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Medication classifications Flashcards

1
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What are medications that end in “pril”?

A

Ace inhibitors. Antihypertensives

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What are medications that end in -olol?

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Beta blockers- lower BP, HR, and CO

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What are medications that end in -cin/-mycin?

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Aminoglycosides- antibacterial

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What are medications that end in -pam/-pate/-lam?

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Benzos- antianxiety/ Anticonvulsive/ sedative

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What are medications that end in - zine?

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Thiazines - Antipsycotic/Antimetic/sedative

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What is pMDI?

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Pressurised metered-dose inhalers- they are small hand-held puffers containing multiple doses of the active drug.
Spacers and face masks may help improve drug administration.

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What do medications that end in -azepam do?

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Benzodiazepine=Anti-anxiety agents (diazepram)

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What do medications that end in -caine do?

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They are local anaesthetics. (dibuccaine)

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What do medications that end in -cillin do?

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They are Penicillins (amoxicillin)

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What do medications that have -cort in it do?

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They are Cortisone derivatives (hydrocortisone)

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What do medications that end in -conazole do?

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They are antifungals (miconazole type) -fluconazole

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What do medications that end in -oxacin do?

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They are antibiotics (quinolone derivatives) -difloxacin

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What do medications that end in -pamil do?

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They are coronary vasodilators. ( Tiapamil

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What do medications that end in -profen do?

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They are anti-inflammatory/analgesic agents (ibuprofen type)

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What do medications that end in -peridol do?

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They are antipsychotics - (haloperidol)

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What do drugs that end in -coxib do?

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They are cyclo-coxygenase-2 inhibitors (cox2)

17
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what are -sartan drugs?

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They are apart of the angiotensin II receptor antagonist group.

18
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What drug group are the -dipine from ?

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They are apart of the calcium channel blockers.

19
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What drug group are the -floxacin from?

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They are apart of the Quinolone antibiotics.

20
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What drug group are the Gli- from?

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They are apart of the second generation sulfonylurea

21
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What drug group are the -mab from?

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They are apart of the monoclonal antibody.

22
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What drug group are the -oprost from?

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They are apart of the prostaglandin analogue

23
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What drug group are the -statin from?

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They are from the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

24
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What drug group are the -tidine from?

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They are from the Histamine-2 receptor anagonist

25
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What drug group are the -tinib from?

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They are from the Tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

NUR256- 2016 (11 decks)

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