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Drug List U-7
Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cimetidine | Tagamet - Used to heal active stomach and duodenal ulcels and pain |
| Ranitidine | Zantac - Histamine H2 receptor antagonist, inhibits stomach acid production,. Use in peptic ulcer disease(PUD) treatment. |
| Famotidine | Pepcid - Same as Ranitidine |
| Nizatidine | Axid- - Treatment and prevention of duodenal and gastric ulcers and heartburns. |
| Misoprostol | Cytotec - Prevention of non steroidal and anti inflammatory induced gastric ulcers for early abortion, inhibit gastric secretion. |
| Esomeprazole | Nexium - PPI inhibitor, treatment for dyspepsia and PUD |
| Lansoprazole | Prevacid - PPI inhibitor, treatment for gastric and duodenal ulcers, GERD |
| Pantoprazole | Pantoloc - PPI inhibitor, short treatment of erosion and ulceration of esophagus caused by GERD |
| Rabeprazole | Pariet - same as pantoprazole |
| Pinaverium | Dicetel - Gastrointestinal calcium antagonist. Treat IBS(Irritable bowel syndrome) |
| Omeprazole | Losec - same as esomeprazole |
| Tegaserod | Zelnorm - Treatment for IBS |
| Trimebutine | Modulon - lower intestinal tract motility |
| Loperamide | Imodium - Effective treatment against diarrhea |
| Ondansetron | Zofran - Serotonis 5=HT# reeceptor antagonist, antiemetic to treatment of nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy |
| Nabilone | Cesamet - Synthetic cannabinoid use as an antiemetic for neurophatic pain |
| Alendronate | Fosamax - Used to treat osteoporosis in women after menopause |
| Risendronate | Actonel - Used to treat Pagets Disease fo bone(osteitisdeformans) abd prrevention of osteoporosis |
| Raloxifene | Evista - Selective estrogen receptor modulator. Prevention of osteoporosis. |
| Orlistat | Xenical - Treat obesity, preventing absorption of fat in human diet |
| Sibutramine | Meridia - treat obesity as an appetite suppressants |