Question

A client's medication sheet contains a prescription for sertraline. To ensure safe administration of the medication, how should the nurse administer the dose

Answer 1

The nurse administer the dose At the same time each evening

How to administer sertraline?

• Sertraline is an antidepressant medication.
• Sertraline is typically taken once every 24 hours.
• It can be taken in the morning or evening, but the latter may be preferable because drowsiness is a side effect.
• If gastrointestinal distress occurs, the medication can be taken with or without food. Sertraline is not prescribed on an as-needed basis.

Sertraline may cause side effects -

• nausea
• diarrhea
• constipation
• vomiting
• difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
• dry mouth
• heartburn
• loss of appetite
• weight changes
• dizziness

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