Nursing 4 Lecture 1 Drugs

- Pain

• Adverse Effects:
• - Hallucinations
• - Nausea
• - Constipation
• - Dizziness
• - Itching sensation

Overdose: severe respiratory depression or cardiac arrest

**TREATMENT OF OVERDOSE: naloxene

- Pain

- Combined with droperidol (inapsine) produces a state known as neuroleptanalgesia

- Conscious, insensitive to pain, and unconnected with your surroundings

• Adverse Effects:
• - Nausea
• - GI disturbances
• - Marked CNS depression

• - Benzodiazepine
• - Sedation

- Rapid onset 15 to 30 minutes

• Adverse Effects:
• - Dizziness
• - Decreased alertness
• - Diminished concentration
• - Cardiovascular collapse
• - Laryngeospasm

• - Benzodiazepine
• - Sedation

• Adverse Effects:
• - Drowsiness & Sedation = MOST COMMON
• - Amnesia
• - Weakness
• - Disorientation
• - BP changes
• - N/V

*TREATMENT OF OVERDOSE: Flumazemil adm to reverse CNS depression

• - Barbituate
• - Sedation

• Adverse Effects:
• - Dizziness
• - Confusion
• - Unsteadiness
• - Circulatory or Respiratory depression with apnea
• - Laryngeospasm
• - Anaphylaxis