chp10 Atorvastatin assignment 6 PDF

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Angel Rigal

Instructions: Review 4 medications. Complete each area on the drug cards below for each of the medications.

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Drug Name

Therapeutic or Pharmacologic Class

Indication/ Use

Adverse/ Side Effects

Nursing Considerations

Atorvastatin/Lipitor

Therapeutic class: Antilipemics Pharmacologic class: HMGCoA reductase inhibitors

Indication: To reduce risk of MI, stroke, angina, or revascularization procedures in patients with multiple risk factors for CAD but who don’t yet have the disease To reduce risk of MI or stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes and multiple risk factors for CAD but who don’t yet have the disease Alone or as an adjunct to lipid-lowering treatments, such as LDL apheresis, to reduce total and LDL cholesterol in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia Action: Inhibits HMG-CoA reductase, an early (and

Insomnia, nasopharyngitis, pharyngolaryngeal pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dyspepsia, flatulence, nausea, UTI, rhabdomyolysis, arthralgia, myalgia, extremity pain, muscle spasms, musculoskeletal pain, rash

Patient should follow a standard cholesterol-lowering diet before and during therapy. Before treatment, assess patient for underlying causes for hypercholesterolemi a and obtain a baseline lipid profile. Obtain periodic LFT results and lipid levels before starting treatment and at 4 and 12 weeks after initiation, or after an increase in dosage and periodically thereafter. Watch for signs of myositis and myopathy (unexplained muscle pain, tenderness,

weakness, malaise, dark urine, fever). Drug may need to be discontinued.

rate-limiting) step in cholesterol biosynthesis.

Drug Name 2

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Indication/ Use

Adverse/ Side Effects

Nursing Considerations

Drug Name 3

Therapeutic/ Pharmacologic Class

Indication/ Use

Adverse/ Side Effects

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Drug Name 4

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