GU medications Flashcards
Phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
Class: analgesic
Routes: oral
Action: excreted in the urine where it exerts a topical analgesic effect on the urinary tract
Uses: UTI pain
S/E: orange urine
Notes: educate that urine will turn orange
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX, Bactrim, Septra)
Class: ABX - broad spectrum
Routes: oral
Action: –
Uses: UTI
S/E: allergy common; crystalluria
Notes: take full dose at the same time each day; increase fluids
Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid), Fosfomycin (Monurol), Cephalexin (Keflex)
Class: ABX
Routes: oral
Action: –
Uses: UTI
S/E: –
Notes: take full dose and at same time each day
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), Levofloxacin (Levaquin) (“-floxacin”)
Class: fluoroquinolones
Routes: IV
Action: –
Uses: UTI
S/E: tendinitis/tendon rupture
Notes: take full dose and at same time each day
Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)
Class: chemo drug
Routes: intravesicular
Action: –
Uses: bladder cancer
S/E: chemo s/e
Notes: educate to double flush toilet if pt lives with others
Dutasteride (Avodart), Finasteride (Proscar)
Class: –
Routes: oral
Action: lowers DHT hormone, shrinking the prostate gland
Uses: BPH
S/E: ED, breast enlargement
Notes: does not provide immediate relief; 3-6 mo for full effect
Tamsulosin (Flomax)
Class: alpha-blocker
Routes: oral
Action: relaxes muscles in the prostate
Uses: BPH
S/E: retrograde ejaculation
Notes: BPH symptoms should diminish within days to weeks
Tadalafil (Cialis)
Class: –
Routes: oral
Action: vasodilates and relaxes muscles in bladder and prostate
Uses: BPH, ED
S/E: orthostatic HoTN, dizziness
Notes: do not take with nitrates
Tamoxifen
Class: antiestrogen
Action: binds to estrogen receptors and blocks the multiplying actions of estrogen in the breast
Uses: breast cancer
Cisplatin (Platinol)
Class: chemotherapy
Action: causes DNA damage in cancer cells, blocking cell division and resulting in apoptotic cell death
Uses: breast cancer
Ondansetron (Zofran)
Class: antiemetic
Use: N/V
Cytoxan
Class: chemotherapy
Action: stops/slows cancer cell growth
