Ritodrine and Bicitra

LydiaGreen · Mar 16, 2004

google works wonders and provides links to all of the information you are looking for. MedLine plus is an excellent internet resource.

LadyT618, MSN, APRN, NP · Mar 16, 2004

Thanks, I've tried Google, but not getting Nursing Implications....I will try MEdline though.

Thanks for the idea!

sharann, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2004

Try a pharmacy website like pharmacy.com

LadyT618, MSN, APRN, NP · Mar 17, 2004

will do. Thanks. Will let you know what I find.

CA CoCoRN, RN · Mar 17, 2004

Bicitra is Sodium Citrate (with another additive). It's purpose is an antacid property, commonly used preoperatively.

Ritodrine is (I don't know the generic, as we don't use it anymore) an tocolytic, used in much the same way that Brethine (terbutaline) is used in Labor and delivery. Terb is also used as a cardiac med as a positive chronotrope.

Agnus · Mar 17, 2004

Here's a tip for the future. Call the pharmacy at a hospital. The pharmacy # may not be listed but you can get it or get connected once you call the hospital.

They are great and fast with answering these types of questions and always willing to help out a student.

Pharmacology can be so frustrating. And there are time every nurse picks up the phone as asks the pharmacy questions.

You don't have to be present and working in the hospital to do this. I find I get better results by calling a hosp. pharm. than a drug store.

There are several reasons for this I won't go into.

LadyT618, MSN, APRN, NP · Mar 17, 2004

Thanks for all the tips guys. These are really helpful. I will try some if not all today.

Thanks again!! :)

Toni

LadyT618, MSN, APRN, NP · Mar 20, 2004

MedLine Plus worked wonders. Thanks again!!