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…
Administration of Drugs
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…
Antibacterial Drugs—Sulfonamides
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…
Opioid Antagonists
DRUG CLASSES Opioid antagonist An antagonist is a substance that counteracts the action of something else. A drug that is an opioid antagonist has a greater affinity for a cell…
Antibacterial Drugs That Interfere With DNA/RNA Synthesis
DRUG CLASSES Fluoroquinolones As antibiotics become resistant to various microorganisms, researchers develop drugs that affect different portions of the bacterial cell. In Chapters 7 and 8 you read about how…
