Assess BP, pulse, and respirations before and periodically during administration
Start Free Trial Indications DILANTIN ® (extended phenytoin sodium capsules, USP) is a prescription medicine used to treat certain types of seizures called tonic-clonic (grand mal) and psychomotor (temporal lobe) seizures and to prevent and treat seizures that happen during or after brain surgery
Phenobarbital
Separate oral phenytoin administration by at least 2 hours from antacids and calcium salts
The doctor will watch your child’s heart closely when your child gets this drug
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects
You didn't do anything wrong, it burns like the dickens and isn't recommended to be given IV peripherally
The nurse is preparing to give medications
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So diazepam works by decreasing the effects of voltage-gated sodium channels that depress the central nervous system
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