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Next up is Metronidazole, brand name Flajol, ending in dazzle. So the key points here is it's the number one drug used to treat C. diff infection, that super bug inside the gut.
Now guys, write this down. The NCLEX will try and trichu with ceftriaxone, which actually causes C. diff. Now, majority of students get confused and get this wrong. Now, it also treats STI or trichomoniasis, basically a sexually transmitted infection.
This term came up a few times in the HESI exit exams. So think dazzle and metronidazzle like there's nothing dazzling about C. diff or STIs.
Now, the next key points are to avoid ETOH or alcohol both during and three days after the treatment. Now, this was mentioned in several sections in both ATI and HESI. Guys, patients will have violent vomiting and cramping if alcohol is consumed during or after treatment.
Now, the side effects that are normal and no need to report are number one, dark urine or discoloration, brown and rusty. as well as metallic taste. So just think, metrodazzle has a metallic taste. Now the deadly side effects, guys, report, please.
Any new rash or skin peeling. This is likely Steven Johnson syndrome, which is necrosis of the skin and mucous membranes. So always teach patients to report these immediately. Now for the memory tricks, we use metro for metronidazzle. M for metallic taste and dark urine.
Now again, this is normal. E for ETOH, basically avoid the alcohol. T for it treats C. diff and that STI, trichomoniasis.
And R for rash and skin pilling. That is what we report. And O is for O not dazzling, because there's nothing dazzling about C.
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