pain m
Tylenol
SN to educate patient concerning the use of gabapentin is to increased pain
relief affects by using the CNS to decrease sym
ptom
s of pain
and assist Tram
adol or other prescribed pain m
edications, even Tylenol ER in ultim
ate pain
relief. SN to advise patient to not allow pain
level to linger for long periods of tim
e; try taking either drug 30m
ins or so apart, only when due at prescribed tim
es.
Instructed in new m
edication Tylenol to m
anage m
ild pain
or fever. In addition, warned of possible S/E such as hem
olytuc anem
ia, neutropenia, leukopenia, pancytopenia, liver dam
age, jaundice, hypoglycem
ia, rash and urticaria. Consult prescriber before giving drug to children younger than age 2. Tylenol is only for short-term
use. Consult prescriber if it is given to children for longer than 5 days or adults for longer than 10 days. Instructed not to use for m
arked fever (higher than 103.1 F), fever persisting longer than 3 days, or recurrent fever unless it is directed by prescriber. Warned that high doses or unsupervised long-term
use can cause hepatic dam
age. Excessive ingestion of alcohol m
ay increase the risk of hepatotoxicity. Breast-feeding wom
en: acetam
inophen appears in breast m
ilk in low levels (less than 1% of dose). Drug m
ay be used safely if therapy is short-term
and does not exceed recom
m
ended doses.