Postpartum Meds

Published

What are the indications and contraindications of common medications used with postpartum women? 5 examples would be pleanty helpful... I have drug cards on a few but i need some more different example... I have looked all in my book and i cant really find any indications for any. Thanks for taking the time to help a confused student out, Sincerally, Nikki

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Well, since this is YOUR homework- why don't you tell us what you have so far?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
What are the indications and contraindications of common medications used with postpartum women? 5 examples would be pleanty helpful... I have drug cards on a few but i need some more different example... I have looked all in my book and i cant really find any indications for any. Thanks for taking the time to help a confused student out, Sincerally, Nikki

Look in your obstetrics textbook. You didn't even bother to post what you found thus far.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I'm a post-partum nurse. You should refer to your text and instructor for help. What do you have so far ?

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I thought the title was Postmortem meds, lol. I need to go to bed, I guess.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Move to specialized forum.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I thought the title was Postmortem meds, lol. I need to go to bed, I guess.

That would have been interesting. Do they even use formaldehyde in embalming anymore?

Up Vote Up Vote ×

This is what I came up with. The ones accusing me of trying to take the easy way out, I posted because I was struggling with Percocet.. I didn't want the answers I was wanting some help... But I will post what I found, in case someone in the future needs helps. For those of you that said look in my book for my homework, well heck why didn't I think of that.. Oh wait I did, I couldn't find nothing. Anyways I won't be posting again because I for one do not like being accused of stuff. I didnt respond because I wasn't relying on this for answers, cause this is the first time I've got back on this site just to see if someone responded... But here is my work...

•Colace: indicated for preventing constipation, contraindicated for people who are already experiencing constipation

•Rhogam: indicated for Rh- patients exposed to Rh+ blood by pregnancy or by delivery of a Rh+ infant, contraindicated in people who are Rh+.

Percocet: indicated for people with moderate to severe pain, contraindicated in people with acute or severe bronchial asthma.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Percocet also causes constipation, so always encourage patient to use as little narcotic as possible. I guess some nurses feel like there are so many students who try to come on here and get easy answers for school and, they would rather not be the cheat sheet. But, don't take it personally, this is just the nature of this site, and you have to show what you know before you get help.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Does your instructor consider RhoGham a drug? Some consider it a blood product as its obtained from the blood bank.

Some starting points...if you don't know say so and I will point you in the right direction.

What drug is used to induce contractions? Also post c-section to slow bleeding and help the uterus contract to baseline. (It is also produced naturally in the posterior pituitary and released during breastfeeding)

What drugs might be used if PO narcotic, like oxycodone, is not realistic?

What drug is used for hyperemesis gravidum? Or nausea/vomiting in general and relatively safe in pregnancy? (There are two commonly used, nausea & vomiting.

What drug is used in preterm labor that is sometimes used in pre-eclampsia and post partum eclampsia?

In addition to docusate another otc drug is used to prevent or treat constipation. It's a liquid.

More effective than narcotics are NSAIDs as they block the prostaglandins from uterine muscle contractions post partum.

Many don't know this, what is one of the only pregnancy class A drugs? Synthroid.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Constipation isn't a contraindication for Colace--it might not be the first line drug, but that's different than contraindicated. (Side note, but where I work pts who are constipated enough to need the big guns still also stay on the usually Rx'ed Colace and Senna.) Think about what woman would not want her stool to be softer? Are there any conditions which can cause stool to be excessively soft already?

Percocet=oxycodone+acetaminophen, right? In what organ is acetaminophen metabolized? Could conditions causing failure of this organ make acetaminophen containing products a bad idea?

Are you wondering what other drugs are given to postpartum women? Or do you have a list, and having trouble coming up w/ indications and contraindications?

Quick tip if you need info at-the-ready on specific drugs: PDR app. :up:

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Thanks for help, I really appreciate it. The questions you guys just asked got my wheels turning and also informed me of a few things I was unaware of, so I will be looking further into some of those. This was the type of help I was looking for in the beginning so once again I really do appreciate the help this time. Thanks for also asking me questions because some I didn't know and some I did, and for the ones i don't know I will be doing some research, I like knowing the answers to things í ½í¸‹

Thanks, Nikki í ½í¸˜

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion