Download 6A Medication Chart This Med Chart is to make you aware of any

6A Medication Chart
This Med Chart is to make you aware of any medication’s name, use and side effects you received while at Upstate Hospital. The nurse will
highlight the medication you were given. You may not go home on these medicines. The information is presented very simply. Please ask your
nurse if you need more information for any medication you get while here or the medications you go home on.
Date and
time
given?
1
MedicineGeneric Name
Medicine- Brand
Name
Use:
Most common Side Effects:
Other information:
Albuterol
Ventolin, ProAir
HFA, Proventin
Prevents exercise induced asthma,
opens airways in lung diseases
where spasms may cause
breathing problems (Asthma flare
ups, coughing, wheezing, shortness
of breath, sick with an illness)
Shakes, jitters,
nervousness, fast heart
beat, trouble sleeping,
cough, dry mouth, upset
stomach or vomiting
Amlodipine
Norvasc
Treats high blood pressure, treats
chest pain or pressure
Aspirin
Bayer
Prevents heart attacks, strokes,
and relieves pain, inflammation
and fever
Dizzy, headache,
constipation, swelling in
arms or legs
Stomach pain or
heartburn, nausea or
vomiting, bleeding
problems
Atorvastatin
Lipitor
Lowers cholesterol and
triglycerides and increases good
cholesterol. Helps to prevent heart
attacks and strokes. Manages
vasospasms for aneurysm patients
Headache, belly pain,
muscle weakness,
diarrhea, joint pain
Take with food if upset
stomach, avoid
grapefruit and grapefruit
juice, avoid tanning and
the sun, do not take if
pregnant or may be
pregnant
Carvedilol
Coreg
Improves a weakened heart or
decreases high blood pressure
Dizziness, diarrhea, or dry
eyes
Move slowly from sitting
or laying to standing,
check with doctor
before taking over-thecounter medications
September 2014
Take with food if you get
an upset stomach with
this. May thin blood so
check with doctor if on a
blood thinner.
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Date and
time
given?
MedicineGeneric Name
Use:
Most common Side Effects:
Other information:
May increase bleeding
risk, use soft toothbrush,
electric razor, talk to
doctor before taking
over-the-counter
medications
Rise slowly from sitting
or laying
Clopidogrel
Plavix
Prevents heart attacks and strokes
and protects the arteries after
heart procedures.
Dizziness, flu-like
symptoms, fever,
weakness, aches and
pains, belly pain, heart
burn, nausea or vomiting
Diltiazem
Cardizem, Cartia
Treats a fast heartbeat or high
blood pressure
Dizziness, Headache,
Nausea or vomiting,
Constipation
Docusate
Colace
Treats constipation
Stomach pain, loose
stools
Enalapril
Vasotec
Treats high blood pressure, helps
heart function after a heart attack,
helps weak heart, used to protect
kidney function in diabetic patients
Removes excess fluid from the
body, lowers blood pressure, or
improves a weakened heart
Dizzy, headache, bad tast
in your mouth, cough
Furosemide
2
Medicine- Brand
Name
September 2014
Lasix
Possible sensitivity to
sunlight, blurred vision,
dizziness, dry mouth,
constipation, or low
potassium
Drink plenty of fluids
with this
Potassium blood levels
will need to be checked
while on this medicine
At risk for sunburns on
this medicine, have
potassium level in blood
checked regularly
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Date and
time
given?
3
MedicineGeneric Name
Medicine- Brand
Name
Use:
Most common Side Effects:
Other information:
Call the doctor for
severe bleeding
Heparin
Heparin
Treats and prevents blood clots.
Prevents heart attacks in patients
with unstable angina or mild heart
attacks
Bleeding problems,
irritation where shots
give, weakened bones
with long term use,
severe allergic reaction
can occur (rare), dizziness,
weakness, headache,
swelling of arms and legs
Levalbuterol
Xopenex
Levothyroxine
Synthroid
Opens the airways in lung diseases
where spasm may cause breathing
problems
Low thyroid hormones
Nervousness and
excitability, headache,
cough, nasal congestion
Change in appetite and
weight, nervousness,
excitable, and inability to
sleep, shakiness, sensitive
to heat and excessive
sweating, headache,
nausea or vomiting,
diarrhea, irritable, leg
cramps
Lisinopril
Zestril
Treats high blood pressure and
protects kidney function in
patients with Diabetes, Improves
heart function after a heart attack,
improves a weakened heart
Dizziness, headache,
cough, abnormal taste
September 2014
Potassium blood levels
will need to be checked
while on this medicine
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Date and
time
given?
4
MedicineGeneric Name
Medicine- Brand
Name
Use:
Most common Side Effects:
Sleepy, dry mouth,
change in balance
Magnesium
Magnesium
Metoprolol
Lopressor or
Toprol LX
Pantoprozole
Protonix
Piperacillin
and
Tazobactam
Zosyn
Stops and treats alcohol
withdrawal, treats sleep problems,
treats upset stomach, throwing up
, treats seizures
Prevents high blood pressure,
chest pain, fast heart beat and
future heart attacks, prevents
migraine headaches
treats GI reflux disease, prevents
and treats ulcers of the esophagus,
treats syndromes caused by large
amount of stomach acid
Used to treat bacterial infections
Potassium
K Lor, K tab,
MicroK
Prevents or treats low potassium
levels
Prednisone
Deltisone,
Meticorten
Treats inflammation, allergies,
arthritis,
Addison’s disease, asthma, COPD,
brain swelling, leukemia,
lymphoma, organ
transplant, sarcoidosis, skin rashes,
spinal cord injuries, and ulcerative
colitis, acts as a
immunosuppressant
September 2014
Lightheaded, sleepy,
blurred vision, changes in
thinking clearly, dizziness,
depression
Headache, diarrhea
Upset stomach, throwing
up, diarrhea or loose
stools, yeast infections in
females
Belly pain, nausea,
vomiting,
diarrhea
High blood sugar, risk of
infection, belly
pain, nausea, vomiting,
weight gain, mood
changes, change in body
fat
distribution, weakened
bones with long term use,
muscle weakness, skin
changes,
vaginal yeast infection in
females, and glaucoma or
cataracts with long term
use
Other information:
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Date and
time
given?
5
MedicineGeneric Name
Medicine- Brand
Name
Use:
Most common Side Effects:
Other information:
Take with food if upset
stomach, avoid
grapefruit and grapefruit
juice, avoid tanning and
the sun, do not take if
pregnant or may be
pregnant
Simvastatin
Zocor
Lowers bad cholesterol (LDL) and
triglycerides and increases good
cholesterol (HDL)
Headache, belly pain,
diarrhea, constipation,
muscle weakness, joint
pain
Warfarin
Coumadin,
Jantoven
Thinning of the blood so that clots
will not form
Bleeding problems,
headache, and nausea or
vomiting
September 2014