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Docusate Sodium
Colace
- Therapeutic: laxative
- Pharmacologic: stool softener
- Lace = soft
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Aluminum Hydroxide
Mylanta
- Therapeutic: antiulcer agents
- Pharmacologic: antacids
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Magnesium Hydroxide
Milk of Magnesia
- Therapeutic: mineral and electrolyte replacements/supplements, laxatives
- Pharmacologic: salines
- Mom is lax.
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Lansoprazole
Prevacid
- Therapeutic: antiulcer agents
- PO only.
- No crush.
- PrevACID = acid stomach = ulcers
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Psyllium
Metamusil
- Therapeutic: laxatives
- Pharmacologic: bulk-forming agents
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Prochlorperazine
Compazine
- Therapeutic: antiemetics, antipsychotics
- Compazine = Compaq
- Must be crazy (psychotic) to buy a Compaq.
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Acetaminophen
Tylenol
- Therapeutic: antipyretics, nonopioid analgesics
- Liver problems
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Oxycodone & Acetaminophen
Percocet
- Therapeutic: opioid analgesics
- Pharmacologic: opioid agonists, opioid agonists/nonopioid analgesic combinations
- RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION.
- PercoSIT = sit down = can't breathe
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Acetaminophen with Codeine
Tylenol with Codeine
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Propoxyphene Napsylate & Acetaminophen
Darvocet-N
Therapeutic: opioid analgesicsPharmacologic: opioid agonists, opioid agonists/nonopioid analgesic combinations
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Ketorolac
Toradol
- Therapeutic: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, nonopioid analgesics
- EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS, STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME, TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS
- Toro = bull BAD FOR SKIN
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Tramadol
Ultram
- Therapeutic: analgesics (centrally acting)
- SEIZURES
- Tram = freak out = seizures
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Naproxen
Aleve
- Therapeutic: nonopioid analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, antipyretics
- DRUG-INDUCED HEPATITIS, GI BLEEDING
- Aleve makes your stomach bleed.
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Hydromorphone
Dilaudid
- Pain, allergy, cold, cough
- CHECK VITALS
- hydro MORPH
- looks like DRUID
- HEALERS check for vitals
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Haloperidol
Haldol
- Sleep/Anxiety/Depression
- antipsychotics
- HAL is a robot
- ROBOTS should not give IVs.
- (do not give IV Haldol)
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Zolpidem
Ambien
- Sleep/Anxiety/Depression
- sedative
- Ambien = Amblin
- Amblin = ET
- ET will give you ANAPHYLACSIS
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Lorazepam
Ativan
- Sleep/Anxiety/Depression
- sedative/hypnotics
- AtiVAN
- Van is slow or it will kill you (cardiac arrest)
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Trazadone
Desyrel
- Sleep/Anxiety/Depression
- Desyrel = Desire
- Desire = stripper name
- Strippers are depressed and only give by mouth.
- Give Trazadone for depression
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Amitriptyline
Elavil
- Sleep/Anxiety/Depression
- AmiTRIPtyline
- Trip if you have no rhythm
- Elavil = arrhythmias
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Potassium Chloride
K-Dur
- Mineral supplements
- K-Dur = K-Pax
- K-Pax = alien
- Aliens have no rhythm = ARRHYTHMIAS
- Aliens want to check your vitals
- Na bicarb, dextrose, insulin for OD
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Clonidine
Catapres
- Antihypertensive
- CATs = not hyper, not tense
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Multi-Vitamin or Nutritional Su lement
Theragram MV
- supplement
- MV = multivitamin
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Folic Acid
Vitamin B
antianemics
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Propranolol
Inderal
- for heart problems = End her all = inderal
- adverse rxns = heart problems
- (Arrhythmia, bradycardia)
- Don't stop suddenly = heart stop suddenly = bad
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warfarin
Coumadin
- anticoagulants
- blood thinner
- War = blood
- blood problems
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