Question

A patient who is on ranitidine (Zantac) for Peptic Ulcer Disease smokes and drinks alchohol daily.

1) What education will the nurs provide for this patient?

2) How does ranitidine work?

3) When should it be administered?

4) What are the adverse effects of Zantac? What labs need to be monitored

5) What are the herbal/ Food concerns one should have wile taking Zantac

Answer 1

ranitidine for peptic ulcer disease:

1. smoking and alcohol consumption along with treatment with peptic ulcer disease will aggrevate the condition. this reduce the effect of ranitidine.

2. it inhibits h2 receptors in the parietal cells of gastric mucosa thereby decrease the production, voulme and concentration of hydrochloric acid or gastric acid.

3. ranitidine has to be administered on empty stomach probably in the morining 30 minutes before taking any food.

4. stomach cramps, headache, nausea, diarrhea, constipation and skin rashes.

5. foods that are spicy and fatty must be avoided. alcohol and caffenated drinks must be withhold while on ranitidine.