Drug Classifications Flashcards
Use to relieve pain by interfering with nerve
Anesthetics
Relief of pain
Exs: Aspirin, Narcotic Analgesic
Analgesic
2 types of anesthesia
General: depressing the cerebral nerve
Local: use for local nerve blocks
What is antacids?
Use to relieve gastric hyperactivity
What are sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate and aluminum hydroxide?
ANTACIDS
Anthelmintics?
Exs: pyrvinium pamoate
Use to get rid of body worms
Drugs used to relieve chest pain associated with of increased oxygen demanded by the heart due to physical exertion
Antianginal
Inhibits cholinergic nerves primarily responsible for gastrointestinal hypersecretion and motility
Anticholinergic
Anticoagulant
Inhibits clotting mechanism
Used to depress the brain nerve firing to control the seizure in epilepsy
Anticonvulsant
Stimulated vomiting center
Antiemetics
Antihistamine
Use to antagonize the pathological effect of histamine
Treatment to lower blood pressure by reducing vascular volume
Antihypertensive
Anti-infective
Inhibits or destroy the growth of microorganisms
Destroys rapidly multiplying cells associated with cancer
Antienoplastic
Antitussive
Inhibits cough reflex
Used to treat viral infections
Antiviral
Antiasthmatic relax bronchial smooth muscle which dilates the airway
Bronchodilators
Slow heart rate and impulse conduction through the heart
Depression
Exs: quindine procinamide, propranolol
Over-excitability resulting in rhythm disturbance and rapid heart rate
Exs: ephineprine, isoproterenol
Stimulant
Vascoconstrictors
Decongestants
Promoted digestion of food in GI
Digestant
Emetics
Induce vomiting
Organic compound that are normally produced endogenously by the endocrine gland
Hormones
Promotes defactaion
Laxatives
Produce a sense of detach calmness
Tranquilizers
Used to determine a specific disease state
Diagnostics
Identify or treat tumor
Radiosotope
