THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUGS Flashcards
drug that RELIEVES PAIN WITHOUT INDUCING LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
ANALGESIC
drug that ELIMINATES PAIN perception in limited area by LOCAL ACTION ON SENSORY NERVES
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
a medication used to CONTROL SEIZURES (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures.
ANTICONVULSANT
agents that work by correcting the OVERPRODUCTION OF URIC ACID which causes intense inflammatory reaction
ANTI-GOUT
intended to reduce the effects/ intensity of MIGRAINE characterized by RECURRENT HEADACHES that are moderate to severe headache.
ANTI-MIGRAINE
drug that suppresses the NEUROLOGIC DISTURBANCES and symptoms of PARKINSONISM
ANTI-PARKINSONISM
drug that reduces fever by LOWERING THE BODY TEMPERATURE.
ANTIPYRETIC
a CNS depressant used to INDUCE SLEEP
HYPNOTIC
drug that suppresses symptom of ANXIETY
ANXIOLYTIC
a centrally acting drug that induces MOOD ELEVATION, useful in treating mental DEPRESSION
ANTIDEPRESSANT
drug that suppresses symptoms of PSYCHOSES of various diagnostic types
ANTI-PSYCHOTIC
a drug that suppress dizziness
ANTI VERTIGO
drug that suppresses MOTION SICKNESS like nausea, vomiting, and vertigo
ANTI-MOTION SICKNESS
an analgesic, anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (NSAID)
works by causing the MUSCLES to become LESS TENSE OR STIFF, which in turn reduces pain and discomfort
MUSCLE RELAXANT
anti-inflammatory drug used to treat ARTHRITIS and RHEUMATOID DISORDER.
ANTIRHEUMATIC
drug that PARALYZES SKELETAL MUSCLE by preventing transmission of neural impulses to them
NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKER
drug that KILLS OR INHIBIT PROTOZOAN PARASITES such as Entameoba histolytica, causative organism of amoebiasis
ANTIAMOEBIC
drug that kills or inhibit PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
ANTIBACTERIAL
drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic FILARIAL WORMS
ANTIFILARIAL
drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic FUNGI
ANTIFUNGAL
drug that kills or inhibits HELMINTHS
ANTHELMINTIC
drug that kills or inhibits Mycobacterium leprae, causative agent of LEPROSY
ANTILEPROSY
drug that kills or inhibits protozoa like in the case of MALARIA
ANTIPROTOZOAL
drug that kills or inhibits VIRUS
ANTIVIRAL
drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic flukes of genus SCHISTOSOMA
ANTI-SCHISTOSOMAL
an ANTIGEN containing drug used to INDUCE ACTIVE IMMUNITY against an infectious disease.
VACCINE
a SERUM OF AN ANIMAL OR HUMAN containing antibodies against a specific disease
IMMUNE SERA
are medicines that STIMULATE CERTAIN NERVES in your body. They do this by mimicking the action of the chemical messengers epinephrine & norepinephrine or by stimulating their release.
ADRENERGIC AGENT
agent that increases the CONTRACTILE STRENGTH OF HEART MUSCLE, a cardiotonic
INOTROPIC AGENT
a coronary vasodilator useful in preventing or treating attacks of ANGINA PECTORIS (chest pain).
ANTI ANGINAL