Postpartum Meds

[nikkib2013]

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

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

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.

There, see, was that so hard? :) We like helping you figure out the answers to things!

It appears that several people have pointed you in the right direction, thinking about more than the low-hanging fruit so you'll see a bigger picture :). This is precisely why we ask what you know already and where you found it, so we can give you some hints (not the answers) as to how to think of your problem more broadly.

I hope you will remember how this works for your future posts, because we are really a lot more effective if we know where you're coming from. (And if you read this forum at all, you know that there ARE a lot of folks who just come here, one-post wonders, asking for their homework question answers. Thank you for not doing that now!)