Pharm:drug,class,act Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Trihexyphenidyl (Artane) | Anticholinergic; to decrease involuntary symptoms of parkinsonism or drug induced parkinsonism by inhibiting acetylcholine |
| Lovastatin (Mevacor) | Statin and Antihyperlipidemic; controls cholesterol by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis and inhibits HMG-CoA reductase (the enzyme neccessary for hepatic production of cholesterol) |
| Epinephrine | Sympathomimetic; promotion of CNS and cardiac stimulation and bronchodilation and to treat allergic reaction anaphylaxis, asthma, bronchospasm, severe hypotension, and cardiac arrest |
| Carisoprodol (Soma) | centrally acting muscle relaxant; to relax skeletal muscles and treat spasticity associated with stroke, spinal cord injury, MS, and cerebral palsy |
| Regular insulin and NPH insulin | Antidiabetic; to control diabetes mellitus |
| Isoniazid | Antitubercular; to treat TB and inhibtion of bacterial cell wall synthesis |
| Phenytoin (Dilantin) | Anticonvulsants; reduces motor cortex activity by altering transport of ions and to prevent tonic clonic (grand mal) and complex partial seizures |
| Methenamine (Hiprex) | Urinary antiinfectives; used for chronic UTIs and inhibits bacterial enzymes and metabolism |
| Acetylsalicylate Acid (Aspirin)(ASA) | Anti-inflammatory; to reduce pain and inflammation symptoms, to decrease body temperature, to inhibit platelet aggregation, and inhibition of hypothalmic heat regulator center |
| Glipizide (Glucotrol) | Antidiabetic; To control hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus, Directly stimulates beta cells in pancreas to secrete insulin, Indirectly alters sensitivity of peripheral insulin receptors, allowing increased insulin binding |
| Warfarin (Coumadin) | Anticoagulant; To prevent blood clotting, depression of hepatic synthesis of vitamin K clotting factors (II (prothrombin), VII, IX, X) |
| Fluticasone (Flonase) | Intranasal glucocorticoids; Treats seasonal allergic rhinitis and asthma, Anti-inflammatory and vasoconstrictor that may decrease inflammation by inhibiting mast cells, macrophages, and mediators such as a leukotriene’s |
| Magnesium | It is an important mediator of neural transmission in the CNS, It promotes contraction of the myocardium |
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