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Generic Name: Dosage: Capsule:250 MG, 500 MG ROUTE: Oral Frequency: 250-1000 MG Every 6 Hours Maximum:4g/ Day

Cephalexin is a cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat respiratory tract, skin, bone, and genitourinary infections. It works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis, causing cell death. Common side effects include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Nurses should assess for allergic reactions and opportunistic infections when administering cephalexin.

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Generic Name: Dosage: Capsule:250 MG, 500 MG ROUTE: Oral Frequency: 250-1000 MG Every 6 Hours Maximum:4g/ Day

Cephalexin is a cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat respiratory tract, skin, bone, and genitourinary infections. It works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis, causing cell death. Common side effects include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Nurses should assess for allergic reactions and opportunistic infections when administering cephalexin.

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DOSAGE

MECHANISM OF ADVERSE NURSING


DRUG NAME ROUTE INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION ADVERSE EFFECT
NURSING ACTION
ACTION EFFECT ACTION
FREQUENCY
GENERIC DOSAGE:  Bactericidal:  Respiratory  Renal impairment  Pseudomem  Determine
NAME: Capsule:250 Inhibits Tract Infections  Ketoacidosis branous history of
CEPHALEXIN - mg, 500 mg synthesis of  Otitis Media  Withdraw if collitis hypersensitivit
ORAL bacterial cell  Diarrhea y reactions to
 Skin And Skin tissue hypoxia
ROUTE: Oral cephalosporins
wall, causing Structure  Use of iodine  Abdominal and penicillin
FREQUENCY: cell death Infections containing x-ray cramps and history of
250-1000 mg  Bone Infections contrast media  Nausea other drug
every 6 hours;  Genitourinary discontinue  Vomiting allergies before
maximum:4g/ Tract Infections before 48 hours  Oral therapy is
day of surgery candidiasis initiated.
 pregnancy  Assess
bowel function
 Monitor
urine output
 Assess for
opportunistic
infection
DOSAGE and
GENERIC DOSAGE  Bind to
MECHANISM OF  Respiratory  Hypersensitivity
ADVERSE  Nausea – Assess for
DRUG NAME ROUTE INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION NURSING ACTION
previous
NAME: Frequency bacterial cell
ACTION Tract Infections to cephalosporin
EFFECT  Vomiting
FREQUENCY history of
CEFAZOLIN I.M., I. V. : 1-2 g wall  Otitis Media or Penicillin  Diarrhea
every 8 hours, reactions to
membrane,  Skin And Skin  Renal failure  Anorexia other
depending on causing cell Structure  Pregnancy  Abdominal pain cephalospo
severity of death Infections  Lactation  Flatulence rins or
infection;  Bone Infections  Skin rashes super- penicillins.
maximum: 12  Genitourinary infection – Monitor
g/day Tract Infections  Heartburn for allergic
 Sore mouth reactions
ROUTE: – Assess for
 Bone marrow
Intravenous potential
depression nephrotoxi
Intramuscular
city

– Assess
bowel
function

–Monitor
urine
output

–Assess for
oppurtunist
ic infection
GENERIC DOSAGE:  As these  documented  Active GIT  Upset – Monitor effectiveness of therapy on a
NAME: receptors have a for bleeding stomach regular basis
MEFENAMIC – 250 mg role as a major inflammatory  Active GIT  nausea
mediator of and non- ulceration  heartburn – Assess for or teach patient to monitor
ROUTE: Oral inflammation inflammatory  History of GIT  dizziness and report adverse effect, including
and/or a role for pain. bleeding  Drowsines regular weights
FREQUENCY: prostanoid  also help related to s
500 mg to start signaling in reduce blood previous  diarrhea – Assess for Edema
then 250 mg activity- loss caused treatment of  headache
every 4 hours as dependent by NSAIDs – Pregnancy risk factor C- benefits of
needed; plasticity, the meno/metror  History of GIT use should outweigh possible risks
maximum symptoms of rhagias and it perforation
therapy: 1 pain are can reduce related to –Note breastfeeding caution.
week; temporarily pain caused NSAIDs, history
maximum: 1000 reduced. by of recurrent
mg/day premenstrual GIT
syndrome hemorrhage or
ulceration
 Severe heart
failure
 Inflammatory
bowel disease

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