DRUG CLASSES Tetracycline • Glycylcycline Aminoglycosides • Spectinomycin Macrolides • Ketolide Lincosamides Miscellaneous agents • Oxazolidinone PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE When taking the drug history of Mrs. Moore, an 85-year-old patient…
DRUG CLASSES Cardiotonic Inotropic The cardiotonics are drugs used to increase the efficiency and improve the contraction of the heart muscle, which leads to improved blood flow to all tissues…
DRUG CLASSES Sympathomimetics Short-acting beta (β)-2 agonists Long-acting β2 agonists Optic agents (alpha 2 agonists/sympathomimetics) PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Janna Wong is brought into the clinic by her mother. Yesterday she…
DRUG CLASSES Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory Selective serotonin agonists PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Mr. Park has osteoarthritis and has been taking buffered aspirin for almost a year. He is confused at times and…
DRUG CLASSES Active immunity agents • Vaccines, bacterial and viral • Toxoids Passive immunity agents • Immune globulins • Antivenins PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Betty Peterson’s niece has been staying with Betty since the niece…
DRUG CLASSES Alpha (α)-adrenergic blocking Beta (β)-adrenergic blocking α/β-adrenergic blocking Centrally and peripherally acting antiadrenergic Norepinephrine is a substance that transmits nerve impulses across the sympathetic branch of the autonomic…
DRUG CLASSES Antithyroid drugs Thyroid hormones The thyroid gland is located in the neck in front of the trachea (Fig. 44.1). This highly vascular gland manufactures and secretes two hormones:…
DRUG CLASSES Aminosalicylates Antidiarrheals Antiflatulents Laxatives The large intestine is responsible for the absorption of water and some of the nutrients from the food and fluids we eat. The speed…
DRUG CLASSES Nitrates Calcium channel blockers Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by deposits of fatty plaques on the inner walls of arteries. These deposits result in a narrowing of the…
DRUG CLASSES Oxytocic drugs Tocolytics PHARMACOLOGY IN PRACTICE Betty Peterson’s daughter has been admitted to the obstetric unit and is being induced. This is her daughter’s first child, and Betty…
