Health Care Archive - Page 1384 of 1479 - Home Health Patient Education

Contraindications for Amiloride Use

Patient was educated on contraindications for using Amiloride as follows: Avoid using Amiloride along with any drugs that can result in increasing potassium levels in blood, such as Captopril (ACE inhibitors) and Valsartan (Angiotensin receptor blockers). Using these medications together can result in dangerously elevated potassium levels in the body and can result in conduction disturbances in the heart and heart block. Amiloride is mainly metabolized in the liver. If liver function is deficient, the [...]

How to Take Amiloride

Patient was educated on how to take Amiloride as follows: Take the medication at the same time every day, to avoid forgetting the medication Take Amiloride during the day time hours and avoid having it during the night. As this medication increases the frequency of urination, taking this during the late evening hours can disturb the sleep. Maintain strict compliance with intake of Amiloride as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the [...]

Nurse Teaching on Amiloride and Mechanism of Action

Patient was educated on Amiloride and its mechanism of action as follows: Amiloride is a potassium sparing diuretic that acts on the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct, both parts of the renal tubule, involved in the reabsorption of water and solutes from the urine. Amiloride inhibits the reabsorption of water, sodium, and chloride from the urine, which results in increased excretion and loss of water and these salts in the urine. Amiloride also decreases [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Alogliptin-3

Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Alogliptin as follows: Keeping a track of frequency of episodes of low blood sugars, despite eating regularly, can help your physician revise your dose on Alogliptin. Also, notify your doctor, if the blood sugar continues to be high, despite taking Alogliptin as recommended, so that, your medication dose could be revised. Observe compliance with any regular lab work ordered, such as, renal function studies and [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Alogliptin-2

Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Alogliptin as follows: Take weight reading at least twice a week and maintain a log of every reading for comparative feedback. Maintain an ideal weight for your height. Maintain strict compliance with intake of Alogliptin as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of the medication. Do not change the dose on Alogliptin without consulting your doctor. Maintain a log of [...]