examples of some drugs under various therapeutic classes Flashcards
Antihistamine
CETIRIZINE
LORATADINE
DIPHENHYDRAMINE
Steroids
HYDROCORTISONE
PREDNISONE
GENERAL PURPOSE ANTIDOTE
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE
DIMERCAPROL- FOR ARSENIC, MERCURY AND GOLD POISONING
N-ACETYLCYSTEINE-FOR PARACETAMOL POISONING
ANTIBACTERIALS-
AMINOGLYCOSIDES
AMIKACIN
GENTAMICIN
ANTIBACTERIALS- CARBAPENEMS
MEROPENEM
ANTIBACTERIALS- CEPHALOSPORINS
1ST GENERATION: CEFALEXIN
2ND GENERATION:
CEFUROXIME, CEFACLOR
3RD GENERATION:
CEFOTAXIME, CEFIXIME,CEFTRIAXONE
4TH GENERATION: CEFEPIME
5TH GENERATION: CEFTAROLINE
ANTIBACTERIALS-
CHLORAMPHENICOL
CHLORAMPHENICOL
ANTIBACTERIALS-
PENICILLINS
PENICILLIN
AMOXICILLIN
CLOXACILLIN
ANTIBACTERIALS-
QUINOLONES
1ST GENERATION: Norfloxacin
2ND GENERATION: Ofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin
3RD GENERATION
Levofloxacin,Moxifloxacin
ANTIBACTERIALS- SULPHONAMIDES
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE
ANTIBACTERIALS - TETRACYCLINES
DOXYCYCLINE
ANTI-HELICOBACTER
AMOXICILLIN
CLARITHROMYCIN
ANTI-LEPROSY
DAPSONE
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS
R- RIFAMPICIN
I- ISONIAZID
P- PYRAZINAMIDE
E- ETHAMBUTOL
S- STREPTOMYCIN
URINARY ANTISEPTIC
Nitrofurantoin
ANTHELMINTICS - ROUND WORM INFESTATION
MEBENDAZOLE
ALBENDAZOLE
ANTHELMINTICS - ANTI-FILARIASIS
ALBENDAZOLE
ANTHELMINTICS -
ANTI-SCHISTOSOMA
PRAZIQUANTEL
ANTIPROTOZOAL - ANTI-AMEBIASIS, ANTI-GIARDIASIS, ANTI-TRICHOMONIASIS
METRONIDAZOLE
ANTIPROTOZOAL - ANTI-MALARIALS
CHLOROQUINE
ANTIVIRAL
ACYCLOVIR
OSELTAMIVIR
ANTIRETROVIRALS
RITONAVIR
ADRENERGICS
EPINEPHRINE
ANTI-ANGINALS
DILTIAZEM
ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE
ANTIDYSLIPIDEMIA
ROSUVASTATIN
SIMVASTATIN
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE - DIURETICS
FUROSEMIDE
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE - ANTI-ADRENERGICS
CLONIDINE
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE - VASODILATORS
HYDRALAZINE
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE - CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
VERAPAMIL
AMLODIPINE
NIFEDIPINE
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE - ACE INHIBITORS
CAPTOPRIL
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE - ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS
LOSARTAN