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Drug Classification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antipsychotic | reduces symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders. Their primary indication is schizophrenia. Reduces effects of psychotic disorders |
| Antipyretic | reduces fever |
| Antiretroviral | attacks any virus of the family Retroviridae |
| Antispasmodic | prevent s or alleviate muscle spams( cramps); quiets spasms. Reduces spasms. |
| Antitubercular | used to treat tuberculosis. Fights tuberculosis |
| Antiussive | Suppresses coughing |
| Antivertigo | Used to treat dizziness(vertigo) |
| Antiviral | Interferes with virus replication; weakening or abolishing its action. Kill or suppresses viruses , or prevents viral infections |
| Anxiolytic | Reduces anxiety |
| Astringent | Causes contraction locally after topical application |
| Barbiturate | Type of sedative |
| Benzodiazepine | CNS depressing agents with the potential for abuse and / or dependence |
| Beta Blocker | Block response to beta stimulation, which results in decreases in heart rate, myocardial contractility , blood pressure, and myocardial oxygen demand |
| Bronchodilator | Act to relieve bronchospasm( narrowing the bronchi, accompanied by wheezing and cou |
| Calcium Channel Blockers | Prevents the movement of calcium ions through voltage-gated calcium channels. They relax coronary artery smooth muscle and are used to control fast ventricular rate in patients with arterial flutter and arterial fibrillation. |
| Cardiac Glycoside | Used to treat mild to moderate heart failure. |
| Cephalosporin | Inhibits cell wall formation in bacteria (cell wall synthesis). |
| Corticosteroid | Hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulate the body's ability to handle stress, resist infections, affect glucose, fat, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism and maintain salt and water balance. |
| Decongestant | Used to cause mucous membrane vasoconstriction, reduction of nasal passage drainage, and relief of stuffiness. |
| Diuretic | Decreases blood pressure by decreasing blood volume by increasing the elimination of salts and water through urination. Increases production of urine. |
| -afill | |
| -asone | |
| -bicin | |
| -bital | |
| -caine | |
| cef-,ceph- | |
| -cillin | |
| cort | |
| -cycline | |
| -dazole | |
| -dipine | |
| -dronate | |
| -eprazole | |
| -fenac | |
| -floxacin | |
| -gliptin | |
| -glitazone | |
| -iramine | |
| -lamide | |
| -mab | |
| -mustine | |
| -mycin | |
| -nacin | |
| -nazole | |
| -olol | |
| -olone | |
| -onide | |
| -oprazole | |
| parin;- | |
| -phylline | |
| -pramine | |
| pred;pred- | |
| -pril | |
| -profe | |
| -ridone | |
| -sartan | |
| -semide | |
| -setron | |
| -setron | |
| -statin | |
| sulfa- | |
| -tadine | |
| -tadine | |
| -terol | |
| -thiazide | |
| -tinib | |
| -trel | |
| tretin-; tretin;- tretin | |
| -triptan | |
| -tyline | |
| vir;-vir | |
| vir,-vir | |
| -vir | |
| -vir | |
| -vir | |
| -vudine | |
| -zepam | |
| -zodone | |
| -zolam | |
| -zosin |
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