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| Antipsychotic; extrapyramidal; neuroleptic malignant syndrome |
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| May be given with a positive PPD; adds color to secretions; liver toxic; no ETOH (Alcohol) |
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| Used in type II DM to help carry glucose into cells; may cause lactic acidosis so DC prior to tests with contrast; No ETOH (adds to effect of lactate metabolism) |
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| Replacement therapy for myxedema; teach not to D/C without medical advice; increases HR, so give in AM |
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| Uterine muscle stimulant; contraction greater than 90 seconds or < 2 minutes apart; late decelerations; stop infusion |
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| Anticoagulant titrated by PTT; Protamine Sulfate is the antidote |
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| A classification of drugs that lowers BP by decreasing force of contractions and decreases HR; constipation; avoid grapefruit; most ends in "mil" or "dipine" |
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| GI stimulant used in GERD/NV, post-op and chemotherapy |
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| Atypical antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia; shown to cause agranulocytosis and requires weekly blood monitoring |
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| Give regular IV, allows glucose molecules to cross the cell membrane; clear to cloudy; rotate sites |
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| Decreases production of CHO; AKA "statins"; check liver enzymes; no grapefruit |
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| Decreases pain/preload; watch respirations; decrease in HR/RR; decrease O2 demand during MI |
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| Used for short term treatment of insomnia; rapid onset; short acting benzo hypnotic with reports of automatism, addiction and abuse |
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| SSRI (bicyclic antidepressant), can take 1-3 weeks for effects to be present |
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| Centrally acting anticholinergic, causes N/V, atropine effects, antihistamine effects. Start with small doses and take with food |
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| Antiviral drug given most commonly to people with HIV |
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| Stimulant used to treat ADHD; do not give after 1600 |
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| Used with Parkinson's Disease; watch for neuroleptic malignant syndrome (fever/muscle rigidity) |
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| Tricyclic antidepressant; blocks to reuptake of monoamine neurotransmitters norepinephrine and seratonin; used in depression and bipolar disorders |
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| Used for parathyroidectomies and osteoporosis antidote is magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) or Procardia |
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| Loop diuretic that washes out Potassium and Magnesium |
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| First generation cephalosporin; more effective against gram negative and anaerobes; more bleeding tendencies and cross allergy to Penecillin |
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| Antifungal drug associated with serious acute infusion reactions; nephrotoxic and hepatoxic; digoxin toxicity and risk of increased potassium |
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| Cardiac glycoside; hypokalemia precipitates toxicity, bradycardia, photophobia, N/V; toxic at 2.0; antidote is Digibind; used in Heart Failure and atrial fibrillation |
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| Antiarrythmic used to treat ventricular arrythmias; watch for convulsions |
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| Give after meals in Peptic Ulcer Disease; watch sodium content in some formulas; aluminum = constipation; magnesium= diarrhea |
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| Immunization with doses at 12-15 months then 4-6 years |
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| Originally developed for the treatment of epilepsy; widely used to treat neuropathic pain; no antacids for 2 hours; do not stop abruptly |
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| A highly toxic neurotoxin protein produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum; used in minute doses both to treat painful muscle spasms and as a consmetic treatment; excessive swelling; dysphagia; temporary or permanent muscle weakness |
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| Removes potassium from the intestine |
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| Anticonvulsant with gingival hyperplasia, give IV only with saline, teach need for calcium and vitamin D |
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| Titrated by PT/INR; teach to report signs of bleeding and need for lab work; vitamin K is antidote |
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| Immunosuppresant used in the treatment of organ transplant (prevent rejection), give in the AM at the same time each day, measure dose carefully, may take with meals |
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| Ace Inhibitor; ends in pril; antihypertensive; blocks angiotension 1 to 2; blocks aldosterone |
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| Use to treat autoimmune disorders (Crohn's Disease, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis); may cause pancytopenia, lymphoma, increased liver enzymes; administer by IVPB at 6-8 week intervals |
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| Proton pump inhibitor drug used for short-term treatment of erosion and ulceration of the esophagus caused by GERD; avoid St. John's Wort and sun |
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| Narcotic antagonist that can be given via Endotracheal Tube; also down the ETT- NEAL (Narcan, Epinephrine, Atropine, and Lidocaine) |
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| Beta blocker; antihypertensive; ends in 'olol'; decreased morality post MI; decreased HR/ Contractility |
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| Antimanic; teach to report signs of toxicity (polyuria, prolonged vomiting, diarrhea); take with food; therpeutic at 0.6-1.2 |
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| A "cardiac" electrolyte; prevents seizures in pregnancy induced hypertension; watch deep tendon reflexes |
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| OTC analgesic and antipyretic; watch liver enzymes; mucomyst is the antidote |
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| Treatment of choice for anthrax and UTI; no caffeine with this medication |
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| Diuretic; used with increased intercranial pressure; oliguric phase of Acute Renal Failure; NOT used with CHF; check electrolytes |
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| Beta 1 agonist (increased HR, myocardial contractility, increased conduction through AV node); given with heart failure |
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| Used to increase WBC production |
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| B Vaccine given at birth, 1-2 months, 6-18 months; contraindicated with allergy to bakers yeast |
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| Treats migrains by vasoconstriction |
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| Antidote for Mysethenia Gravis and muscle relaxants |
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| Inhalation anesthesia that produces loss of conciousness, loss of all sensation; must be supported with respiratory and circulatory equipment |
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| Decreased uric acid production |
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| Common OTC drug, teach to take with food; antiinflammatory, pain, pyretic, platelet; risk for Reyes Syndrome in children |
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| Potassium sparing diuretic |
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| Bronchodilator; increases HR |
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| Antiviral, antiinfective, used in treating genital herpes, chickenpox, and herpes zoster |
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| Antiarrythmic agent used for tachyrrthymias; recurrent ventricular or supraventricular tachycarida in origin |
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| extensively used for anesthesia and analgesia; patch form allows for long lasting relief from pain; heat increases toxicity |
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| IV anesthetic adjunct (Barbitutrates) to inhalation therapy, respiratory and cardiac depression |
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| Aminoglycoside; given cautiously in elderly and renal disease due to ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity; small therapeutic window |
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| Slows the progession of immunologic disease of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
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| Bronchodilator; teach not to take with H2 anatagonist; toxicity= vomiting; therapeutic level 10-20 |
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| decrease Cholesterol by binding to bile acids; works in GI system |
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| H2 receptor antagonist for treatment of duodenal or gastric ulcers, side effects include headache, palpitations, diarrhea, constipation, can use antacids concurrently |
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| A cytoxic agent, causes hepatic fibrosis, bone marrow suppresion, GI ulceration. Need baseline CBC and platelets. Repeat every 3-6 months |
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| First generation antihistamine; antiemetic; sedative hypnotic; and an anticholinergic; used for the treatment of Extrapyramidal Symptoms; Not in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, glacoma, hypertension, hyperthyroid |
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| Common pre-op; can't see, can't pee, no stool, no drool |
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| Benzodiazepines to treat anxiety/insomnia |
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| Antipsychotic associated with extra pyramidal symptoms; teach to avoid sunlight; stop hiccups and shivering |
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| Histamine H2 antagonist; available OTC; given with meals and at bedtime; do not give with antacids, rifampin or dilantin |
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| Inhaled steriods for long-term asthama control, Do not use in acute treatment, works by suppressing the immune response and reducing airway inflammation |
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| used to treat anemia; monitor hemoglobin and hematocrit; sub q or IV |
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| Antitussive; increases viscosity of secretions |
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| Decrease preload, afterload; used with angina pectoris; contraindicated with viagra |
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| Psycotropic drug; teach takes 2-3 weeks to be effective; avoid tyramine (beer, wine, cheese, cola, chocolate, OTC cold remedies) |
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| aminoglycoside antibiotic; kills bacteria in the intestinal track; keeps ammonia levels low and prevents hepatic encephalopathy; nephrotoxic; used to decrease risk of infeciton during surgery of bowel |
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| Causes hyperglycemia, fluid retention, GI upset and decreased healing; reduces the inflammatory process; give with Rheumatoid Arthirits, Systemtic Lupus Erythematosus, asthma; withdraw gradually |
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