DAVAO DOCTORS COLLEGE

General Malvar St., Davao City

Nursing Program

DRUG STUDY

Name of Patient: Narda Date of Admission: 10-01-2022 Room:

Age: 29 Sex: Female Civil Status: Married Attending Physician:

DRUG NAME CLASSIFICATION INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS SIDE EFFECT ADVERSE EFFECT NURSING
MECHANISM OF RESPONSIBILITIES
ACTION

BRAND NAME: CLASS:  Nausea and n/a  Ask the patient
Ferrous sulfate is an iron  Avoid use in peptic
Feratab Microcytic vomiting if they are
supplement used to treat or ulcer disease, ulcerative
prevent low blood levels of iron allergic to any
GENERIC NAME: MOA: colitis, regional enteritis,  Heartburn medication
Ferrous Sulfate (e.g., for anemia or during
 Iron combines and patients receiving  Nurse should
pregnancy). Iron is an  Loss of
DOSE:
with porphyrin important mineral that the frequent blood be aware of
appetite
300 mg and globin body needs to produce red the side effects
transfusions.
chains to form blood cells and keep you in  Constipation  Monitor if there
ROUTE: hemoglobin, good health. is any adverse
Oral which is critical  Diarrhoea effect closely
FREQUENCY: for oxygen monitoring the
Once daily x 1 delivery from Iron helps the body to make patient and
 Darkening of
week the lungs to healthy red blood cells, which recommendin
carry oxygen around the body. stool
other tissues. g
 Iron deficiency Some things such as blood loss, discontinuation
causes pregnancy or too little iron in when
a microcytic your diet can make your iron symptoms
anemia due to supply drop too low, leading to arise.
the formation anaemia.
 For maximum
of small
absorption, an
erythrocytes
with insufficient agent should
hemoglobin. be taken on
an empty
 stomach but
may be taken
with or after
meals to
minimize gastr
ointestinal (GI)
irritation


References:

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/ferrous-sulfate/
https://www.rxlist.com/consumer_ferrous_sulfate_slow_fe_fer-in-sol/drugs-condition.htm
https://tmedweb.tulane.edu/pharmwiki/doku.php/antianemia_drugs#:~:text=Ferrous%20Sulfate&text=in%20Anemia%20(microcytic)-
,Mechanism%20of%20Action%3A,small%20erythrocytes%20with%20insufficient%20hemoglobin.