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Digoxin ✔✔heart medication for congestive heart failure, have to check pulse before you give, if less than 60 do NOT give, tell your Nurse because it will lower pulse rate
lasix ✔✔for edema, hypertension, removes fluids from the Body. Check blood pressure before you give, resident may be dizzy; will need potassium replacement
potassium ✔✔element for the Heart, as well as Magnessuim and sodium. Lasix will remove potassium from the body so need to replace. if not replaced it can cause symptoms of cramping or irregular heart beat
coumadin ✔✔blood thinner for residents that have tendency for blood clots. antidote is vitamin K. you have to check pt/ inr level
antacids ✔✔pepcid
stimulants ✔✔speed up brain activities example: Ritalin
Antidepressants ✔✔paxil, Zoloft, wllbutrin, Elavil, trazodone,effexor
Narcotics ✔✔Vicodin, Percodan, oxycocodone, morphine, Demerol, fentanyl patch, dilaudid
anticonvulsants ✔✔Dilantin, valproic acid, Depakote, phenobarbital, Neurontin, mysoline
antiparkinson ✔✔levodopa carbidopa (sinemet), cogentin
antianxiaty ✔✔Xanax, valium, Ativan, librium
antipsychotic ✔✔mellaril, Haldol, risperdal
lithium ✔✔(increase salt in diet)
synthroid ✔✔hypothroidism
diabetes (hyperglycemia) ✔✔Glucophage (metformin), glyburide, glucotrol
glaucoma ✔✔to deacrease intraocular pressure -- beetagan, truspot
dyspnea ✔✔difficulty breathing
diuretics ✔✔medication used for edema or to remove fluids
tardive dyskinesia ✔✔involuntary repetitive movements
hypotension ✔✔low blood pressure
psychosis ✔✔loss of contact with reality, have false ideas
mania ✔✔extreme elevated mood, energy, unusual thought pattern
dementia ✔✔cognitive disorder
paranoia ✔✔thought process of excessive anxiety or fear
schizophrenia ✔✔abnormal perception or expression of reality
obsessive compulsive disorder ✔✔recurrent unwanted thought idea or image
panic disorder ✔✔intense and sudden feeling of fear, anxiety terror or dread, highest level of anxiety
phobias ✔✔intense fear of an object, situation or activity that has no actual danger
post traumatic stress disorder ✔✔occurs after a terrifying ordeal that involve actual or threat of physical harm
bipolar disorder ✔✔severe extreme in mood, energy and ability to function
delusion ✔✔a false belief
hallucination ✔✔seeing hearing smelling or feeling something that is not real
delusion of grandeur ✔✔exaggerated belief about ones importance wealth power or talents
delusion persecution ✔✔false belief that one is being mistreated, abused or harassed
