral drops) maculopapular
Liquid Oral rash

500mg/5mL Rash
160mg/15mL
500mg/15mL Hyperammonem
Oral Syrup ia

160mg/5mL Stevens-Johnson
Elixir syndrome

160mg/5mL Toxic epidermal


necrolysis
Frequency:
2 capsules every Urticaria
4-6 hours while
symptoms last Gastrointestinal
hemorrhage
Classification:
Pharmacological Laryngeal
class: Analgesic edema

Agranulocytosis

Leukopenia

Neutropenia

Pancytopenia

Thrombocytope
nia

Thrombocytope
nic purpura

Hepatotoxicity

Liver failure

Nephrotoxicity

Pneumonitis

Anaphylactoid

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