People Used Plants For Medicine Way Before Pure Chemicals

Adverse reactions to drugs are common and almost any drug can cause an adverse reaction.

You don 't come cross anaphylactic shock often, but you still have to be aware. Other severe adverse reactions that could include a fever and skin blistering; these usually occur within an hour of the medications being administered. Sometimes adverse reactions can develop over a few weeks, they may cause damage to the kidneys or liver. If adverse reactions are not treated they could be fatal. When individuals experience adverse reactions to medicines my workplace policy is to inform the GP and explaining in detail the adverse reactions, the staff member will then inform the individual/ team. GP advise and guidance will then determine if the medication is to be stopped. If the reactions are so serious then an ambulance should be called my responsibility is that I have duty to continue to observe the individual and monitor their vitals, speaking to them and looking at any changes, so as to ensure that the individual is not deteriorating. All adverse reactions and following advice given, must be recorded in full in the individual’s clinical note and referenced in their daily report also MAR’s chart. 4.

Rashes:- Rashes can be a side effect of taking medication if you have an allergy to the drug. This is because the body builds up antibodies that instantly release chemicals into the body which cause red itchy rashes.

In most cases the reactions are mild and if they do occur then first-hand you should consult the medicine box/bottle/DOMAR where it will state any possible side effects on the leaflet or possibly on the main label ir you see on some pain medication ‘’Caution-May make sleepy do not operate heavy machinery’’ etc.

The classification of medicines are all related to the Medicines Act 1968, while working with medication it is good to have an understanding and working knowledge of the common types of medication by training that should be provided by you

Possible side effects: “dry mouth, sedation, blurred vision (disturbance of accommodation, increased intra-ocular pressure), constipation, nausea, difficulty with micturition; cardiovascular side-effects (such as ECG changes, arrhythmias, postural hypotension, tachycardia, syncope, particularly with high doses); sweating, tremor, rashes and hypersensitivity reactions (including urticaria, photosensitivity), behavioural disturbances (particularly children), hypomania or mania, confusion or delirium (particularly elderly), headache, interference with sexual function, blood sugar changes; increased appetite and weight gain (occasionally weight loss); endocrine side-effects such as testicular enlargement, gynaecomastia, galactorrhoea; also convulsions (see also Cautions), movement disorders and dyskinesias, dysarthria, paraesthesia, taste disturbances, tinnitus, fever, agranulocytosis, leucopenia, eosinophilia, purpura, thrombocytopenia, hyponatraemia

In this day and age, there are millions of pharmaceuticals out there for all kinds of diseases and conditions, but where did all of this start? The creation of medicines most likely started when people discovered the healing properties plants contained. Today, mankind has the knowledge and technology to extract elements from plants to produce more chemically engineered medicines. The real question is how did medicines develop from mashing up leaves in order to lessen an infuriating rash to just popping a pill to nurse or illness? Medicines evolved by the scientific method: series of research and experiments. During the Elizabethan era, research and experimentation attained a renewed interest.

Prescription drugs, on the other hand, are medicines that have been approved by the Food and Drug

The classification of medicines are all related to the medicines act 1968, while working with medication it is good to have an understanding and working

Consult your doctor if you have any or other medical conditions, especially if any of these applies:

Most drug lists have at least three or four tiers of drugs. The tier determines

“Correct (Chemical & Name Brand) Name of drug. What category is it? What schedule does it belong in?”

Adverse reactions to this medication are migraine, speech disorders, rhinitis, sinusitis, hyperglycemia, elevated liver function, elevated serum creatinine level, pancytopenia, bronchitis, dyspnea, toxic epidermal necrolysis, anaphylaxis, elevated creatine kinase, generalized pain, and infection. Nursing considerations with this medication is to have the patient swallow the whole tablet and not to chew. Watch for aspiration while watching the patient take the medication. Educate the patient about the medication and inform them to notify a physician if bleeding

Drugs are sorted clockwise around the ring by the physiological system they treat. Drugs labeled by name are members of data-mined DDIs. Within each physiological system, drugs are grouped into lower-order drug classes according to structural similarity or treatment indication. These lower-order classes are colored by their class-wide association with adverse cardiovascular effects (red for most severe to blue for least severe). Each arc across the center represents one DDI according to the data mining. The arc is colored red if the drug interaction is corroborated with evidence from the EMRs and brown if the drugs are members of class-class interactions. The heat map around the interior of the ring indicates the individual drug effects with the top 10 cardiovascular adverse events (arteriosclerosis, decreased arteriole pressure, chest pain, difficulty breathing, heart attack, apoplexy, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, edema in extremities, cardiac decompression) (dark red for strong associations to white for weak or no

1. In many of these cases the drug spread to other areas of the body causing severe adverse reactions such as respiratory failure which lead to death.