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| 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. |