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| Alprazolam is in what drug class? |
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| What is Alprazolam/Xanax used for? |
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| management of anxiety disorders or to treat panic disorders |
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| What drug class is Cymbalta in? |
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| What is Duloxetine Hydrochloride/Cymbalta used to treat? |
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| Major depressive disorders (MDD), generalized anxiety disorders (GAD), and management of neuropathic pain |
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| For Cymbalta, how long until therapeutic effects are seen? |
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| may take as long as 4 weeks |
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| What drug class is Zoloft in? |
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What is Sertraline Hydrochloride/Zoloft used to treat?
What may increase the risk of upper GI bleeding? |
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depression, OCD, panic disorders, PTSD, PMDD, and social anxiety disorders
NSAIDS |
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| What drug class is Desyrel in? |
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What is Trazodone Hydrochloride/Desyrel used to treat?
What may inc. plasma levels?
What painful adverse effect may occur? |
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Used to treat depression w/or w/out anxiety.
Grapefruit juice
Priapism- penis or clitoris remains erect |
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| Venlafaxine Hydrochloride |
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| What drug class is Effexor in? |
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What is Venlafaxine Hydrochloride/Effexor used to treat?
What can inc. the risk of upper GI bleeding? |
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Used to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and social anxiety disorders.
NSAID's |
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| What drug class is Motrin in? |
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What is Ibuprofen/Motrin used to treat?
What should be avoided? |
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Used to treat mild to moderate pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and juvinile arthritis.
aspirin |
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Oxycodone w/ Acetaminophen
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| Percocet, Roxicet, Endocet |
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| What drug class is Oxycodone in? |
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What is Oxycodone used to treat?
How should it be taken?
What does it inhibit? |
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Used for relief of moderate to moderately severe pain
take 1 tablet every 6 hrs. as needed.
prostaglandin synthesis in CNS |
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| What drug class is Seroquel in ? |
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What is Quetiapine Fumerate/Seroquel used to treat?
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| Used to treat schizophrenia, depressive episodes or acute manic episodes assoc. with bipolar disorders, and major depressive disorders |
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| What drug class is Flomax in? |
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| prostate anti-inflammatory |
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What is Tamsulosin Hydrochloride/Flomax used to treat?
What kind of blocker is it?
When should dose be taken and how? |
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Used to treat the signs & symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
selective α-adrenergic blocker for receptors found in the prostate
take 1/2 hour following the same meal every day |
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Valsartan
Valsartan Hydrochlorothiazide
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| What drug class is Diovan in? |
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What is Valsartan/Diovan used to treat?
What does it block?
What may dec. effects and inc. risk of renal function?
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Used to treat hypertension, heart failure, and to reduce cardiovascular mortality following an MI
blocks the vasoconstrictor & aldosterone secreting effects of angiotension II
NSAIDS, including COX-2 inhibitors
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| What drug class is Ambien in? |
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| What is Zolpidem Tartrate/Ambien used to treat? |
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| used for short-term treatment of insomnia |
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