3 Drug classifications

Question 1

analgesics

Answer 1

used to manage moderate to severe pain

Question 2

antipyretics

Answer 2

used to reduce fever

Question 3

anesthetics

Answer 3

used to produce local anesthesia through loss of feeling to a body part

Question 4

antacids

Answer 4

used to treat heartburn, hyperacidity, indigestion, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, and to promote healing of ulcers

Question 5

anticholinergics

Answer 5

used to decrease preoperatively oral and respiratory secretions

Question 6

anticoagulants

Answer 6

used to prevent and treat venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and myocardial infarction by preventing clot extension and formation

Question 7

anticonvulsants

Answer 7

used to prevent or relieve seizures

Question 8

antidepressants

Answer 8

used to prevent, cure, or alleviate depression and to treat anxiety disorders and obsessive-convulsive disorder

Question 9

antidiabetics

Answer 9

used to manage non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus

Question 10

antidiarrheals

Answer 10

used to control and relieve diarrhea

Question 11

antidysrhythmics

Answer 11

used to control or prevent cardiac dysrhythmias

Question 12

antiemetics

Answer 12

used to prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting

Question 13

antiflatulents

Answer 13

used to relieve discomfort of excess gas and bloating in gastrointestinal tract

Question 14

antifungals

Answer 14

used to treat fungal infections

Question 15

anthelmintics

Answer 15

used to treat worm infections

Question 16

antihistamines

Answer 16

used to relieve symptoms associated with allergies

Question 17

antiimpotence agents

Answer 17

used to treat erectile dysfunction

Question 18

antiinfectives

Answer 18

used to treat infections

Question 19

anti-inflammatory agents

Answer 19

used to relieve signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in adults

Question 20

antimanics

Answer 20

used to treat bipolar affective disorders

Question 21

antineoplastics

Answer 21

used to treat tumors

Question 22

antipsychotics

Answer 22

used to treat psychotic disorders

Question 23

antiretrovirals

Answer 23

used to manage human immunodeficiency virus infections and to reduce maternal-fetal transmission of HIV

Question 24

antispasmodics

Answer 24

used to control hypermotility in irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colitis, spastic bladder, and pylorospasm

Question 25

antitussives

Answer 25

used in prevention or relief of coughs caused by minor viral upper respiratory infections or inhaled irritants

Question 26

antivirals

Answer 26

used to manage herpes infections

Question 27

bone resorption inhibitors

Answer 27

used to treat and prevent osteoporosis

Question 28

bronchodilators

Answer 28

used to manage reversible airway obstruction caused by asthmas or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 29

cardiac glycosides

Answer 29

used to treat congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias

Question 30

contraceptives

Answer 30

used to prevent pregnancy and to regulate menstrual cycle

Question 31

decongestants

Answer 31

used to decrease nasal congestion

Question 32

diuretics

Answer 32

used to manage hypertension, edema in congestive heart failure, and renal disease

Question 33

expectorants

Answer 33

used to manage coughs by expelling mucus

Question 34

immunizations

Answer 34

used to prevent (vaccine-preventable) diseases

Question 35

laxatives

Answer 35

used to relieve constipation

Question 36

lipid-lowering agents

Answer 36

used to lower cholesterol to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke

Question 37

ophthalmic antiinfectives

Answer 37

used to treat eye infections

Question 38

sedatives and hypnotics

Answer 38

used for short term treatment of insomnia