Drug Names And Uses Flashcards
Furosemide
Resistant hypertension
Oedema
Digoxin
Atrial fibrillation or flutter
Metformin
Diabetes mellitus
Levothyroxine
Hypothyroidism
Aspirin
Mild to moderate pain
Pyrexia
Anti-platlet
Thiamine
Alcohol dependence
Cetirizine
Symptomatic relief of allergy such as hayfever
Alfacalcidol
Vitamin D
Sodium valproate
Epilepsy
Migraine prophylaxis
Brand name Epilim
Sertraline
Depressive illness
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic disorder, PTSD, Social anxiety disorder
Tramadol Hydrochloride
Moderate to severe pain
Apixaban
A direct inhibitor of activated factor X (factor Xa)
Prophylaxis of venous thrombosis
Prophylaxis of stroke and systemic embolism
Clopidogrel
Prevention of atherothrombotic events in periferal arterial disease, or within 35 days of myocardial infarction or 6 months of ischemic stroke
Doxycycline
Antibiotic
Urinary tract infection, syphilis, genital chlamydia, Lyme disease, anthrax
Ferrous fumarate
Iron deficit anaemia
C4H2FeO4
Fludrocortisone Acetate
Mineralocorticoid replacement in adrenocortical insufficiency
Diazepam
A benzodiazepine- severe anxiety
Anxiety Çlinical procedures Muscle spasm Palliative care- convulsions and dyspnoea Status epilepticus Febrile convulsions Convulsions due to poisoning
Mirtazapine
Major depression
Omeprazole
Proton pump inhibitor
Gastric and duodenal ulcers
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
Zollinger-ellison syndrome
Atorvastatin
Hypercholesterolaemia
Edoxoban
Edoxaban is a direct and reversible inhibitor of activated factor X (factor Xa), which prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin and prolongs clotting time, thereby reducing the risk of thrombus formation.
Lansoprazole
Proton pump inhibitor
Gastric or duodenal ulcers
NSAID- associated gastric or duodenal ulcers
Zollinger Ellison syndrome
Codeine phosphate
Opioid analgesic
Mild to moderate pain
Diarrhoea
Cough suppression
Loratadine
Symptomatic relief of allergy such as hayfever
Chronic idiopathic urticaria (chronic hives)
Baclofen
Chronic severe spasticity resulting from disorders such as MS or a traumatic partial section of the spinal cord
(Spasticity- a condition in which muscles stiffen or tighten, preventing normal fluid movement. The muscles remain contracted and resist being stretched, thus affecting movement, speech and gait.)
Loperamide hydrochloride
Acute diahorrea
Faecal incontinence
Metoclopramide hydrochloride
Nausea and vomiting
Tramadol hydrochloride
Opioid
Moderate to severe pain
Flucloxacillin
Penicillinase resistant penicillin
Risperidone
Schizophrenia and others psychoses
Short term treatment of persistent agression in Alzheimer’s dementia
