Pharmacology Flashcards
Analgesics
Reduce pain
Anti-inflammatories
Reduce inflammation and pain
Antirheumatics
Manage symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
Biphosphonates
Affects bone formation to treat diseases such as osteoporosis, Paget disease, or bone cancer.
Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
Slows progression of rheumatoid arthritis while also reducing signs and symptoms.
Muscle relaxants
Relieve pain caused by muscle spasms by relaxing skeletal muscles.
Anesthetic Agents
Drugs to reduce pain and discomfort
Antibacterials
Drugs to prevent and treat bacterial growth
Antifungals
Drugs that attack fungi
Antihistamines
Drugs that lessen itching by reducing an allergic response
Anti-inflammatories
Used to reduce inflammation and pain
Antipsoriatics
Agents to specifically treat psoriasis
Antiseptics
Topical agents used to prevent infection by destroying microbials
Antivirals
Drugs designed to lessen the effects of viruses
Emollients
Topical substances to soften the skin
Immunomodulators or Immunosuppressants
Agents that suppress the body’s immune system
Keratolytics
Topical substances used to break down hardened skin and shed the top layer of skin to treat warts, calluses, corns, acne etc.
Pediculicides
Destroy lice
Protectives
Topicals with SPF to protect skin from UV in sunlight
Retinoids
Derived from Vitamin A, alters growth of top layer of skin to treat acne, and reduce wrinkles
Scabicides
Destroy mites and scabies.
Alkylating Agents
Interferes with DNA replication to lead to cancer cell death or dysfunction.
Antimetabolites
Replace compounds that cancer cells need to grow and/or replicate.
Antineoplastic Antibiotics
Prevent or delay cell replication
Antineoplastic Hormones
Interfere with receptors for growth-stimulating proteins
Interleukins
Stimulate cells of the immune system to boost attack on cancer cells
Mitotic inhibitors
Prevent cell diivision
Vinca Alkaloids
Prevent formation of chromosome spindles necessary for cell duplication.
Antithyroid Agents
Used to treat hyperthyroidism.
Corticosteroids
Used to treat underfunctioning adrenal cortices
Growth Hormones
Used to treat various disease-causing growth inhibitions.
Posterior pituitary hormones
Used to treat diabetes insipidus
Thyroid hormones
Used to treat hypothyroidism
otics
Drugs applied to external ear canal
decongestants
used to relieve congestion due to cold, allergies, or sinus pressure
ceruminolytics
used to soften and break down earwax
NMDA receptor antagonists
used to preserve cognitive function in patients suffering progressive memory loss
Sedatives and sedative-hypnotics
overlapping classes of central nervous system depressants that exert a calming effect with or without inducing sleep
Stimulants
Generally intended to increase synaptic activity of specific neurons.
Mood Stabilizers
Drugs that balance neurotransmitters in the brain to reduce or prevent acute mood swings
Hypnotics
Drugs to promote sleep
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Drugs to combat the cognitive deterioration seen in disorders such as dementia and Alzheimers
Anxiolytics
Drugs to relieve symptoms of anxiety
Antipsychotics or neuroleptics
medication intended to control psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions
Antidepressants
medication to relieve symptoms of a depressed mood.