QUESTIONS 34 AND 46

34. SIDE EFFECTS OF IRON SUPPLEMENTS
PDA, DRUG GUIDE
-CNS: IM, IV: SEIZURES, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, SYNCOPE
(FAINTING)
-CV: IM, IV: HYPOTENSION, TACHYCARDIA
-GI: NAUSEA
-PO: CONSTIPATION, DARK STOOLS, DIARRHEA, EPIGASTRIC
PAIN, GI BLEEDING
-IM, IV: TASTE DISORDER, VOMITING
-DERM: IM, IV: FLUSHING, URTICARIA (MULTIPLE SWOLLEN RAISED
AREAS ON THE SKIN THAT ARE INTENSELY ITCHY,
LAST UP TO 24 HOURS, ON CHEST, BACK, SCALP, FACE
AND EXTREMITIES. AKA: HIVES)
-LOCAL: PAIN AT IM SITE (IRON DEXTRAN), PHLEBITIS AT IV SITE,
SKIN STAINING AT IM SITE (IRON DEXTRAN)
-MS: IM, IV: ARTHRALGIA, MYALGIA
-MISC: PO: STAINING OF TEETH (LIQUID PREP)
IM, IV: ALLERGIC REACTIONS INCLUDING ANAPHYLAXIS,
FEVER, LYMPHADENOPATHY

46. PURPOSE OF ANTIEMBOLYTIC STOCKINGS
MOSBYS, FUND. PGS 908-909
-ELASTICIZED STOCKINGS WORN TO PREVENT THE FORMATION OF
EMBOLI AND THROMBI, ESPECIALLY IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE HAD
SURGERY OR WHO HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED TO BED. RETURN
FLOW OF VENOUS CIRCULATION IS PROMOTED, PREVENTING
VENOUS STASIS AND DILATION OF THE VEINS, CONDITIONS THAT
PREDISPOSE A PERSON TO VARISCOSITIES AND THROMBOEMBOLIC
DISORDERS.
-COMPRESS THE VEINS IN THE LEGS AND FACILITATE RETURN OF
VENOUS BLOOD BACK TO THE HEART. ALSO IMPROVES ARTERIAL
CIRCULATION TO THE FEET AND PREVENT EDEMA OF THE LEGS
AND FEET. USED BOTH PRE AND POST OPERTIVELY.