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Pt 201 Week 5 Drugs
Question | Generic | Classification | Use |
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Adipex-P/ Ionamin | phentemine hydrocholride | appetite suppressant/ weight management aid | to treat obese persons, in the presence of other risk factors, together with diet, excersise and behavior modification |
Proventil/ Ventolin/ Proair | albuterol sulfate | broncholdilator/ antiasthmatic | to treat or prevent brochospasm in people with reversible obstructive airway diease and to treat exercise-ubduced bronchospasm |
Abilify | aripiprazole | antipsychotic | to treat schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder and used to combination with other medications to treat major depressive disorder |
Zovirax | acyclovir | antiviral | to treat the growth and spread of herpes virus illnesses such as genital herpes, cold sores, shingles and chicken pox |
Yasmin 28 | drospirenone/ ethinyl estradiol | oral contraceptive | used in the prevention of pregnancy and to treat moderate acne |
Budeprion/ Alprezin/ Wellbutrin/ Zyban | Buproprion hydrochloride | antidepressant/ smoking cessation aid | to treat depression, seasonal affective disorder and used to help people stop smoking by reducing craving and withdrawal effects |
Antivert | meclizine hydrochloride | antihistamine/ anticholinergic/ antivertigo agent | to treat or prevent nausea, vomiting and dizziness caused by motion sickness and for vertigo caused by inner ear problems |
Vitamin B3/ Niaspan | niacin/ nicotinic aid | antihyperlipidemic | to treat and prevent a lack of natural niacin, lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, and lower the risk or recurrent heart attacks |
Glucotrol | Glipizide ER | antidiabetic | as an adjunct treatment to diet in treating non-insulin dependent or moderate to severe diabetes mellitus |
Avapro | irbesartan | antihypertensive/ angiotensin II receptor antagonist | to treat hypertension along or in combination with other antihypertensive medications and to treat diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetics |