Question

Q) Adjuvant medications work with a primary pain medication (usually an opioid agonist) to increase pain relief while reducing the dosage of the opioid agonist. Lower doses ultimately reduce adverse reactions. A nurse in an acute care facility is reinforcing teaching with a client who has metastatic cancer and is receiving morphine and carbamazepine for pain relief. What information should the nurse provide about these medications? Be sure to describe the therapeutic use for carbamazepine in this client. What are two adverse effects the client should monitor for? What are two teaching points to reinforce?

Answer 1

The following information has to be provided to the patient

Morphine

• It is a sedative with strong pain killing action
• It should not be overdosed
• Report in case of any breathing difficulty
• Monitor and report in case of any loss of consciousness ,low blood pressure ,low breath rate,allerguc reactions

Carbamezipine

• This medication is used to treat and prevent any seizure and nerve pain
• The adverse effects like nausea ,vomiting ,dizzy
• Report in case of suicidal thoughts, seizure ,blurred vision ,change in consciousness

The two important point to reinforce are

• Take the medication as prescribed
• Monitor for adverse Erse events and report in case of any abnormalities to prevent fatality.