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Contraindications for Nateglinide Use

Patient/caregiver was educated on contraindications for Nateglinide use as follows: Nateglinide should be avoided in individuals with history of serious allergic reactions to nateglinide use. Nateglinide helps blood sugar regulation by increasing the secretion of insulin from pancreas. This medication will help lower blood sugars only in people whose pancreas is producing insulin naturally. So, use of nateglinide poorly helps individuals having type I diabetes, with total failure of pancreas to secrete any insulin at all. [...]

Indications for Nateglinide Use

Patient/caregiver was educated on indications for Nateglinide use as follows: Insulin is a hormone that helps with shifting the glucose in the blood into the cells of body tissues. This helps with regulating the blood sugar levels and providing nutrition to the cells of body tissues. Type-2 diabetes is a condition in which your body becomes resistant to the action insulin. Resistance to action of insulin hormone leads to poor shifting of glucose in the [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Nitrofurantoin-7

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Nitrofurantoin as follows: Human intestine has a lot of bacteria, both good and bad, living in a sensitive balance with each other. This helps maintain the normal natural intestinal environment. Prolonged use of antibiotic helps killing the bacteria. While doing this, antibiotic does not differentiate between good and bad bacteria. Consequently, apart from killing the bad infectious bacteria, antibiotic also kills the good bacteria in [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Nitrofurantoin-6

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Nitrofurantoin as follows: Nitrofurantoin is significantly eliminated in the urine, by kidneys. Individuals with history of compromised renal function and reduced urine formation, are at increased risk for toxicity with Nitrofurantoin, secondary to reduced elimination. Individuals in toxicity with Nitrofurantoin can present with anemia, shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, neuropathy with tingling and numbness in the extremities, dark urine, yellowing of skin and eyes, [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Nitrofurantoin-5

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Nitrofurantoin as follows: Prolonged use of Nitrofurantoin can result in deficiency of enzyme systems (G6PDH), needed to maintain the integrity of red blood cells. This can result in poor red blood cell integrity, predisposing the cells to lysis, contributing to development of hemolytic anemia. This breakdown of red blood cells can result in elevated levels of the yellow pigment, bilirubin, in the blood, which can [...]