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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Figure 2.1 In following the “five + 1 rights” of medication administration, you always verify that the “right patient” is receiving the medication by using two identifiers, one of which…
DRUG CLASSES Single sulfonamide agents Urinary anti-infective combinations Topical preparations PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Each chapter in this book features a specific case study corresponding to the drug therapy in each…
