According to the 2003 Mosby's Medical Drug Reference, phenobarbital: Chemical class: Barbituric acid derivative Therapeutic class: Sedative/hypnotic; anticonvulsant
-----Original Message----- From: Brenda Chance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Section O No. Per the manual, drugs are coded according to their classification, not use. See pg. 3-180. As far as the drug listing on Page App 3-1, you can tell this listing has not been updated in a while. A lot of the newer meds are not on there, ie Resperdol, Zyprexa, Ambien, etc. I would not code Phenobarbital as an antianxiety. In every drug book we have (PDR, etc), it is listed as an anticonvulsant. I believe this listing may be old and Phenobarbital in years gone by, may have been listed as an antianxiety, but I have not seen it used this way in many years. Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: Brown, Paula [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Section O Is it given for a hypnotic effect or does the resident have a seizure disorder? If it's used as a hypnotic, it would have to be coded as such. -----Original Message----- From: Libby Cawthorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Section O All of our drug books and pharmacy list as anti-convulsant -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Salvatore, Linda Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:33 AM To: AANAC Listserv (E-mail) Subject: Section O Can anyone help me? Phenobarbital in Section O, listed as what? I always thought it was an anticonvulsant, and my pharmacist is saying it is a hypnotic. The MDS Manual from Briggs has it listed as an antianxiety agent. Can anyone tell me what they code it as on the MDS? Thanks, Linda Salvatore NOTICE: This email message and any attachments to this email message may contain confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, transmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this email or any attachments to it. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify me by return email or by telephone at (973) 904-3939 and delete this message. Please note that if this email message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by this office. 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