In this video Cathy covers the following – Respiratory Medications: Locally-acting corticosteroids (beclomethasone, mometasone, budesonide, fluticasone); leukotriene antagonists (montelukast, zafirlukast); and antitussives (benzonatate, codeine, dextromethorphan).
In this video, we are going to go over some corticosteroids, leukotriene receptor antagonists, as well as antitussives. so we’re talking about either inhalers or intranasal corticosteroids. they are listed here on card number four and so you would use these medications for asthma these side effects are much less than if we include things like a headache, pharyngitis,
So an important, super important teaching you need to do for your patient is after administration, if your patient is going to be using a bronchodilator, they should administer the bronchodilator so the one tip i have here is for the medication fluticasone. because playing the flute while you’re congested the two medications i’d be familiar with that used for prevention
Of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. inflammatory chemicals that are released in response to an allergen. so the way that i remember this mode of action so side effects that are associated with this and with zafirlukast, you may also see an increase in liver enzymes. and zafirlukast is recommended to be taken on an empty stomach. now, let’s talk about antitussive
Medications so to remember which medications are antitussive, starts with a, include benzonatate, which a c, and dextromethorphan, which starts with so benzonatate works by having an anesthetic codeine binds to opioid receptors in the cns so it’s going to have some fairly serious depression, hypotension, constipation, and gi upset. it works by suppressing the cough reflex
In the medulla. they may include dizziness and possible sedation at high doses. in my next video, i will be finishing up the i’ll be talking about expectorants, mucolytics, thanks so much for watching!
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Corticosteroids, Leukotriene Antagonists & Antitussives – Pharm – Respiratory |@Level Up RN By Level Up RN
