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THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUGS Flashcards

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drug that RELIEVES PAIN WITHOUT INDUCING LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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ANALGESIC

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drug that ELIMINATES PAIN perception in limited area by LOCAL ACTION ON SENSORY NERVES

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LOCAL ANESTHETIC

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a medication used to CONTROL SEIZURES (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures.

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ANTICONVULSANT

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agents that work by correcting the OVERPRODUCTION OF URIC ACID which causes intense inflammatory reaction

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ANTI-GOUT

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intended to reduce the effects/ intensity of MIGRAINE characterized by RECURRENT HEADACHES that are moderate to severe headache.

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ANTI-MIGRAINE

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drug that suppresses the NEUROLOGIC DISTURBANCES and symptoms of PARKINSONISM

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ANTI-PARKINSONISM

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drug that reduces fever by LOWERING THE BODY TEMPERATURE.

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ANTIPYRETIC

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a CNS depressant used to INDUCE SLEEP

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HYPNOTIC

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drug that suppresses symptom of ANXIETY

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ANXIOLYTIC

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a centrally acting drug that induces MOOD ELEVATION, useful in treating mental DEPRESSION

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ANTIDEPRESSANT

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drug that suppresses symptoms of PSYCHOSES of various diagnostic types

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ANTI-PSYCHOTIC

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a drug that suppress dizziness

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ANTI VERTIGO

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drug that suppresses MOTION SICKNESS like nausea, vomiting, and vertigo

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ANTI-MOTION SICKNESS

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an analgesic, anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS

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NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (NSAID)

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works by causing the MUSCLES to become LESS TENSE OR STIFF, which in turn reduces pain and discomfort

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MUSCLE RELAXANT

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anti-inflammatory drug used to treat ARTHRITIS and RHEUMATOID DISORDER.

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ANTIRHEUMATIC

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drug that PARALYZES SKELETAL MUSCLE by preventing transmission of neural impulses to them

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NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKER

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drug that KILLS OR INHIBIT PROTOZOAN PARASITES such as Entameoba histolytica, causative organism of amoebiasis

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ANTIAMOEBIC

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drug that kills or inhibit PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

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ANTIBACTERIAL

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drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic FILARIAL WORMS

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ANTIFILARIAL

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drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic FUNGI

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ANTIFUNGAL

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drug that kills or inhibits HELMINTHS

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ANTHELMINTIC

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drug that kills or inhibits Mycobacterium leprae, causative agent of LEPROSY

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ANTILEPROSY

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drug that kills or inhibits protozoa like in the case of MALARIA

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ANTIPROTOZOAL

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drug that kills or inhibits VIRUS
ANTIVIRAL
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drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic flukes of genus SCHISTOSOMA
ANTI-SCHISTOSOMAL
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an ANTIGEN containing drug used to INDUCE ACTIVE IMMUNITY against an infectious disease.
VACCINE
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a SERUM OF AN ANIMAL OR HUMAN containing antibodies against a specific disease
IMMUNE SERA
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are medicines that STIMULATE CERTAIN NERVES in your body. They do this by mimicking the action of the chemical messengers epinephrine & norepinephrine or by stimulating their release.
ADRENERGIC AGENT
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agent that increases the CONTRACTILE STRENGTH OF HEART MUSCLE, a cardiotonic
INOTROPIC AGENT
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a coronary vasodilator useful in preventing or treating attacks of ANGINA PECTORIS (chest pain).
ANTI ANGINAL
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useful in suppressing RHYTHM IRREGULARITIES of the heart.
ANTIARRHYTHMIC
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drug that LOWERS LIPID in the blood.
ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC
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drug that PROMOTES RENAL EXCRETION of water & electrolytes useful in treating generalized EDEMA
DIURETIC
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drugs that relieves ASTHMA symptoms
ANTI ASTHMA
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drug that SUPRESSES COUGHING
ANTITUSSIVE
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an agent which DISSOLVES THICK MUCUS and usually used to help RELIEVE RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES.
MUCOLYTIC
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a drug used to RELIEVE NASAL CONGESTION in the upper respiratory tract
NASAL DECONGESTANT
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drug that attacks MALIGNANT CELL in the body.
ANTINEOPLASTIC
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drugs that INHIBITS IMMUNE RESPONSE to foreign materials, used to SUPRESS REJECTION OF TISSUE GRAFT
IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
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a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of HISTAMINE, used especially in the treatment of ALLERGIES.
ANTIHISTAMINE
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drug used to treat ANEMIA
ANTI ANEMIC
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drug administered to SLOW CLOTTING of circulating blood, prophylactically to PREVENT HEART ATTACK
ANTICOAGULANT
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drug that promotes REMOVAL OF SMALL FIBRIN CLOTS.
FIBRINOLYTIC
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drug that promotes HOMEOSTASIS by inhibiting CLOT DISSOLUTION.
ANTI FIBRINOLYTIC
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-used to treat patients who have suffered HEMORRHAGE OR SHOCK.
PLASMA EXPANDER / SUBSTITUTE
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STERILE SOLUTION OF PROTEINS composed of albumin & globulin from human plasma; used as a replacement therapy in patients with complex deficiencies of coagulation factors such as COAGULOPATHY.
PLASMA PROTEIN FRACTION
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drug that reduces the effects of ingested poisons by ADSORBING TOXIC MATERIAL
GENERAL ANTIDOTE
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drug that reduces the effects of a systemic poison by a mechanism that relates to the PARTICULAR POISON.
SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE
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drug that neutralizes excess GASTRIC ACID
ANTACID
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drug that inhibits HISTAMINE-INDUCED gastric acid secretion used to treat PEPTIC and DUODENAL ULCERS
H2 ANTAGONIST
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this is given to PROTECT THE ERODED ULCER SITED in the GIT from further damage by acid and digestive enzymes.
MUCOSAL PROTECTANT
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used to relieve SPASM OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE like those of smooth muscle in the bowel wall.
ANTISPASMODIC DRUG
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drug that suppresses NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
ANTIEMETIC
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drugs used to alleviate symptoms of DIARRHEA
ANTIMOTILITY
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drug that promotes DEFACATION
LAXATIVE, CATHARTIC
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hormones produces by the SEX ORGANS which play an important role in the development of sexual characteristics
SEX HORMONES
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a drug that prevents CONCEPTION.
HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE
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hormone that MAINTAINS METABOLIC FUNCTION and normal metabolic rate.
THYROID HORMONE
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drug that REDUCES THYROID HORMONE FUNCTION usually inhibiting hormone synthesis.
ANTI THYROID
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drug that SUPPLIES INSULIN or stimulates the secretion of insulin useful in the treatment of DIABETES MELLITUS.
ANTI DIABETIC
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a drug that INDUCES LABOR by STIMULATING CONTRACTIONS of the muscles of the uterus.
OXYTOCIC OR UTERINE STIMULANT
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drug used to suppress PREMATURE LABOR
TOCOLYTIC OR UTERINE RELAXANT
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a solution containing ELECTROLYTES, carbohydrates & water used for REPLACEMENT OF FLUID and nutrients from the body
ORAL REHYDRATING SOLUTION ORS
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a solution given INTRAVENOUSLY to MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HYDRATION, restore blood volume, re establish loss electrolyte or partial nutrition.
PARENTERAL SOLUTION
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a solution used in PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, procedure which is used to CORRECT IMBALANCE OF FLUID or of electrolytes in the blood.
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLN
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a solution used in HEMODIALYSIS, a procedure in which the IMPURITIES ARE REMOVED FROM THE BLOOD.
HEMODIALYSIS SOLN
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drug that inhibits physiologic response to CELL DAMAGE
ANTI INFLAMMATORY
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a medication used to treat SCABIES (an itchy skin disease caused by itch MITE.
SCABICIDE / ANTI SCABIES
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– an agent that destroys LICE.
PEDICULICIDE / ANTI-LICE
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drug that REDUCES ITCHING
ANTIPRURITIC
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drug that SOFTENS THE SUPERFICIAL KERATIN layer of the skin and promotes DESQUAMATION (peeling).
KERATOLYTIC
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agent used topically to TOUGHEN AND SHRINK TISSUE
ASTRINGENT
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agent that DESTROYS MICROORGANISMS IN CONTACT and is suitable for STREILIZING animate or inanimate object
ANTISEPTIC, DISINFECTANT
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an adrenergic drug used to topically in the eye to INDUCE DILATON of the pupil
MYDRIATIC
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CHOLINERGIC drug used topically in the eye to induce CONSTRICTION of the pupil
MIOTIC
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an ORGANIC CHEMICAL ESSENTIAL IN SMALL AMOUNTS of normal metabolism used therapeutically to supplement the vitamin contents of foods
VITAMIN
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an INORGANIC SUBSTANCE OCCURING NATURALLY which plays a vital role in REGULATING MANY BODILY FUNCTIONS.
MINERALS

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