What must you do if medication is refused?
What must you do if medication is refused?
Patient refuses medication • Try to identify why the resident has refused the medication, their beliefs, understanding of what the medicine is for and consequences of not taking the medication. Establish if there is a pattern of refusal. Address any issues identified.
What measures would you take if the patient refused his oral medications because he didn’t like the taste?
If you can determine WHY they won’t take the medication, alternatives may become clear. For example if they don’t like the taste, maybe a breath mint afterwards, or a spoon of pudding would solve the problem. If the medication makes them feel bad in some way, alternatives could be discussed with the physician.
Why should tablets not be crushed?
This may be to protect the stomach from the drug, protect the drug from the stomach acid or to target the release of the drug past the stomach. Crushing enteric coatings may result in the drug being released too early, being destroyed by stomach acid, or irritating the stomach lining.
How long should you wait between medications?
Your pharmacist will put a sticker on the your bottle to warn you of this interaction. To avoid the interaction you may need to space the timing of your doses, taking each drug 2 hours before or 4 hours after the other drug.
Do I have to take medicine exactly 12 hours apart?
The general rule is if you are more than 50% of the way toward your next dose, you should skip. So for example, if you are supposed to take your antibiotic every 12 hours, you could take it if it’s less than six hours away from your next scheduled dose.
Which medications should never be crushed?
Slow-release (b,h) aspirin. Aspirin EC.
What happens if you crush a time release pill?
Sustained-release drugs also should not be crushed or chewed before swallowing because doing so will cause the dangerously rapid absorption of a large dose that was intended to be released slowly over many hours.