CLASSIFICATIO SPECIFIC AGENT SPECIFIC ACTION ADVERSE EFFECT NURSING

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The most common adverse effects

• Chlorotrianisene include :
ESTROGEN Estrogen helps to maintain
– TACE Capsules • enlargement or tenderness of
bone density is by the breasts (both sexes)
• Conjugated Estrogens stopping the activation of
• swelling of the ankles and legs
– Cenestin Tablets an enzyme known as
caspase-3.Also called the • loss of appetite
– Premarin
Tablets/Vaginal executioner caspase, • weight changes
Female Cream caspase-3 is the central • retention of water
player in initiating the
• Nausea
hormone • Dienestrol process of apoptosis, or
– DV Vaginal Cream programmed cell death of
• Vomiting
– Ortho Dienestrol osteoblasts, the bone cells • abdominal cramps
Cream
that aid in the growth and • feeling of bloatedness
development of new bone The estrogen patch can cause :
• Diethylstilbestrol
and teeth.
– Diethylstilbestrol • skin rash & irritation
Tablets
• redness at the patch site.
• Esterified Estrogens Less common side effects :
– Estratab • mild diarrhea
– Menest Tablets
• jaundice or yellowing of the skin
or whites of the eyes
• Estradiol
– Estrace • Rash
Tablets/Vaginal • loss of scalp hair
Cream • development of new hairy areas.
– Estraderm
Transdermal Men who receive large estrogen
System doses as part of the treatment for
prostate cancer are at a greater risk
• Estropipate for:
– Ogen
Tablets/Vaginal • heart attack
• phlebitis,