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Pharmacology
Chp 20-21 Immunizing Agents/Immunosuppressives & Antineoplastic Drugs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| _____ are abnormal & incontrolled growths | neoplasms |
| _______ is a malignancy arising from epithelial cells | carcinoma |
| _____ are steroids administered to men with prostate cancer & postmenopausal women with breast cancer | estrogens |
| _____ cause masculinization | androgens |
| _____ is the state of being protected against an infectious disease | immunity |
| a _____ preparation that uses an altered or killed microorganism to produce active immunity to a disease | vaccine |
| _____ is achieved when the antigen, or altered microorganism is injected into the body, & natural antibodies are produced against it | active immunity |
| _______ is obtained when previously formed antibodies are injected into the body | passive immunity |
| cyclophosphamide | cytoxan |
| azacitidine | vidaza |
| clorfarabine | clolar |
| fluorouracil | 5-fu |
| testolactone suspension | teslac |
| bicalutamide | casodex |
| megestrol acetate | megace |
| tamoxifen citrate | nolvadex |
| anastrozole | arimidex |
| exemestane | aromasin |
| leuprolide acetate | lupron |
| doxorubicin hydrochloride | adriamycin |
| valrubicin | valstar |
| asparaginase L-asparaginase | elspar |
| aldesleukin | proleukin |
| interferon alfa | roferon-A or intron-A |
| epoetin alfa | epogen or procrit |
| diptheria & tetanus toxoids | DT or Td |
| diptheria, tetanus toxoids & acellular pertussis | DTaP |
| haemophilus b conjugate vaccine | Hib |
| measles, mumps & rubella virus vaccine | MMR |
| pneumococcal vaccine | pneumovax 23 |
| varicella virus vaccine | varivax |
| zoster vaccine live | zostavax |
| Rho(D) immune human globuline | RhoGAM |
| azthioprine | imuran |
| interferon beta-1b | betaseron |
| glatiramer acetate | copaxone |