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Pharm Exam 1 Uses
Term | Definition |
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Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) | Mild allergy-adjunct to severe allergies. Motion sickness. Insomnia. Common cold |
Promethazine | Mild allergy-adjunct to severe allergies, Motion sickness, Insomnia, Common cold + Suppress n/v |
Dimenhydrinate | Mild allergy-adjunct to severe allergies. Motion sickness. Insomnia. Common cold |
Loratadine (Claritin) | Mild allergy-adjunct to severe allergies. Motion sickness. Insomnia. Common cold |
Fluticasone | Asthma (persistent, maintenance) + COPD + allergies, colds, motion sickness (most effective for treatment & prevention of rhinitis) - Principal anti-inflammatory |
Oxymetazoline | Control airway secretions (intranasal), rhinitis, nasal congestion |
Pseudoephedrine | Control airway secretions (oral), rhinitis, nasal congestion |
Codeine | Non-productive cough (opioid) |
Dextromethorphan | Non-productive cough (non-opioid) |
Salemeterol | LABA - COPD & Asthma maintenance |
Ipratropium bromide | COPD (treatment of choice) + Asthma (rescue, less effective) |
Roflumilast | COPD (Decrease inflammation, cough, & mucus production) |
Theophylline | Asthma (Maintenance) |
Albuterol | Asthma (Rescue) |
Montelukast | Asthma (Maintenance, 2nd line) |
Omalizumab | Asthma (Maintenace, moderate - severe asthma >12 yr, asthma due to year-round allergies) |
Prednisone | Asthma (Rescue, principal anti-inflammatory) |
Morphine | Moderate to severe pain - Constant dull pain -Preoperative treatment of anxiety. |
Fentanyl | Moderate to severe pain (most potent, 100x morphine) |
Meperidine | Moderate to severe pain |
Methadone | Moderate to severe pain - Opioid addiction (helps withdrawal symptoms |
Hydromorphone | Moderate to severe pain - less nausea |
Oxycodone | Pain (Analgesia similar to codeine, long acting) |
Hydrocodone | Common for post-op pain, back pain - Combined with NSAIDs |
Buprenorphine | Pain, opioid withdrawal and cravings |
Methylnaltrexone | Relives constipation for people on long-term opioids |
Psyllium | Preferred temporary treatment of constipation + diverticulosis & IBS |
Docusate sodium | Soften stool |
Bisacodyl | Short-term constipation, slow intestinal transit time |
Polyethylene Glycol | Chronic constipation |
Sodium Phosphate Salts | Allow for good visualization of the bowel |
Loperamide | Diarrhea when etiology is identified |
Ondansetron | Suppress nausea and vomiting from pregnancy, motion sickness, toxins, surgery. |
Metoclopramide | IV for antiemetic use. ⬆ upper GI motility. |
Aprepitant | Helps prevent n/v caused by chemotherapy |
Dronabinol | Helps prevent n/v caused by chemotherapy |
Scopolamine | Motion sickness |
Metronidazole | Motion sickness |
Sodium bicarbonate | Raise gastric pH, stimulate prostaglandin production |
Calcium carbonate | Raise gastric pH, stimulate prostaglandin production |
Aluminum hydroxide | Raise gastric pH, stimulate prostaglandin production |
Magnesium hydroxide | Raise gastric pH, stimulate prostaglandin production |
Omeprazole | Gastric and duodenal ulcers - Prevent stress ulcers in ICU - NSAID related ulcers (PUD & GERD) |
Cimetidine | 1st-choice for gastric and duodenal ulcers - GERD, heartburn |
Sucralfate | Acute ulcers and maintenance therapy |
Amphotericin B | Most systemic mycoses (drug of choice) |
Fluconazole | PO: local infections - IV: alternative to ampho B for most systemic mycoses. |
Isoniazid | TB (first line) |
Rifampin | TB (first line), leprosy, haemophilus influenzae, legionella |
Pyrazinamide | TB (first line) |
Ethambutol | Initial treatment of TB only |
Acyclovir | First line for herpes simplex & varicella-zoster |
Zanamivir | Influenza A&B |
Truvada | HIV |
Interferon Alpha-2 | Hep C (&B) |
Ribavirin | Hep C (&B) |
Boceprevir | Hep C |
Telaprevir | Hep C |
Filgrastim | Immunostimulant - Severe anemia |
Epoetin Alpha | Immunostimulant - Sereve neutropenia |