What should I Know Regarding Pregnancy, Nursing and Administering Alka-Seltzer Plus Night (aspirin) Oral to Children or the Elderly?
If you are pregnant
Not Recommended: Not Recommended: Not Recommended: Not Recommended: If you are nursing
Precaution: ONE REPORT OF METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; RISK OF REYE'S SYND IN VIRAL ILLNESS. Precaution: INSUFFICIENT DATA AVAILABLE; MOLECULAR WT LOW ENOUGH FOR POSSIBLE EXCRETION Precaution: ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY LOW; INFANT EXPOSURE MAY BE MINIMAL Precaution: LOW MOLEC WT. POSSIBLE EXCRETION; NOT RECOM; MAY CAUSE PARADOXICAL EXCITATION If you are an adult over 60
management or monitoring precaution: Gastrointestinal-Aspirin doses > 325 mg/day carry an increased risk for hemorrhage, GI bleed, exacerbate or cause ulceration. Lower doses preferred. management or monitoring precaution: Cardiovascular-Elderly are more sensitive to tachycardia and hypertensive effects. May exacerbate symptomatic coronary insufficiency. Genitourinary-May cause urinary retention. Neuro/Psych-May worsen cognitive impairment in some elderly with dementia. Insomnia risk. management or monitoring precaution: Neuro/Psych-Anticholinergic effects may cause sedation, worsen cognitive impairment and increase fall risk. Non-sedating antihistamine preferred. Gastrointestinal-May cause or worsen pre-existing constipation. Genitourinary-Best avoided in patients with urinary retention from any cause. Pediatric use
Severe Precaution: CNS and respiratory depression, or excitation. Avoid using with underlying asthma. Consult clinician for use in patient age < 6 years. Severe Precaution: Do not use in pediatrics <6 years of age unless clinician consultation. Severe Precaution: CNS excitation and convulsion risk in newborns. Severe Precaution: CNS depression and paradoxical excitation. Avoid use with age <2 years. Severe Precaution: Reye syndrome risk with viral illness, fever, and/or flu symptoms. Severe Precaution: Risk of CNS excitation. Do not use age <6 years without clinician consult. Selected from data included with permission and copyrighted by First Databank, Inc. This copyrighted material has been downloaded from a licensed data provider and is not for distribution, except as may be authorized by the applicable terms of use.
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