DRUG CLASSIFICATION ACTION INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION SIDE EFFECTS NURSING

PRECAUTION
IMERID Antidiabetic agents It decreases blood • NIDDM • Type I DM • Hypoglycemia, • Administer
sulfonamides sugar patients • hypersensitivity • GI disturbance with food
concentrations whose to glimepiride or • allergic reactions • Hepatic &
mainly by hyperglycemia other • Thrombocytopenia hematologic
stimulating insulin cannot be sulfonylureas monitoring is
• Agranulocytosis
release from the controlled by • diabetic recommended
• hemolytic anemia
pancreatic β-cells. diet, physical ketoacidosis • Offer sugar-
This effect is • cholestatic jaundice
exercise & wt • Pregnancy & containing
mainly due to an reduction • Stevens-Johnson
lactation foods or fluids
improved alone syndrome.
if
responsiveness of hypoglycemia
the pancreatic β- occurs
cells to the
physiological
glucose stimulus.
Metoprolol Cardiovascular Causes decreased • Sinus bradycardia • Allergic reaction • Instruct
Agents automaticity, • angina (chest • 2nd & 3rd degree • reduce tolerance to patient to
Beta blockers conduction pain) heart block cold temperatures Follow your diet,
velocity and • hypertension • untreated cardiac • slow or uneven medication, and
increases the (high blood failure heartbeats exercise routines
refractory period pressure) • cardiogenic • light-headedness very closely
to nerve impulses • Heart attack shock • Administer
• edema
in nerve • Myocardial • Asthma. with food or
• jaundice
conduction. As a Infarction after meal
result, they • cardiac
decrease the arrhythmias
heart's need for
blood and oxygen
by reducing its
workload.