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What baseline assessment should you obtain before administering anti-
inflammatory/antipyretic drugs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Health & drug Hx
(allergies, current prescriptions, OTC drugs).
-VS & Wt
-Appropriate lab findings (CBC, Coags, Electrolytes, liver & kidney function)
,What are some side effects of anti-inflammatory/antipyretic drugs? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-GI bleeding (tarry stools, hemataemesis, blood in stool).
-Abd Pain
-Severe tinnitus
-Dizzy/Drowsy
-Confusion
-Palpatations
-Tachycardia
-HTN
-Tachypnea
-Pulm congestion
-Edema
What are the therapeutic effects of anti-inflammatory/antipyretic drugs? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-Diminished fever, pain, & signs of infection.
*contact PCP if fever persists longer than 3 days
, What nonpharmacological intervention can be supplemented with anti-
inflammatory/antipyretic drugs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-RICE
-Increase fluid intake
Why may corticosteroids cause HTN & tachycardia? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔increased retention of fluids
What should a patient abstain from when taking Tylenol? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Alcohol
*med is hepatotoxic
What labs can corticosteroids affect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CBC, Electrolytes, &
Glucose
How can GI aggravation be avoided with anti-inflammatory/antipyretic
drugs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Take with food/milk
NSAIDs/Salicylates can cause tinnitus. What symptoms indicate this? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-ringing/humming/buzzing in ears
-difficulty w/ balance
-Vertigo
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