feeling‚ pain spreading to the arm or shoulder‚ nausea‚ sweating‚ general ill feeling; irregular heartbeat; shortness of breath‚ swelling in your hands or feet; seizure (convulsions); feeling light-headed‚ fainting. Drug Name: Advicor Also called nicotinic acid‚ is a B vitamin (vitamin B3). It occurs naturally in plants and animals‚ and is also added to many foods as a vitamin supplement. Side Effects: headache‚ mild dizziness; diarrhoea‚ mild nausea‚ stomach pain or indigestion; mild skin rash;
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NT’s Effects Risks Benefits Legalized or Illegal Agonist Antagonist Acid Agonist at the serotonin receptors Increase in blood pressure and heart rate Dizziness Loss of appetite Dry mouth Sweating Nausea Numbness Tremors Becomes delusional Hallucinations Impaired depth/time/shape/size perceptions Panic attacks Severe depression Losing control May treat disorders like alcoholism‚ PTSD and anxiety Should be illegal cause it is widely misused by many Barbiturates
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GI Terminologies Visceral pain; dull poorly localized pain Somatic pain; sharp pain‚ well localized Referred pain; pain experience at a distance from disease process Fetor hepaticus; sweet fecal odor caused by hepatic failure Feculent breath; foul fecal odor caused by severe bowel obstruction Severe halitosis; foul breath odor can be caused by poor dental hygience or neoplasms or esophagus and stomach Jaundice; yellowish discoloration of skin caused by high bilirubin level associated with
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therapyContraindication: * Allergy to metoclopramide | CNS: restlessness‚ drowsiness‚ fatigue‚ extrapyramidal reactions‚ lassitudeCV: transient GI: hypertensionnausea‚ diarrhea | To treat nausea and vomiting | Assessment: * Assess patient for any history of allergy to the drug * Assess the patient for of nausea and vomiting‚ bowel sounds and abdominal distentionAdministration: * Monitor the patients fluid and electrolytes * Closely monitor the patients’ vital signs * Monitor the patient for signs
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Tricor and under several other brand names‚ is a drug of the fibrate class. It is mainly used to reduce cholesterol levels in people at risk of cardiovascular disease. Side-effects may rarely cause gallstones and liver problems however persistent nausea/vomiting‚ loss of appetite‚ stomach/abdominal pain‚ yellowing eyes/skin‚ dark urine call
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hypothalamus which regulates appetite and the brainstem which controls vomiting (Madras‚ 2015). Cannabinoids exert palliative effects in patients that suffer from cancer by alleviating symptoms of vomiting‚ nausea and pain by acting to stimulate appetite in these patients (Guzman‚ 2003) There are currently two synthetically derived substances based on the chemical composition of THC which are used to treat nausea and vomiting‚ namely Dronabinol and Nabilone (Gerich‚ 2015). The bioavailability of
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making a correct medical diagnosis. After collecting the labs‚ I began the administration of normal saline to maintain fluid status and prevent dehydration‚ since the patient had been vomiting for the past two days. Lastly‚ I administered Toradol to relieve the patient from pain and Zofran to prevent further nausea and
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primary control of nausea and vomiting arises from the vomiting centre‚ located in the medulla. There are five primary pathways involved in stimulating the vomiting centre. These are: the chemoreceptor triggering zone‚ the vagal mucosal pathway in the gastrointestinal system‚ neuronal pathways from the vestibular system‚ reflex afferent pathways from the cerebral cortex and midbrain afferents (Miller‚ 1999). Stimulation of one of these afferent pathways can activate the vomiting centre through cholinergic
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Patient’s Initials: M.N.M Age: 41 years old Sex: Male Civil Status: Married Medical Diagnosis: CKD Secondary to Uremic Encephalopathy‚ Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis vs. Gouty Neuropathy Attending Physician: Dr. Valdez‚ Dr. Manzon‚ Dr. Ocampo‚ Dr. Concepcion I. CHIEF COMPLAINT - General body weakness - Drowsiness - Pain on knees II. NURSING HISTORY The patient‚ MNM‚ has hypertension for 21 years‚ he’s not taking any medications until year 2008 when he was prescribed Nifedipine
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Motion sickness Overview: The motion sickness is a deeper malaise - whose symptoms are nausea‚ vomiting‚ fatigue - due to non-uniform motion caused from traveling in a car‚ a ship‚ a train or a plane. Causes: You get motion sickness when one piece of your offset detecting framework (your internal ear camera.gif‚ eyes‚ and tactile nerves) detects that your body is moving‚ yet alternate parts don’t. Case in point‚ in the event that you are in the lodge of a moving ship‚ your internal ear may sense
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