click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
max pete drugs
tough to remember drugs
DRUG | USE | MECHANISM | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|
AMIODARONE | CLASS 3 ANTI ARRYTHHMIA | K+ CHANNEL INHIBITOR | RELATED TO THYROXINE, CONTAIN IODINE |
DISOPYRAMIDE | CLASS 1-A ANTI ARRYTHHMIA | NA+ CHANNEL INHIBITOR | |
METHOXAMINE | SVT | ALPHA-1 AGONIST | VASCULAR CONSTRICTION, BRONCHODILATION |
ISOPROTERENOL | bradycardia or heart block | BETA AGONIST (B1=B2) | OTHER: DOBUTAMINE |
TERBUTALINE | ASTHAMA/COPD | B2 AGONIST | INCREASE GLYCOGENOLYSIS |
TERAZOSIN | ANTIHYPERTENSIVE , SYMPTOMATIC BENINGN PROSTATE | ALPHA 1 ANTAGONIST | S/E : SYNCOPE |
TAMSULOSIN | ANTIHYPERTENSIVE , SYMPTOMATIC BENINGN PROSTATE | ALPHA 1 ANTAGONIST | S/E : SYNCOPE, ALPHA 1A BLOCKER |
YOHIMBINE | IMPOTENCY TRET , | ALPHA 2 ANTAGONIST | |
MIRTAZEPINE | ANTIDEPRESSANT | ALPHA 2 BLOCKER | |
PHENTOLAMINE | PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA, BP TRET | ALPHA BLOCKER | PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA = ADRENAL GLAND CANCER |
PHENOXYBENZAMINE | BP TRET ( RARE) | ALPHA BLOCKER | IRREVERSIBLE |
CEVIMELINE | CHOLINERGIC AGONIST | ACH AGONIST | DIRECT AGONIST |
EDROPHONIUM | CHOLINERGIC AGONIST | ANTI ACHesterase | INDIRECT AGONIST,QUATERNARY ALCOHOL |
TACRINE | CHOLINERGIC AGONIST | ANTI ACHesterase | INDIRECT AGONIST, QUATERNARY ALCOHOL |
DONEPEZIL | ALZIMERS DISEASE DOC | ANTI ACHesterase | AVOID GFJ , QUATERNARY ALCOHOL |
RIVASTIGMINE | LEWY BODY DEMENTIA, ALZIMERS DISEASE | ANTI ACHesterase | WEIGHT LOSS, QUATERNARY ALCOHOL |
DEMECARIUM | ACH AGONIS | ANTI ACHesterase | CARBAMATE |
GLYCOPYROLLATE | MUSCARINIC ANTAGONIST | ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUGS | XEROSTOMIA |
SUCCINYL CHOLINE | NMJ BLOCKER | DEPOLARIZING | USED IN SURGERY FOR COMPLETE MUSCLE RELAXATION |
PANCURONIUM | NMJ BLOCKER | NON DEPOLARIZING | ANTAGONIST--NEOSTIGMINE |
CHLORTHALIDONE | THIAZIDE DIURETIC | A | A |
INDAPAMINE | THIAZIDE DIURETIC | A | A |
METOLAZONE | THIAZIDE DIURETIC | A | Metolazone is sometimes used together with loop diuretics such as furosemide or bumetanide |
AMILORIDE | K SPARING DIURETIC | A | A |
ACETAZOLAMIDE | CARBONIC ACID INHIBITOR | A | PROXIMAL TUBULE |
HYDRALAZINE | VASODILATOR | RELAX ARTERIOR SMOOTH MUSCLE | OK IN PREGNANCY , S/E SLE |
DIAZOXIDE | VASODILATION | RELAX ARTERIOR SMOOTH MUSCLE | S/E : HYPERGLYCEMIA, DECREASE INSULIN, EDEMA |
GEMFIBROZIL | DECREASE TG & LDL | TREATMENT OF HYPERTRIGLYCEMIA IN DIABETIC PATIENT | FIBRIC ACID DVTVS |
CHOLESTYRAMINE | PREVENT ABSORPTION OF CHOLESTROL | ION EXCHANGE RESIN | |
EZETIMIBE | ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIA | SELECTIVELY INHIBIT THE INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF CHOLESTROL AND RELATED PHYTOSTEROL | S/E WEIGHT LOSS |
PROPAFENONE | CLASS 1A ANTI ARRYTHMIA | A | A |
DIPYRIDAMOL | ANTIPLATELET | ||
TICLOPIDINE | ANTIPLATELET | CC | |
CLOPIDOGREL | ANTIPLATELET, DOC FOR TIA | ||
STYREPTOKINASE | THROMBOLYTIC AGENT | ||
ALTAPLASE | THROMBOLYTIC AGENT | TISSUE TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR | |
PHENELZINE | MAO INHIBITOR - IRREVERSIBLE | BLOCKS DEAMINATION IN BRAIN BIOGENIC AMINES | ANTIDEPRESSANT,ANTIANXIETY ,NARCOLEPSY |
TRANYLCYPROMINE | MAO INHIBITOR - IRREVERSIBLE | A | A |
ISOCARBOXAZIDE | MAO INHIBITOR - IRREVERSIBLE | ||
CLORGYLINE | MAO INHIBITOR - IRREVERSIBLE | ||
SELEGILINE | ANTI PARKINSONS | MAO B INHIBITOR | |
IMIPRAMI5NE | TCA | TERTIARY AMINE, 5HT<NE | |
DESIPRAMINE | TCA | SECONDARY AMINE , 5HT=NE | |
MOCLOBEMIDE | REVERSIBLE MAO INHIBITOR | ||
TRAZODONE | sedative, anxiolytic, and antidepressant | SSRI(ATYPICAL) | |
DIAZEPAM | LONG ACTING BENZODIAZEPAM | GABA RECEPTORS | ANTI SEIZURES |
TRIAZOLAM | SHORT ACTING BENZODIAZEPAM | ||
TEMAZEPAM | INTERMEDIATE BENZODIAZEPAM | ||
CLORAZEPATE | LONG ACTING BENZODIAZEPAM | ||
HYDROXIZINE | NON BENZODIAZEPINE ANXIOLYTIC | ||
THIOPENTAL | ULTRA SHORT ACTING BARBITURATE | ||
AMOBARBITAL | INTERMEDIATE ACTING BARBITURATE | ||
BUSPIRONE | NON BENZODIAZEPINE ANXIOLYTIC | AZASPIRODECANEDIONE DVTV | |
ESTAZOLAM | SHORT ACTING BENZODIAZEPINE | ||
NITRAZEPAM | INTERMEDIATE BENZODIAZEPAM | ||
CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE | LONG ACTING BENZODIAZEPAM | ||
CHLORHYDRATE | NON BENZODIAZEPINE ANXIOLYTIC | ||
METHYLXANTHINE | PSYCHOMOCNS STIMULANTSTOR | ||
AMPHETAMINE | PSYCHOMOCNS STIMULANTSTOR | ||
METHYLPHENIDATE | PSYCHOMOCNS STIMULANTSTOR | ||
PHENCYCLIDINE | PSYCHOMIMETIC CNS STIMULANT | ||
LYSERGIC ACID | PSYCHOMOCNS STIMULANTSTOR | ||
TETRAHYDROCANNIBOL | PSYCHOMOCNS STIMULANTSTOR | ||
CLOZAPINE | ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | ||
RISPERIDONE | ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | ||
OLANZEPINE | ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | A | A |
SERTINDOL | ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | ||
QUITIAPINE | ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | A | A |
CHLORPROMAZINE | TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | PHENOTHIAZINE | |
HALOPERIDOL | TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | BUTYRPHENONES | |
LOXAPINE | TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | DIBENZOXAPINE | |
PIMOZIDE | TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC | DIPHENYLBUTYRYLPIPERIDINE | |
FELBAMATE | ANTIEPILEPTIC | REDUCE NMDA RECEPTOR ACTIVATION | |
VIGABATRIN | ANTI SEIZURES | GABA RECEPTORS | A |
TOPIRAMATE | ANTI SEIZURES | GABA RECEPTORS | A |
TIAGABINE | ANTI SEIZURES | GABA RECEPTORS | A |
GABAPENTIN | ANTI SEIZURES | GABA RECEPTORS | A |
PHENOBARBITAL | ANTI SEIZURES | GABA EFFECT AND REDUCE NA CONDUCTANCE | A |
LAMOTRIGRINE | ANTI SEIZURES | REDUCE NA CONDUCTANCE | A |
PRIMIDONE | ANTI SEIZURES | REDUCE NA CONDUCTANCE | A |
ETHOSUCCIMIDE | ANTI SEIZURES | REDUCE CA+ CURRENT THROUGH T CHANNELS | A |
BROMOCRIPTINE | ANTI PARKINSONS | DOPAMINE AGONIST | A |
PRAMIPEXOLE | ANTI PARKINSONS | DOPAMINE AGONIST | A |
ROPINIROLE | ANTI PARKINSONS | DOPAMINE AGONIST | A |
PERGOLIDE | ANTI PARKINSONS | DOPAMINE AGONIST | A |
ETANCAPONE | ANTI PARKINSONS | COMT INHIBITOR | A |
BUPIVACAINE | LONG DURATION AMIDE TYPE LOCAL ANASTHETIC | ||
ENFLURANE | VOLATILE LIQUID INHALED GENERAL ANASTHETIC | A | |
ISOFLURANE | VOLATILE LIQUID INHALED GENERAL ANASTHETIC | A | |
MEPERIDINE | STRONG OPOID | A | |
LEVORPHANOL | STRONG OPOID | A | |
PROPOXYPHENE | WEAK OPOID | A | |
PENTAZOCINE | MIXED AGONIST-ANTAGONIST OPOID | A | |
NALBUPHINE | MIXED AGONIST-ANTAGONIST OPOID | A | |
BUTHORPHANOL | MIXED AGONIST-ANTAGONIST OPOID | A | |
SULINDAC | NSAID | ACETIC ACID DVTV | A |
ETODOLAC | NSAID | ACETIC ACID DVTV | A |
TOLMETIN SODIUM | NSAID | ACETIC ACID DVTV | A |
MEFENAMIC ACID | NSAID | FENAMATE | A |
FLOCTAFENINE | NSAID | FENAMATE | A |
NABUMETONE | NSAID | NEPTHYLALKONE | A |
OXAPROCIN | NSAID | PROPIONIC ACID DVTV | A |
TIAPROFENIC ACID | NSAID | PROPIONIC ACID DVTV | A |
DIFLUNISAL | NSAID | SALICYLIC ACID DVTVS | A |
CHOLINE MG | NSAID | SALICYLIC ACID DVTVS | A |
PROMETHAZINE | H1 BLOCKER | PHENOTHIAZINE TYPE | |
BROMPHENIRAMINE | H1 BLOCKER | ALKYLAMINES | A |
CHLORPHENIRAMINE | H1 BLOCKER | ALKYLAMINES | A |
ACRIVASTINE | H1 BLOCKER | ALKYLAMINE | A |
DOXYLAMINE | H1 BLOCKER | ETHANOLAMINES | OTHER DRUGS IN SAME CLASS:DIPHENHYDRAMINE,DIMENHYDRINATE |
MECLIZINE | H1 BLOCKER | PIPERAZINE | OTHER DRUGS IN SAME CLASS: CYCLIZINE,HYDROXYZINE,CETRRIZINE |
CYCLOHEPTADIENES | H1 BLOCKER | DIBENZOCYCLOHEPTIDINES | A |
AZELASTINE | H1 BLOCKER | PTHALAZINONE | A |
LORATIDINE | H1 BLOCKER | PIPERIDINE | A |
TERFENADINE | H1 BLOCKER | PIPERIDINE | A |
ASTEMIZOLE | H1 BLOCKER | PIPERIDINE | |
LEVOCARBASTIN | PIPERIDINE | PIPERIDINE | |
FEXOFENADINE | PIPERIDINE | PIPERIDINE | |
BUSPIRONE | Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD | 5HT1A BLOCKER | A |
cisapride | 5ht4 agonist | treat bowel constipation | It also increases gastric emptying in people with diabetic gastroparesis |
Tegaserod | 5ht4 agonist | anagement of irritable bowel syndrome and constipation | indole dvtv |
MISOPROSTOL | NSAID INDUCED GI ULCERATION TREATMENT | PGE1 ANALOG | CHEMICALLY IT IS EICOSONIDES |
ALPRASTADIL | TRETMENT OF IMPOTENCE | PGE1 ANALOG | CHEMICALLY IT IS EICOSONIDES |
DINOPROST | ABORTIFICIENT | PEG2 ANALOG | |
DINOPROSTONE | INDUCE PREGNANCY , ABORTIFICIENT | PEG2 ANALOG | |
UNOPROSTONE | TOPICAL OPTHALMIC DRUGS | PGF2 ANALOG | SELECTIVE PROSANOID FP RECEPTOR |
Metaxalone | muscle relaxant | ||
Finasteride | treatment in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in low doses, and prostate cancer in higher dose | antiandrogen which acts by inhibiting type II 5-alpha reductase, | t is registered in many countries for androgenetic alopecia |
latanorost | controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension by reducing intraocular pressure | PGF2 ANALOG | xalatan |
travaprost | controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension by reducing intraocular pressure | PGF2 ANALOG | travatan |
unoprostone | controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension by reducing intraocular pressure | PGF2 ANALOG | travatan |
CHLORPROPAMIDE | 1st GEN SULFONYLUREA | ORAL DIABETIC DRUG | OD , DISULFIRAM LIKE REACTION , MAY GIVE SULFA ALLERGY |
TOLAZAMIDE | 1st GEN SULFONYLUREA | ORAL DIABETIC DRUG | OD , , MAY GIVE SULFA ALLERGY |
TOLBUTAMIDE | 1st GEN SULFONYLUREA | ORAL DIABETIC DRUG | OD , , MAY GIVE SULFA ALLERGY |
MEGLITINIDES | NON SULFONYLUREA INSULIN SECRETAGOGUE | DIABETIC TRET | WITH 1ST BITE OF THE MEAL |
REPAGLINIDE | NON SULFONYLUREA INSULIN SECRETAGOGUE | DIABETIC TRET | WITH 1ST BITE OF THE MEAL |
NEGLITIDINE | NON SULFONYLUREA INSULIN SECRETAGOGUE | DIABETIC TRET | WITH 1ST BITE OF THE MEAL |
ACARBOSE | ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR | DIABETIC TRET | |
Somatotropin | growth hormone | ||
Metoclopramide | antiemetic and gastroprokinetic agent. Thus it is primarily used to treat nausea and vomiting, and to facilitate gastric emptying in patients with gastroparesis. |