DRUG LIST: Analgesics

Question 1

Narcotic analgesics (Schedule II)

Answer 1

• Morphine sulfate (MS Contin)
  
  • terminal patients with intermediate action
• Meperidine (Demerol)
  
  • short acting
  • post operatively
• Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
• Codeine (
  
  • also found in combo (eg Tylenol/Codeine) Schedule III
• Hydrocodone (vicodine)
  
  • in combo with acetaminophen Schedule III
• Fentanyl (sublimaze, duragesic)
• methadone (dolophine)
• oxycodone (percodan, percocet, tylox, oxycontin)

Question 2

Narcotic Agonist/ antagonist anagesics

Answer 2

• Pentazocine (talwin) Schedule IV
  
  • with naloxone if taken oral good
  • if taken inj the naloxone works by replacing the pentazocine
• buturphanol (stadol) not scheduled
• nalbuphine (nubain) not scheduled

Question 3

Narcotic antagonists

Answer 3

Naloxene (narcan) pure antagonist

• IV only works within minutes
• blocks receptor pull narcotic off of the receptor and replace itself instanteously
• extremely short acting

Question 4

Antidiarrheals

Answer 4

• Diphenoxylate with atropine (lomotil) Schedule V
• Loperamide (Imodium)
  
  • not abuse potential –>narcotic like

Question 5

Cough Preparations

Answer 5

• Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) Schedule II
• hydrocodone (Hycodan) Schedule III
• Codeine (robitussin AC) Schedule V
• Dextromethomorphan (Robitussin DM)

Question 6

Non- Narcotic Analgesics

Answer 6

• acetylsalicylic acid - aspirin (Bayer, anacin, alka seltzer)
• enteric coated aspirin (ecotrin)
• salsalate (disalcid)
• choline magnesium trisalicylate (trilisate)
• acetaminophen (tylenol)

Question 7

antiarthritic agents

(non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents)

Answer 7

• Indomethacin (Indocin)
• ibuprofen (Motrin, advil, nuprin)
• tolmetin (tolectin)
• naproxen (naprosyn, aleve)
• diclofenac (voltaren)
• ketorolac (toradol)
• fenoprofen (nalfon)
• Sulindac (clinoril)
• Etodolac (Lodine)
• Piroxicam (feldene)
• Ketoprofen (orudis)
• meclofenamate (meclomen)

Question 8

antiarthritic agents

(cox-2 inhibitors)

Answer 8

• celocoxib (celebrex)

Question 9

antiarthritic agents

(disease modifying antirheumatic drugs)

Answer 9

• Hydroxychloroquine (plaquenil)
• gold sodium thiomalte (myochrisine)
• auranofin (Ridaura)
• Etanercept (enbrel)
• anakinra (kineret)
• Methotrexate (rheumatrex)
• Leflunomide (arava)

Question 10

Gout Theraphy

Answer 10

• Golchicine
• allopurino (zyloprim)
• probenecid (benemid)

Question 11

Migraine Theraphy

acute theraphy

Answer 11

• ergotamine (caffergot)
• sumatriptan (imitrex)
• rizatriptan (maxalt)
• zolmitriptan (zomig)

Question 12

Migraine Theraphy

Prophylactic theraphy

Answer 12

• Propranolol (inderal)
• Atenolol (tenormin)