Pharmacology sulfonamides & levofloxacin explained clearly by Mike Linares from
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Loaded with detailed rationales to test your knowledge join for free click the link in our description below all right guys let’s begin the three uti medications first on the list is sulfonamide antibiotics or trimethoprim sulfa brand name is bactrim now the mechanism is it stops folic acid synthesis so for our side effects and teaching the word sulfus in the
Drug which makes it a sulfa drug so remember the acronyms seoul s is for a sunburn so we teach patients to use sunblock and avoid the sun u is for urine crystals and specific gravity that’s high which means the body is dry since sofas really dry out the body and create urine crystals aka kidney stones we teach the patients to l-love the water always drinking two
To three liters per day an f folic acid we have to take daily now contraindications we have hypersensitivity to sulfa drugs we always assess for allergies too so fahnny areas like glyburide the oral anti-diabetic drug and we saw that one big on the hesi exit exam so the two key points here is if you have a rash on a glyburide that’s a potential allergy to sulfa
Drugs and second it’s not pregnancy safe next is fluoroquinolones levo and ciprofloxacin brand name is levaquin given to pneumonia and uti patients so the key point here is to avoid sun or key word direct sun exposure and also a for achilles tendon rupture now that’s a huge test tip right there guys write that down we teach patients to report new muscle pain and
A big contraindication is tendonitis so a memory trick is fluxus in we call fall ox eason since you can fall with an achilles tear or flex a sin since it hurts when you flex your calf now lastly nephrotoxicity is rare so guys don’t get tricked here many students want to avoid flocks us in when creatinine bu and is high so students get confused with flocks of sin
Because it sounds very similar to myosin and vancomycin and gentamicin guys those are the antibiotics that kill the kidneys so be careful with those myosins and not flocks us in now our last drug is not an antibiotic we have thin izzle’ pyridine our brand name is para diem it’s a uti analgesic given for pain relief during that burning and irritation of utis so some
Instructors stress the pyro in pyro dean like a pyro fire since it’s used to ease the fiery burning sensations of utis and since it turns the body fluid red and orange like a fire so the key point here guys write these down it’s normal there’s no need to report those red and orange urine and body fluids but we do report liver toxicity symptoms like yellow skin and
Scelera this is known as jaundice now that was a big hesse question now since pirate dean stains the underwear and clothing and bedding we teach patients to wear sanitary pads and also wear glasses instead of context while taking this mit and we also teach never stop antibiotic therapy not even when you’re starting to feel better commonly patients feel better and
Then they stop taking their med and think the infections gone so when they stop taking their antibiotic guys this is a big no-no always teach clients to finish the entire course of antibiotics now that is always on exams thanks for watching for our full video and new quiz bank click right up here to access your free trial and please consider subscribing to our
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Pharmacology – Sulfonamides & Levofloxacin Antibiotics nursing RN PN NCLEX By Simple Nursing
