Question about Common Meds

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Hi there,

I'm a pre-nursing student and I'd just like to know what some common drugs are that you guys each use on a daily basis. I'd like to try and get a headstart on learning some of them.

Thanks so much!

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Specializes in NA, Stepdown, L&D, Trauma ICU, ER.

Oh wow..That's gonna be a heck of a list

Um, almost everyone on my unit gets lovenox and protonix. We do lots of digoxin, lasix, cardizem and lopressor. Predisone and solu-medrol are also really popular. Just about every antibiotic and pain med too. Phenergan for the nausea they get from the abx and narcs. I know there are a million more, but I can't think of them right now. Good luck in school

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

I think there's already a thread about this somewhere....

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Specializes in Hospice, Critical Care.
Oh wow..That's gonna be a heck of a list

Um, almost everyone on my unit gets lovenox and protonix. We do lots of digoxin, lasix, cardizem and lopressor. Predisone and solu-medrol are also really popular. Just about every antibiotic and pain med too. Phenergan for the nausea they get from the abx and narcs. I know there are a million more, but I can't think of them right now. Good luck in school

Add a few ... K-Dur, nitroglycerin (ointment, etc.), heparin, insulin--it comes in many forms, pepcid, lipitor, vasotec, ativan.

Oh, the list could go on & on!

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Specializes in Progressive Care.

The holy trinity on trauma step-down: Percocet, Lovenox , and docusate. dont know if its the docs or what, but every patient is on these.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

Ahhh and dont forget the Carafate, Multivitamins, ferrous sulfate.

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Depakote, Colace, Xanax and Prevacid. Oh, and on my unit the big ones are Haldol, Remeron, Ativan, and Risperdal.

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We call in so many prescriptions every day, I don't think I could even begin to list them. You might be better off to learn what the different categories of drugs do...learn what ACE inhibitors do, what cox-2s do, what second generation penicillins do, etc...

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Depends on your specialty. In the ER we use a lot of pain meds (Demerol, morphine, Ty-Co, Vicodin, Toradol) and cardiac stuff: nitro, thrombolytics. Lots of antibiotics: Rocephin, amoxicillin, Keflex.

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