🍋 NCLEX Lemon: Docusate (Colace) 🚨 NCLEX TRAP: Docusate is a stool softener, NOT a stimulant laxative. Remember: ✅ Softens stool by allowing water and fat to mix with stool ✅ Prevents constipation ✅ Used after surgery, MI, hemorrhoids, and with opioid use ❌ Does NOT stimulate bowel moveme

⚠️ NCLEX TRAP: GI Bleed + Kidney Damage Risk! ✅ Uses: Mild-moderate pain · Fever · Arthritis · Dysmenorrhea · Headache 🔥 KEY: Inhibits COX enzymes → blocks prostaglandins → reduces pain/fever/inflammation MOST TESTED: • GI bleeding & gastric ulcers (take with food ALWAYS) • Kidney dama

⚠️ NCLEX TRAP: Sedation — Pick This Over Benzos for Elderly & Addiction History! ✅ Uses: Anxiety · Itching · Nausea · Preop Sedation 🔒 No addiction. No dependence. Safer respiratory profile. MOST TESTED: Sedation · Dry mouth · Avoid in glaucoma · Caution in elderly 💡 Dry cough with benzo? →

⚠️ SENNA QUESTIONS ARE FULL OF NCLEX TRAPS Senna (Senokot) = stimulates the bowel FAST 👇 💥 MUST-KNOW: 🕒 Works in 6–12 hours 🌙 Best taken at bedtime ⚠️ Can cause CRAMPING + diarrhea 🚨 BIG RISKS: • Dehydration 💧 • Electrolyte imbalance • Potassium loss 📉 🧠 NCLEX TIP: Long-term use