pain m
Ciprofloxacin HCL
Instructed patient on new m
edication Ciprofloxacin HCL, which is used to m
anage tract infection. In addition, warned of possible S/E, such as, headache, restlessness, trem
or, dizziness, fatigue, drowsiness, insom
nia, depression, light-headedness, confusion, hallucinations, seizures, paresthesia, throm
bophlebitis, edem
a, nausea, diarrhea, vom
iting, abdom
inal pain
or discom
fort, oral candidiasis, pseudom
em
branous colitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, constipation, crystalluria, interstitial nephritis, eosinophilia, leukopenia, neutropenia, throm
bocytopenia, arthralgia, arthropathy, joint or back pain
, joint inflam
m
ation, joint stiffness, tendon rupture, aching, neck or chest pain
, rash, photosensitivity, Stevens-Johnson syndrom
e, toxic epiderm
al necrolysis, exfoliative derm
atitis, burning, pruritus, erythem
a, hyperpigm
entation.
SN instructed that the ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic that can treat a num
ber of bacterial infections. The m
ost com
m
on side effects of ciprofloxacin are: nausea, vom
iting, diarrhea, abdom
inal pain
, rash, headache, and restlessness. Other im
portant side effects include:hives and anaphylaxis (shock), pseudom
em
branous colitis, am
ong others.
SN instructed patient regarding m
edication Ciprofloxacin which is the antibiotic prescribed by patient's physician for UTI. SN instructed patient that the m
edication's com
m
on side effects include nausea, vom
iting, diarrhea and abdom
inal pain
. SN Instructed patient to notify physician if any of these sym
ptom
s persist or worsen. Em
phasized to patient the im
portance of com
pleting the full course of the antibiotic regim
en as prescribed to achieve the m
axim
um
therapeutic effect of the m
edication.