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PHAT 132
MOD 5 W 1 DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS
MONICA P JOHNSON | APRIL 29, 2009 |
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ANALGESIC | RELIEVES PAIN |
ANESTETIC | PARTIALLY OR COMPLETLEY NUMBS OF ELIMINATES SENSITIVITY W/W-O LOSS OF CONCIOUNESS |
ANTIARRHYTHMIC | CORRECTS OR CONTROLS CARDIAC ARRTHYMICS |
ANTIBIOTIC | USED TO TREAT INFECTION,BY KILLING OR INHIBITING DISEASE CAUSIN GBACTERIA |
ANTICOAGULANT | PREVENTS OF DELAYS BLOOD CLOTTING |
ANTIDEPRESSANT | PREVENTS CIRES OR OLIVIATE MENTAL DEPRESSION |
ANTIDIABETIC | PREVENTS OR RELIEVES SYMPTONS OF DIABETES |
ANTIDIARRHEAL | PREVENTS OR TREATS DIARRHEAL |
ANTDIURETIC | AGENT THAT SUPRESSSES THE FORMATION OF URINE |
ANTEMECTIC | PREVENTS VOMITTING,NAUSEA |
ANTFUNGAL | AGENTS THAT DESTROY OR INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF FUNGI |
ANTI HISTAMINE | AGENT THAT OPPOSES THE ACTION OF HISTAMNINE ALLLERGIC REACTIONS |
ANTIHYPERTENSIVE | PREVENTS OR CONTROLS HBP |
ANTIEFECTIVE | COMBATS INFECTION |
ANTIINFLAMMATORY | COUNTER ACTS INFLIMATION |
ANTINEOPLASTIC | PREVENTS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MALIGNANT |
ANTITUSSIVE | PRVENTS OR RELIEVES COUGHING |
ANTIULCER | TREATS OR PREVENTS PEPTID ULCERS,AND GATRIC HYPER SECRETION |
ANTIVIRAL AGENT | TREAT VIRAL INFECATION |
BETA BLOCKER | TREATS HYPERTENSION,ANGINA,AND VARIOUS ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS |
BRONCHODILATOR | EXPAND BRONCHI BY RELAXING THE BRONCHIAL MUSCLE |
CLACIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER | SLOWS THE INFLUX OF CALCIUM INTO SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS CAUSING A DECREASE IN ARTIAL RESTTSANCE AND OXYGEN DEMAND USED TO TREAT ANGONA,HTN,INTERCRANIAL BLEEDING AND CHF |
DIURETIC | INCREASEZS URINE SECRETION |
HORMONE | TREATS DEFFICENCY STATES WHERE SPECIFIC HORMONE LEVELS ARE ABNORMALLY LOW |
HYPNOTIC | INDUCES SLEEP OR DULLS SENSES |
IMMUNOSUPRESSANT | AGENT DECREASES THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO ANTIGENS |
`LAXATIVE | PREVENTS OR TREATS CONSTIPAION |
LIPID-LOWERING AGENT | REDUSE BLODD LIPIDS LEVELS |
SEDATIVE | EXETES A SOOTHING OR TRANQILIZING EFFECT ON THE BODY |
SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT-SMR | RELIEVES TENSION IN SKELETAL MUSCLES |
VITAMINS | PREVENTS AND TREATS VITAMIN DEFFICENCY AND USED AS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS |