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PT 201 Week 2
Brand | Generic | Classification | Indications |
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Serevent | Salmeterol | Bronchodilator | Used to prevent asthma attacks or exercised-induced bronchospasm |
Accolate | Zafirlukast | Leukotriene inhibitor | Used for the chronic treatment of asthma, and to prevent asthma attacks in adults and children as young as 5 yrs old |
Atrovent | Ipratropium | Bronchodilator | Used to prevent bronchospasm, or narrowing airways in the lungs, in people with bronchitis, emphysema, or COPD |
Nexium | Esomeprazole | Proton pump inhibitor | Used to treat symptoms of GERD, and other conditions involving excess stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison |
Prilosec | Omeprazole | Proton pump inhibitor | Used to treat symptoms of GERD, and other conditions caused by excess stomach acid |
Aciphex | Rabeprazole | Proton pump inhibitor | Used to treat symptoms of GERD, and other conditions involving excess stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison |
Prevacid | Lansoprazole | Proton pump inhibitor | Used to treat and prevent stomach and intestinal ulcers, erosive esophagitis (damage to the esophagus from stomach acid) |
Protonix | Pantoprazole | Proton pump inhibitor | Used to treat erosive esophagitis (damage to the esophagus from stomach acid), and other conditions involving excess stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison |
Combivent | Albuterol and Ipratropium | Bronchodilator | Used to prevent bronchospasm in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
Singulair | Montelukast | Leukotriene inhibitor | Used to prevent asthma attacks in adults and children as young as 12 mo. old, also to prevent exercised-induced bronchospasm in adults and children who are at least 6 yrs old |