Chapter 20 Drugs to Know

Question 1

4% cocaine solution

Answer 1

most commonly used topical local anesthetic

Question 2

EMLA cream

Answer 2

most commonly used topical local anesthetic

Question 3

10% benzocaine (Hurricane Spray)

Answer 3

most commonly used topical local anesthetic

Question 4

procaine (Novocain)

Answer 4

most commonly used local anesthetic for local infiltration and regional blocks

Question 5

lidocaine (Xylocaine)

Answer 5

most commonly used local anesthetic for local infiltration and regional blocks

Question 6

bupivacaine (Marcaine)

Answer 6

most commonly used local anesthetic for local infiltration and regional blocks

Question 7

fentanyl (Sublimaze)

Answer 7

very potent mu rc agonist opioid analgesic

Question 8

sufentanil (Sufenta)

Answer 8

very potent mu rc agonist opioid analgesic

Question 9

ketamine

Answer 9

kappa rc agonist opioid analgesic - the most potent pain reliever we know of

Question 10

midazolam (Versed)

Answer 10

sedative hypnotic, Valium is hardly ever used in anesthesia

Question 11

propofol (Diprivan)

Answer 11

general anesthetic - the white stuff; induction drugs are given intravenously

Question 12

thiopental

Answer 12

general anesthetic, a barbiturate seldom used anymore, induction drug given intravenously

Question 13

atropine

Answer 13

general anesthesia; induction drug given intravenously

Question 14

nitrous oxide (N2O)

Answer 14

still used as an adjuvant; maintenance agents are the gases

Question 15

sevoflurane (Ultane)

Answer 15

modern potent anesthetic gas; maintenance gas; general anesthesia

Question 16

Maintenance general anesthetic gases

Answer 16

Diethyl either (Ether), cyclopropane, chloroform, & halothane - no longer used for humans in the US

Question 17

halothane

Answer 17

general anesthetic maintenance agents frequently used in veterinary practices

Question 18

Valium (diazepam)

Answer 18

sedative hypnotic used orally to sedate part of the brain thereby causing muscle relaxant

Question 19

Soma (carisoprodol)

Answer 19

muscle relaxant

Question 20

Flexiril

Answer 20

muscle relaxant

Question 21

d-tubocurarine (curare)

Answer 21

paralytic agent; true neuromuscular blockers (NMBs) - paralytic agents patterned after the Amazonian dart poison, and used during anesthesia. They bind and occupy the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, shutting down muscle function altogether

Question 22

vecuronium (Norcuron)

Answer 22

paralytic agent; true neuromuscular blockers (NMBs) - paralytic agents patterned after the Amazonian dart poison, and used during anesthesia. They bind and occupy the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, shutting down muscle function altogether