You routinely administer combination drugs...but do you know what's in them? Drug Challenge can help you find out. Just match each combination of ingredients in Section II with its correct name in Section I.
SECTION I
1. Tenoretic 100 (Zeneca)
2. Cortisporin Otic Solution (Glaxo
3. Prempro (Wyeth-Ayerst)
4. Brontex (Procter & Gamble)
5. Prominol (MCR American Pharm)
SECTION II
a. each 5 ml contains: codeine phosphate, 2.5 mg; guaifenesin, 75 mg
A practitioner may prescribe this drug to relieve a cough from a common cold. Codeine phosphate is a narcotic cough suppressant; guaifenesin, an expectorant, thins bronchial mucus. Tell your patient to contact his practitioner if his cough persists for more than a few days.
b. atenolol, 100 mg; chlorthalidone, 25 mg This drug treats hypertension. Atenolol is a beta^sub 1^-selective adrenergic blocker; chlorthalidone, a thiazide-like diuretic. Warn your patient not to stop his medication abruptly-it could cause myocardial infarction if he has heart disease.
c. acetaminophen, 650 mg; butalbital, 50 mg Prescribed for tension headaches, this drug contains acetaminophen-a nonnarcotic analgesic. Butalbital, a barbiturate, provides sedation. Caution your patient that this drug may make him drowsy or dizzy.
d. conjugated estrogens, 0.63 mg; medroxyprogesterone, 2.5 mg
A menopausal or postmenopausal woman may take this prescription hormone-replacement therapy. Conjugated estrogens minimize the risk of osteoporosis and coronary heart disease. Medroxyprogesterone, a progestin, may reduce the risk of endometrial hyperplasia. Warn your patient to notify her practitioner if she has abnormal uterine bleeding.
e. neomycin sulfate, 5 mg/ml; polymyxin B, 10,000 units/ml; hydrocortisone, 1%
This prescription drug treats a bacterial infection of the external auditory canal. Neomycin sulfate and polymyxin B are antibiotics; hydrocortisone, a corticosteroid, relieves pain and inflammation. Tell your patient that touching his ear with the dropper could contaminate the dropper.
Marcy Portnoff Gever, RPh, MEd, author of Drug Challenge, is Drug Information Editor for Nursing97.
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