Opioid Analgesics
DRUG CLASSES pioid agonists pioid agonist-antagonists Pain and its treatment are universal issues. In this chapter the opioid drugs used for severe pain are discussed as well as how the…
Nonopioid Analgesics: Salicylates and Nonsalicylates
DRUG CLASSES Salicylates Acetaminophen Pain can be described as “the unpleasant sensory and emotional perception associated with actual or potential tissue damage” (International Association for the Study of Pain, 1979)….
Urinary Tract Anti-Infectives and Other Urinary Drugs
DRUG CLASSES Urinary anti-infectives Urinary analgesics This chapter discusses drugs used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs). These types of infections are caused by pathogenic microorganisms of one or more…
Antiparkinson Drugs
DRUG CLASSES Dopaminergic agents Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) Dopamine receptor agonists COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) inhibitors Cholinergic blocking agents (anticholinergic drugs) PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE A woman in the clinic waiting room comes…
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
DRUG CLASSES Cholinesterase inhibitors N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists One of the greatest fears of aging is dementia. An overall term used in a variety of diseases and conditions, dementia involves…
Antiviral Drugs
DRUG CLASSES Antivirals Antiretrovirals • Protease inhibitors • Nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) • Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) • Entry inhibitors • Integrase inhibitors Compared with a fungus or…
Cholinergic Blocking Drugs
DRUG CLASSES Anticholinergics Cholinergic blocking urinary antispasmodics Anti-Parkinson cholinergic blocking Respiratory cholinergic blocking Like adrenergic blocking drugs, the cholinergic blocking drugs have an effect on the autonomic nervous system. Cholinergic…
Central Nervous System Stimulants
DRUG CLASSES Amphetamines Analeptics Anorexiants This chapter discusses the drugs that stimulate the central nervous system (CNS) and the nursing implications related to their administration. The three basic classes of…
Antitubercular Drugs
DRUG CLASSES Primary antitubercular Secondary antitubercular PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Betty Peterson has come into the clinic with complaints of a chronic cough. Ms. Peterson requests that a TB skin test…
Cholinergic Drugs
DRUG CLASSES Direct acting Indirect acting (anticholinesterase) Acetylcholine (ACh) is the substance that transmits nerve impulses across the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system. There are two types of…
