|
GENERIC AND
TRADE NAME Tm
|
USE |
DOSAGE |
REMARKS AND SIDE - EFFECT |
ANTISEPTICS |
|
DETTOL ,SAVOLN TM |
General disinfectant, wound Cleaning Sterilization
of instrument hand |
1this in 250 water 2 this in 100 ml water
|
External use only |
| LUGOL’S IODINE SOLUTION |
Water Skin starvation , leeches |
3 or 4 drops in a liter of water leave 30 minutes before use
paint on |
Use more or leave longer If cold or polluted water. May cause
allergic rash; sting In open wound |
| BURN CREAM |
General antiseptic, burn |
Apply directly on
Affect area cleaning
|
External use only |
| |
| PARACETAMOL |
Aches and pain , flu, headache fever, mild burn |
500 to 1000 mg 6- hourly |
Safest pain killer at High altitude. may be given Ibuprofen |
| ASPRIN |
Aches,pain,flu, headache, ever,arthritis, minor Burn, inflammation.
Has ant clotting properties so many be used in DVT and heart
attack
|
300 to600 mg 6- hourly
150 mg daily
|
May cause indigestion, retinal Bleeding. Take with
Food. Avoid if history of peptic ulcer or stomach bleeding.
Avoid the Children.
|
| IBUPROFEN |
Moderate to sever pain, pain with inflammation, ‘trekker’s
knee’. Period pains, strains, bruising, arthritis |
400 mg 8 - hourly |
Take with food, may cause indigestion, stomach bleeding. Avoid
if history of
Peptic ulcer or Asthma
|
|
CODEINE PHOSPHATE OR
SULPHATE
|
Moderate to severe Pain, burns Cough., diarrhea
|
30 to 60 mg 8- hourly
15to30 mg 12- hourly
|
Strong painkiller, may cause constipation, respiratory
Depression. Do not given under one year old. Avoid alcohol |
| PENTAZOINE |
Sever pain, broken bones, sever burns etc |
25 to 100 mg 3 to
4 - hourly
|
Very strong painkiller, may cause respiratory depression hallucinations.
Avoid alcohol. Do not give under 12 year |
XYLOCAINE TM
INJECTION
|
Ana esthetic for stitching or removing splinters |
1 ml per 1 cm of wound to stitch |
Maximum 20 ml , do n not inject intravenously, takes 5 -10
minutes to takes effect. |
|
|
| AMOXYCLLIN |
Respiratory, wound, kidney infection
Urinary infection
|
250 to 500 mg 6to 8- hourly for 5 to
14 days.
500 mg 8-houirly |
Avoid in penicillin allergy avoid alcohol. Can cause skin
rash , nausea, fainting, diarrhea |
| CEPHALEXIN |
Respiratory, wound, kidney infection |
250 to 500mg 6 to8-hourly for 5 to 14 days
250 to 500 mg 8- hourly for 3 days |
Avoid in penicillin allergy avoid alcohol
Can cause skin rash, nausea, fainting, diarrhea. |
| CIPROFLOXACIN |
Respiratory, skin
Kidney and other infection
Diarrhea, urinary infection
Typhoid fever
|
500 mg 12-hourly
For 5 to14 days
500mg to12-hourly for 2 to3 days
500mg 8-hourlyfor 10 to 14 days
|
Avoid in quinolone allergy. First choice in bacterial diarrhea
.
Give on empty stomach , keep patient
Dehydrated , avoid under 16 years avoid alcohol avoid in pregnancy.
|
| CO-TRIMOXAZOLE |
Respiratory, skin , kidney,. Pelvic infection
Diarrhea, urinary infection
|
1 to12-hourly for 5 to14 days One 12- hourly for 3 days
|
Avoid in sulphur allergy. Second Choice for bacterial Diarrhea
avoid alcohol. Avoid under two years. |
| DOXYCYLINE |
Respiratory, esp, sinus, infection
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Diarrhea…
Malaria prevention
|
100 mg12-hourly for 5 to 10 days
100mg 12-hourly
For 14 days
100mg 12-hourly
For 3 days
100 mg daily
|
Can cause skin sensitivity to sunlight,
diarrhea, heartburn. Take with food. Avoid in pregnancy and
under
8 years. For malaria prevention, start two days before entering
malaria zone , continue for two weeks after leaving.
|
| ERYTHROMYCIN |
Respiratory, spheroid , skin infection |
250 to6- hourly for 5 to10 days
|
A non penciling and non sulphur alternative take with food.
Avoid alcohol. |
METRONIDAZOLE
( flagyl Tm)
|
Guardia Amoebic dysentery Wounds, pelvic infection, pendicitis
|
2 gr daily in one dose for 3 days
600 to 800mg 8-hourly for 8 days
See chapter 10& 19
|
Take one hour before meal. May give a metallic taste, cause
depression, nausea, heartburn avoid alcohol check dose for children
5 to12 avoid under 5 years. Avoid in pregnancy |
Tinidazole (fasigynTm TitiniTm
TinibarTm)
|
Guardia
Amoebic dysentery
|
2 gr daily in one
Dose for one day
2 gr daily in one dose for 3 days
|
Take one hours before meal may give a metallic taste, cause
depression heartburn Avoid Alcohol , For children5 to 12
50mg per kg once a dally avoid in pregnancy
|
|
EYE
AND EAR
|
CHLORAMPHENICOL
SOFRAMYCIN tm NEOSPORIN tm
SULPHACETAMINDE tm
|
EYE OR EAR INFECTION |
2 OR 3 DROPS
2 TO6 – HOURLY FOR MINIMUM 3 DAYS
|
OCCASIONALLY CAUSE LOCAL ALLERGIC RECTION, STOP IF SYMPTOMS
GET WORSE |
| FUNGAL INFECTION |
|
|
|
|
MICONAZOLE ( DAKTRAIN tm) CLOTRIMAZOLE CANESTAN Tm
|
VEGINAL THRUSH, FUNGAL INFECTION, ATHLETE’S FOOT |
APPLY 8 TO 12 HOURLY |
FOR SKIN INFECTION,
CONTINUE FOR 5 DAYS
AFTER RASH HAS DISPEARED.
|
NAUSEA & VOMITING |
| MAXOLON Tm , STEMETLI Tm |
NAUSEA & VOMITING, VERTIGO |
TABLETS ONE 8-HOURLY
SUPPOSITORIES
5 TO 25 ONCE ONLY
START TABLETS AFTER 6 HOURS
|
MAY DEPRESS RESPIRATION, CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA, MAY DISTRUB BLANCE.
CAUTION AT ALTITUDE. AVOID ALOCHOL, AVOID IN PREGENCY AND IN
CHILDREN. SUPPOSITORIES ARE PUT IN THE RECTUM. |
INDIGESTION |
ANTARCID TABLES
( DIMAGEL Tm, GELUSIL Tm
|
INDIGESTION |
CHEW 2 TO 8 TABLES A DAYS |
HAVE REGULAR FREQUENT LIGHT MEALS . AVOID ALCOHOL , TOBACCO,
CAFFEINE , FAT. |
CONSTIPATION |
LAXATIVE TABLETS
(DUROLAX tm , DUROLAX tm)
|
CONSIPATION |
2 TO4 TABLES AT NIGHT |
INCREASE FIBRE AND FLUID IN TAKE |
HAEMORRHOID MEDICATION (PILES) |
| RECTIONAL tm, ANUSOL tm |
PLIES/ Hemorrhoids |
SUPPOSITIO, ONE DAILYAND AFTER EACH STOOL
CREAM APPLY/
INSERT 3 TIMES DAILY
|
INSERT INTO RECTUM , PUT IN COLD WATER IF SUPPOSITORIES ARE
TOO SOFT |
ANTI MOTILITY (DIARRHEA) |
| LOPERAMIDE (IMMODIUM tm) |
TO SLOW DOWMN DIRRHEA |
2 CAPS THEN ONE AFTER EACH STOOL |
DON’T STOP THE DIRRAHEA, JUST SLOW IT DOWN . DO NOT
GIVE UNDER 12 |
| DON’T STOP THE DIRRAHEA, JUST SLOW IT DOWN . DO NOT
GIVE UNDER 12 |
TO SLOW DOWN DIARRHOEA |
1 OR 2 TABS 8- HOURLY |
DON’T STOP THE DIARRHEA, JUST SLOW IT DOWN . MAY CAUSE
DRY MOUTH , BLURRED VISION . DO NOT GIVE UNDER 12 |
RESPIRATOAY MEDICATION |
| PHENYLEPHRINE HCL 0.25 % ( DRISTAN tm ) NASAL DROPS |
NASAL CONGESTION, SINUSITIES, EARACH |
3 OR 4 DROPS 6- TO - HOURLY |
INSTILLED WITH HEAD HANGING UPSIDE DOWN , OR RIGHT BACK AND
TO ONE SIDE |
| SINUTAB tm, LEMOLATE tm |
FLU, CLOD, NASAL CONGESTION |
ONE TABLET 8-HOURLY |
MAY DREPRESS RESPIRATION, CAUSE DROWSINESS. AVOID WITH ANTI-DPRESSANT
AND BP MEDICATION |
| ASTHMA SPRAY (VENTOLIN) |
ASTHMA ATTACK |
TWO PUFFS 4 TO6-HOURLY |
MAY CAUSE PALPITATIONS TO INCREASE EFFECTIVESS GIVE BY SPACER.
IN SEVER ATTACKS, REFER TO PAGE 12 |
|
ANTI-ALLERGY AND ANTI
INFLAMMOTORY
|
CHLORPHENIRAMINE
MELEATE (PIRITON
Tm, LONTAB tm) |
ALLERIC RASHES, ITCHY BNITES, HAY FEVER , HEAD COLDS |
ONE TABLET 8-HOURLY |
MAY DEPRESS RESPIRATION , CAUSE
DROWSINESS. AVOID AT ALTITUDE AVOID ALCOHOL |
| HYDROCORTISONE CREAM (HYDROCORT tm) |
SKIN RASHES, ALLERGIES, MILD SUNBURN, MILD BURNS , PLIES |
APPLY DIRECTLY |
EXTERNAL USE ONLY . NOT TO BE USED ON INFECTED SKIN. |
| CALAMINE, CALADRYL tm |
INSECT BITES, ITCHLY SKIN, SUN BURN, PRICKLY HEAT |
APPLY DIRECTLY |
EXTERNAL USE ONLY |
DENTAL |
| CLOVE OIL, DENTAIK tm W.L TOOTHACHE DROPS tm |
TOOTHACHE, BROKEN TEETH, LOST FILLINGS, SWOLLEN SORE GUMS |
APPLY DIRECTLY |
APPLY WITH COTTON- WOOL/BUD |
ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS (AMS) |
| ACETOZOLAMIDE (DIAMOX tm) |
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF AMS |
125 TO 250 MG MORING AND NIGHT |
MAY PRODUCE FELING OF TINGILING IN FIGURES, LIPS AND TOES
THIS IS NOPT SERIOUS MAY XAUSE DEHYDRATION |
| NIFEDIPINE (ADALAT Tm) |
HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBAL EDEMA (HAPE) |
CAPSULES 20 TO 20 MG 8- HOURLY
TABLETS 10 TO20 MG 12- HOURLY
|
CAN HAVE SERIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS FALL IN BP, DIZXZINESS, FLUSHING
HEADACHE |
| DEXAMETHAZONE |
HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBAL EDEMA HACE |
4 MG 6- HOURLY |
START WITH 8 MG CAN HAVE SERIOUS SIDE –EFFECTS REDUCE
DOSE SLOWLY |
