DRUG INDICATION ACTION SIDE EFFECT NURSING PATIENT

CONSIDERATION TEACHING

LUMINAL Indicated in the Believed to be their CNS:  Monitor vital  Instruct

treatment of all affinity for the headache, dizziness, signs; watch patient to
Generic Name: types of seizures GABAA receptor daytime drowsiness, for promptly
Phenobarbital except absence (Acts on GABA : bradycardia report rash,
seizures BDZ receptor Cl- GI: and facial and lip
Classification: channel complex). nausea, vomiting, hypotension. edema,
Barbiturates GABA is the abdominal pain syncope,
principal inhibitory  Assess dyspnea, or
neurotransmitter in neurologic depression.
the mammalian status.
central nervous Institute  Stress
system (CNS). safety importance of
Barbiturates bind to measures as taking exactly
the GABAA receptor needed. as prescribed,
at the alpha subunit, with or
which are binding  Monitor without food.
sites distinct from phenobarbita Caution
GABA itself and l blood level, patient not to
also distinct from CBC, and stop therapy.
the benzodiazepine kidney and
binding site. liver
function
tests.

 Watch for
signs of drug
dependence.