This document provides information about a patient's drug study. It lists Clobetasol propionate cream as a medication for the patient to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Clobetasol propionate is a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory effects that is applied topically once daily. Potential side effects include dry skin, itching, and skin rash. The nursing responsibilities are to assist the patient with administration and inform them that the cream is for external use only and not on open wounds.
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DRUG STUDY CLOBETASOL CREAMrevised
This document provides information about a patient's drug study. It lists Clobetasol propionate cream as a medication for the patient to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Clobetasol propionate is a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory effects that is applied topically once daily. Potential side effects include dry skin, itching, and skin rash. The nursing responsibilities are to assist the patient with administration and inform them that the cream is for external use only and not on open wounds.
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TAGUM DOCTORS COLLEGE, INC.
Mahogany St., Rabe Subdivision, Tagum City
College of Allied Health Sciences | Nursing Program DRUG STUDY
Name of Patient: ___Pausal, Elias______________________________ Room/Bed No.: 103A_____________________________________________
Age: _77______________________________________________________ Physician: _Dr. Gazmen, Dr. Palo ___________________________ Gender: _F___________________________________________________ Admitting Diagnosis: _Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis; DM2; HCVD_________ Chief Complaints: _Lower Extremities Weakness_______________________ Student’s Name and Group: _Nang, Harold_BSN 3B Group 7______ _________ NAME OF DOSAGE/ MECHANISM OF SIDE EFFECT/ DATE DRAWING CLASSIFICATION INDICATION NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES DRUG TIME/ROUTE ACTION ADVERSE EFFECTS
Generic Therapeutic: Dosage: Clobetasol The short-term Dry skin,
Name: Anti-Inflammatrory 0.05% propionate is effects of Itching, corticosteroids are skin rash, Assist pt or watcher in Clobetasol ointment/ indicated to treat administering the drug. decreased Propionate Pharmacologic: cream moderate to severe vasodilation and Cream Corticosteriods Time: plaque psoriasis as permeability of Inform pt of the following OD well as capillaries, as well upon administration: Brand Route: inflammatory and as decreased Name: Topical pruritic leukocyte migration to sites of For external use only, do not Dermovate manifestations of inflammation. use on open wounds; apply corticosteroid sparingly to occlusive Lower doses of responsive corticosteroids dressings; should not be dermatoses. provide an anti- used in the presence of inflammatory effect, open or weeping lesions. while higher doses are immunosuppressive. High doses of glucocorticoids for an extended period bind to the mineralocorticoid receptor, raising sodium levels and decreasing potassium levels