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    Diclofenalac Sodium (Fenac)

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    This document provides information on the drug diclofenac sodium, including its classification, indications, adverse reactions, contraindications, and nursing responsibilities. It is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat conditions like ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Common adverse reactions include gastrointestinal issues, cardiovascular effects, and renal impairment. Nurses should monitor patients for blood pressure, blood glucose, and bowel movements when taking this drug. It requires cautious use in patients with preexisting medical conditions and certain contraindications.

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    This document provides information on the drug diclofenac sodium, including its classification, indications, adverse reactions, contraindications, and nursing responsibilities. It is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat conditions like ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Common adverse reactions include gastrointestinal issues, cardiovascular effects, and renal impairment. Nurses should monitor patients for blood pressure, blood glucose, and bowel movements when taking this drug. It requires cautious use in patients with preexisting medical conditions and certain contraindications.

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    This document provides information on the drug diclofenac sodium, including its classification, indications, adverse reactions, contraindications, and nursing responsibilities. It is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat conditions like ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Common adverse reactions include gastrointestinal issues, cardiovascular effects, and renal impairment. Nurses should monitor patients for blood pressure, blood glucose, and bowel movements when taking this drug. It requires cautious use in patients with preexisting medical conditions and certain contraindications.

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    Diclofenalac Sodium (Fenac)

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    This document provides information on the drug diclofenac sodium, including its classification, indications, adverse reactions, contraindications, and nursing responsibilities. It is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat conditions like ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Common adverse reactions include gastrointestinal issues, cardiovascular effects, and renal impairment. Nurses should monitor patients for blood pressure, blood glucose, and bowel movements when taking this drug. It requires cautious use in patients with preexisting medical conditions and certain contraindications.

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    Name of Drug Classification/Action Indications Adverse Reaction Contraindications Nursing Parameters

    Responsibility

    Generic Name:  Nonsteroidal  Ankylosing  CNS:  Contraindicated  Because  Check


    Diclofenalac inflammatory spondylitis Aseptic in patients NSAIDs for the
    Sodium drugs  Osteoarthritis meningitis, hypersensitive impair the patient’s
      Rheumatoid anxiety, to drug and in synthesis of blood
    Brand Name:  May inhibit Arthritis depression, those with renal pressure,
    Fenac prostaglandin  Analgesia dizziness, hepatic prostagland blood
    Voltaren synthesis, to  Primary drowsiness, porphyria or ins, they glucose
    produce anti- Dysmenorrhe headache, history of can level and
    Dosage and inflammatory, a insomnia, asthma, decrease bowel
    Frequency: analgesic and irritability urticaria, or renal blood moveme
     Suppositories: antipyretic effects.  CV: other allergic flow and nt.
    50 mg; 100 Heart failure, reactions after lead to
    mg edema, fluid taking aspirin or reversible
     Tablets: retention, other NSAIDs. renal
    25 mg,; 50 hypertension impairment,
    mg; 75 mg;  EENT:  Avoid using especially
    100 mg laryngeal edema, during late in patients
    blurred vision, pregnancy or with renal
    epistaxis, eye while or heart
    pain, night breastfeeding. failure or
    blindness, liver
    reversible  Use cautiously dysfunction,
    hearing loss, in patients with in elderly
    swelling of the history of peptic patients,
    lips and tongue, ulcer disease, and in
    tinnitus hepatic those taking
     GI: dysfunction, diuretics.
    Abdominal cardiac disease, Monitor
    distention, hypertension, these
    abdominal pain fluid retention, patients
    or or impaired closely.
    cramps,bleeding, renal function  Liver
    constipation, function test
    diarrhea, values may
    flatulence, increase
    indigestion, during
    melena, nausea, therapy.
    peptic ulceration, Monitor
    taste disorder, transamina
    bloody diarrhea, se,
    appetite change, especially
    colitis ALT, levels
     GU: periodically
    Nephritic in patients
    syndrome, acute undergoing
    renal failure, fluid long-term
    retention, therapy.
    interstitial Make first
    nephritis, measureme
    oliguria, papillary nt of
    necrosis, transamina
    proteinuria se no late
     Hepatic: than 8
    Jaundice, weeks after
    hepatitis, therapy
    hapatotoxicity begins.
     Metabolic:  Because of
    Hypoglycemia, their
    hyperglycemia antipyretic
     Musculoskeletal: and anti-
    Back, leg or joint inflammator
    pain y reactions,
     Respiratory: NSAIDs
    Asthma may mask
     Skin: the signs
    Stevens-Johnson and
    syndrome, symptoms
    allergic purpura, of infection.
    alopecia, bullous  Serious GI
    eruption, toxicity,
    dermatitis, including
    eczema, peptic
    photosensitivity ulcers and
    reaction, pruritis, bleeding,
    rash, urticaria can occur in
     Other: patient
    Anaphylactoid taking
    reactions, NSAIDs,
    anaphylaxis, despite lack
    angioedema of
    symptoms.

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