MEDOP 230- Pulmonology: Drugs
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| Antibiotics | Treat bacterial infections of the respiratory tract.
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| Antituberculars | Antibiotic drugs used only to treat tuberculosis; more than one must be administered for 9 months.
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| Antitussives | Suppress cough centers in the brain for patients with nonproductive cough.
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| Antivirals | Treat influenza in at-risk patients; also used to treat pneumonia.
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| Bronchodilators | Relax smooth muscle around bronchi to dilate bronchi.
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| Corticosteroids | Block immune response that causes inflammation in the lungs.
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| Expectorants | Reduce the thickness of sputum so it can be coughed up and out of the chest.
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| Leukotriene receptor blockers | Block the substance leukotriene, which causes inflammation and edema in patients with asthma.
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| Mast cell stabilizers | Prevent release of histamine from mast cells to prevent bronchospasm in patients with asthma.
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| Smoking cessation drugs | Bind to nicotine receptors and provide a gradually decreasing does of nicotine until a patient no longer need nicotine.
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