Running head:
OB/NEWBORN MEDICATIONS
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OB/Newborn Medications
Oluwabusayo Shodiya
West Coast University
March 8, 2020
OB/NEWBORN MEDICATIONS
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Commonly – Used Medications in OB/Newborn
Medication
Indication
Intended Effect
Dose/Push
Rate
Side Effects
Adverse
Effects
Terbutaline
(Brethaire,
Brethine, Bricanyl)
Management of
reversible
airway disease
due to asthma
or COPD;
inhalation and
subcut used for
short-term
control and oral
agent as long-
term control.
Bronchodilation
Adults PO:
2.5 to 5 mg 3
times daily,
given q 6 hr
(not to
exceed 15
mg/24hr)
SC:
250
mcg; may
repeat in 15-
20 min. (not
to exceed
500
mcg/24hr)
Nervousness,
tremor,
restlessness,
headache,
nausea,
vomiting,
tachycardia,
angina,
hypertension.
Pulmonary
edema,
myocardial
ischemia.
Magnesium Sulfate
Treatment/
prevention of
hypomagnesemi
a.
Treatment of
hypertension.
Prevention of
seizures
associated with
severe
eclampsia, pre-
eclampsia, or
acute nephritis.
Replacement in
deficiency states.
Resolution of
eclampsia.
IM: IV:
Adults:
8 to
12 g/day in
divided
doses
(severe
deficiency)
Mild
deficiency
- 1
g q 6 hr for 4
doses or 250
mg/kg over 4
hr.
IV: Infants:
25 to 50
mg/kg/dose,
maximum
does: 2g.
Administer
at a rate not
to exceed
150 mg/ min.
Diarrhea,
drowsiness,
low
respiratory
rate, muscle
weakness,
flushing,
sweating,
hypothermia.
Newborn
hypotension,
hyporeflexia
, and
respiratory
depression.
Oxytocin (Pitocin)
IV: Induction of
labor term.
Facilitation of
threatened
abortion.
IV: IM:
Postpartum
control of
bleeding after
Induction of labor.
