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drug nomenclature
| CLASS | INDICATIONS | ADVERSE REACTIONS | CONSIDERATIONS | RECONSTITUTION | DRUG BRAND 200 | DRUG GENERIC 200 | WORD SUFFIX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHALOSPORINS | DENTAL WORK, HEART PROCEDURES, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, PNEUMONIA, URI, SINUS INFECTION | SAME AS PENICILLINS | 10% OF POP MAY HAVE CROSS SENSITIVITY TO PENICILLIN | CEFACLOR, CEPHALESIN AND CEFADROXIL MUST REF AND LAST FOR 14 DAYS CEFUROXIME SUS ROOM OR REF LAST 10 DAYS, LORACARBEF CAN BE LEFT ROOM TEMP LAST 14 DAYS | OMNICEF, ZINACEF, KEFLEX,CEFZIL | CEFDINIR, CEFUROXIME, CEPHALEXIN, CEFPROZIL | CEF-, CEP |
| CARBAPENEMS, CARBACEPHEMS, MONOBACTAMS | GRAM + AND GRAM - BACTERIA | SAME A PENICILLIN AND CEPHALOSPORIN WITH INCREASE POSIBILITY OF SEIZURES | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | -PENEM, -CARBEF |
| TETRACYCLINES | ACNE, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, LYME DISEASE, WALKING PNEUMONIA, PROPHYLAXIS FOR TRAVELERS DIARRHEA | GI, PHOTOSENSITIVITY | MAY BIND TO ANTACIDS AND DAIRY DEC EFFECTIVENESS. TETRA SHOULD BE TAKEN HOURS APART, NOT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILD UNDER 9, DO NOT TKE IF EXPIRED | TETRA INJ STABLE AT ROOM TEMP FOR 12 HR, DOXY PROTECT FROM LIGHT, SUSPENSION CAN BE STORED AT ROOM TEMP FOR 14 DAYS | VIBRAMYCIN | DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE | -CYCLINE |
| MACROLIDES | PULMONARY INFECTIONS, CHLAMYDIA, HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA | MAY CAUSE GI DISTRESS | TAKE WITH FOD, CLARITHRO MAY LEAVE METALLIC TASTE IN MOUTH, AZITHRO IS A LOADING DOSE | AZITHRO INJ GOOD FOR 24HR WHEN REF, OS LAST 10 DAYS REF, CLARITHRO NO REF LAST FOR 14 DAYS, ERYTHRO INJ LAST 8 DAYS | ZITHROMAX | AZITHROMYCIN | -MYCIN |
| KETOLIDES | USED TO TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN THE LUNGS AND SINUSES | BLURRED VISION, SIMILAR TO MACROLIDES | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | -MYCIN |
| QUINOLONES | BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS, DENTAL WORK, INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA, URI, UTI | NAUSEA, VOMITING, JOINT SWELLING, DIZZINESS | SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO PERSON UNDER 18, PREGNANT WOMEN, ANTACID INTERFERE WITH ABSORBTION, PROTECT FROM LIGHT | NONE | LEVAQUIN,AVELOX, FLOXIN | LEVOFLOXACIN, MOXIFLOXACIN, OFLOXACIN | -FLOXACIN |
| AMINOGLYCOSIDES | LIFE THREATING INFECTIONS, SEPSIS, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS | NEPHROTOXICITY, OTOTOXICITY, TINNITUS, PERMANENT DEAFNESS | DOSE NEED TO BE ADJUSTED PER PATIENT AFTER 1ST DOSE, ONCE PER DAY | NONE | NONE | NONE | -MICIN |
| CYCLIC LIPOPEPTIDES | USED TO TREAT COMPLICATED SKIN INFECTIONS AND AEROBIC GRAM + BACTERIA | HYPOTENSION, HEADACHE, INSOMNIA, SITE REACTION | SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME (HMG-CoA) REDUCTASE INHIBITOR | NONE | NONE | NONE | -MYCIN |
| MISC. ANTI | ACNE, DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS, ANAEROBIC PNEUMONIA, BONE INFECTION, FEMALE GENITAL INFECTION | BLOODY DIARRHEA | NONE | NONE | CLEOCIN | CLINDAMYCIN | -MYCIN |
| MISC. ANTI | TRICHOMONAS INFECTION | METALLIC TASTE, DIARRHEA, RASH, ANTABUSE LIKE REACTION WHEN ALCOHOL IS CONSUMED | TAKE W/ FOOD AVOID FORMS OF ALCOHOL 1 DAY BEFORE, DURING, AND 2 DAYS AFTER THERAPY | NONE | FLAGYL | METRONIDAZOLE | -NIDAZOLE |
| ANTIFUNGAL | NONE | LIVER TOXICITY, GI DISTRESS, PHOTOSENSITIVITY, RASH, NAUSEA | MAY BE USED TOPICAL OR SYSTEMIC, PULSE DOSING REQUIRED FOR NAIL FUNGUS, CONSUME COLA B4 TAKING ITRACONAZOLE, FATTY MEALS WITH GRISEOFULVIN, FLUCONAZOL SUS. REF. EXPIRES IN 14 DAYS | NONE | DIFLUCAN | FLUCONAZOLE | -NAZOLE, -FUNGIN |
| ANTIVIRAL | CYTOMEGALOVIRUS,HERPES, INFLUENZA, ORGAN TRANSPLANT, VARICELLA, CHICKENPOX | HEADACHES, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, CONSTIPATION, RENAL DISORDERS | ORAL PRODUCTS SHUD BE TAKEN W/ WATER, ACYCLOVIR INJ SHUD BE USED IN 12HRS | NONE | ZOVIRAX, VALTREX | ACYCLOVIR, VALACYCLOVIR | -ARIL, -ARIL-, -MOTINE, -VIR, -VIR-, -VIR |
| PROTEASE INHIBITOR | LIMITS THE PROGRESSION OF THE RETROVIRUS THAT CAUSES HIV WHICH CAN LEAD TO AIDS | REDRISTRIBUTION OF BODY FAT, FACIAL ATROPHY, BREAST ENLARGEMENT, HYPERGLYCEMIS, HYPERLIPIDEMIA | NONE | NONE | VIRACEPT | NELFINAVIR | -VIR |
| ANTIHISTAMINES | TREATMENT OF ALLERGIES, INSOMNIA, RASHES, HAY FEVER, DIZZINESS, PROPHYLAXIS FOR DRUG REACTION AND ALLERGIES | DROWSINESS, ANTICHOLINERGIC REACTION, HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDERN | ANTIHISTAMINES HAVE SYNERGISTIC EFFECT WITH ALCOHOL | NONE | ASTELIN, ZYRTEC, ALLEGRA, ATARAX, VISTARIL, ANTIVERT, PHENERGAN | AZELASTINE, CERTIRIZINE, FEXOFENADINE, HYDROXYZINE HCL, HYDROXYZINE PAMOATE, MECLIZINE, PROMETHAZINE | -ASTINE, -AZOLINE, |
| ANTIANXIETY | TO CONTROL ANXIETY RESULTING FROM EITHER EXOGENOUS OR ENDOGENOUS STRESS | MAY CAUSE DEPENDENCE, DRUG ACCUMULATION , BIRTH DEFECTS, MUSCLE RELAXATION, SEDATION ,AND DEPRESSION | MANY ARE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, ANTIANXIETY AGNET SHOUL DBE TAPERED ON DISCONTINUATION | NONE | XANAX, BUSPAR, VALIUM, ATIVAN | ALPRAZOLAM, BUSPIRONE, DIAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM | -AZEPAM |
| ANTIDEPRESSION (SSRI) | NERVOUSNESS, INSOMNIA, NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, LOSS OF WEIGHT, DECREASED LIBIDO, EJACULATORY, DISTURBANCES | MAJOR DEPRESSION, OBSSIVE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR, ANXIETY | DELAY OF ONSET FOR SSRI IS 10 TO 21 DAYS, AVOID ALCOHOL, DRUG INTERACTION WITH PHENYTOIN | NONE | CELEXA, CYMBALTA, LEXAPRO, PROZAC, PAXIL, ZOLOFT, EFFEXOR | CITALOPRAM, DULOXETINE, ESCITALOPRAM, FLUOXETINE, PAROXETINE, SERTRALINE, VENLAFAXINE | NONE |
| TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (TCA) | DEPRESSION, BEDWETTING IN CHILDERN | CARDIOTOXIC IN HIGH DOSES, POSTURAL HYPOTENSION IN THE ELDERLY, DROWSINESS, ANTICHOLINERGIC, EFFECT | NOTICEABLE RESULTS MAY NOT OCCUR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS | NONE | ELAVIL, SINEQUAN | AMITRIPTYLINE, DOXEPIN | -TYLINE, -PRAMINE |
| BIPOLAR AGENT | BLOATING, BLOODY STOOL, ACNEL LEUCOCYTOSIS, HAND TREMOR, INGREASED BODY WEIGHT, POLYURIA, POLYDIPSIA, NOCTURIA, ABNORMAL DEVELOPEMENT OF FETUS | BLOOD LEVEL MUST BE ESTABLISHED WITH LITHIUM, SALT MONITORED, ALCOHOL AVOIDED | NONE | NONE | TEGRETOL, DEPAKOTE, LAMICTAL | CARBAMAZEPINE, DIVALPROEX, LAMOTRIGINE | NONE |
| ANTIPSYCHOTIC | USED TO REDUCE THEY SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOSIS SUCH AS HALLUCINATIONS, DELUSIONS AND THROUGH DISORDERS | SEDATIONS, ANTICHOLINERGIC RESPONSES, POSTURAL HYPOTENSION, EXCESSIVE TANNING, LACK OF MENSES, NON REVERSIBLE BONE MARROE DRPRESSION , DYSTONIA, AKATHISIA, AND PSEUDOPARKINSONISM | MAY TAKE 6 TO 12 WEEKS TO WORK, DISCONTINUING MEDICATION MAY LEAD TO RELAPS OF SYMPTOMS | NONE | ABILIFY, ZYPREXA, SEROQUEL, RISPERDAL | ARIPIPRAZOLE, OLANZAPINE, QUETIAPINE, RISPERIDONE | -TROLINE, -TIAPINE, -PERIDOL |
| INSOMNIA | DIFICULTY FALLING ASLEEP AND REMAINIG ASLEEP | CNS DEPRESSION, DIZZINESS, CONFUSION, IMPAIRED REFLEXEX | POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE | NONE | XANAX, LUNESTA, RESTORIL, AMBIEN | ALPRAZOLAM, ESZOPICLONE, TEMAZEPAM, ZOLPIDEM | NONE |
| ANTICONVULSANT | EPILEPSY AND SEIZURES | SEDATION AND LOSS OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES | DRUG INTERACTIONS, DIVALPROEX SHOUL DBE TAKEN WITH WATER NOT CARBONATED DRINKS | NONE | TEGRETOL, KLONOPIN, DEPAKOTE, NEURONTIN, LAMICTAL, DILANTIN, TOPAMAX | CARBAMAZEPINE, CLONAZEPAM, DIVALPROEX, GABAPENTIN, LAMOTRIGINE, PHENYTOIN, TOPIRAMATE | NONE |
| PARKINSONS | NONE | NAUSEA, VOMITINGM CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, DROWSINESS, POSTURAL HYPOTENSION, INSOMNIA, CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA | AIMED FOR SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF, AVOID ALCOHOL | NONE | SINEMET | LEVODOPA CARBIDOPA | NONE |
| ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPER ACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) | NONE | CAFFEINE SHOULD BE AVOIDED B/C IT DECREASES EFFECTIVENESS, HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE | NONE | NONE | ADDERALL, STRATTERA, CATAPRES, CONCERTA | AMPHETAMINE DEXTROAMPHETAMINE, ATOMOXETINE, CLONIDINE, METHYLPHENIDATE | NONE |
| MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IN WHICH THE MYELIN SHEATHS AROUND NERVES DEGENERATE | PHOTOSENSITIVITY | REQUIRE SPECIAL STORAGE, COPAXONE IS GIVEN DAILY, BETASERON IS GIVEN EVERY OTHER DAY, AVONES IS GIVEN ONCE WEEKLY | NONE | LIORESAL | BACLOFEN | NONE |
| ALZHEIMERS | DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE BRAIN THAT LEADS TO DEMENTIA, DEPRESSION AND AGITATION MAY OCCUR | NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA | NO DRUGS CAN REVERSE ALZHEIMERS | NONE | ARICEPT | DONEPEZIL | NONE |
| BRONCHODILATOR | AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, COPD | CNA STIMULANTION | PATIENTS MY OVERMEDICATE, IPRATROPIUM NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM LIGHT, SALMETEROL AT ROOM TEMP, PROTECT FROM FREEZING TEMP, SUNLIGHT, AND STORED NOSSLE END DOWN | NONE | PROVENTIL, COMBIVENT | ALBUTEROL, IPRATROPIUM ALBUTEROL | -TEROL, -PHYLLINE |
| LEUKOTRIEN INHIBITOR | PROPHYLAXIS AND LONG TERM TX OF ASTHMA | HEADACHE | SINGULAIR PATIENTS OLDER THAN 6 | NONE | SINGULAIR | MONTELUKAST | -LUKAST, LUBANT |
| CORTICOSTEROIDS | STIMULATE ADENYLATE CYCLASE AND INHIBIT INFLAMMATORY CELLS | ORAL CANDIDIASIS, IRRITATION AND BURNING OF THE NASAL MUCOSA, HOARSENESS, DRY MOUTH, FACIAL HAIR ON FEMALES, BREAST ON MALES, MOON FACE, BUFFALO HUMP, EDEMA, WEIGHT GAIN, EASY BRUISING | NONE | NONE | RHINOCORT, FLONASE, ADVAIR, NASONEX, DELTASONE, AZMACORT | BUDESONIDE, FLUTICASONE, FLUTICASONE SALMETEROL, MOMETASONE FUROATE, PREDNISONE, TRIAMCINOLONE | -STER-, -OLONE, -ONIDE, BOL-, -BOL-, |
| H2 ANTAGONIST | BLOCK GASTRIC ACID AND PEPSIN SECRETION FROM STOMACH | CONSTIPATION, DROWSINESS | MUST TAKE BEDTIME DOSE, DRUG INTERACTIONS INCLUDE ASPIRIN, ALCOHOL, CAFFEIN, COUGH AND COLD MEDS, AVAILABLE OTC, FAMOTIDINE INJ STORE AT ROOM TEMP, OS SAME EXP IN 30 DAYS | NONE | ZANTAC, PEPCID | RANITIDINE, FAMOTIDINE | -TIDINE |
| PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR | GERD, EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS, TAKEN WITH OTHER AGENTS IN TX OF H PYLORI | DIARRHEA, DEHYDRATION | CAPSULES MAY BE OPENED AND CONTENTS PLACED IN APPLESAUCE IF DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING | NONE | NEXIUM, PREVACID, PRILOSEC, PROTONIX, ACIPHEX | ESOMEPRAZOLE, LANSOPRAZOLE, OMEPRAZOLE, PANTOPRAZOLE, RABEPRAZOLE | -PRAZOLE |
| SULFONAMIDES | UTI, OTITIS MEDIA, ULCERATIVE COLITIS, LRI | PHOTOSENSITIVITY, NAUSEA, JAUNDICE, BLOOD COMPLICATIONS, KIDNEY DAMAGE | AVOID DIRECT SUNLIGHT/ USE SUNSCREEN, DRINK PLENTY OF WATER | NONE | BACTRIM SEPTRA | SULFAMETHOXAZOLE- TRIMETHOPRIM | SULFA- |
| PENICILLINS | ABSCESSES, MENINGITIS, OTITIS MEDIA, PHEUMONIA, RI, PROPHYLAXIS | DIARRHEA, HIVES, RASH, WHEEZING, ANAPHYLAXIS | TAKE ON EMPTY STOMACH WITH WATER, AVOID TAKING WITH COLA OR JUICE | AMOXI CAN BE STORED AT ROOM TEMP BUT LASTS REF FOR 14 DAYS AUGMENTIN LAST 7 DAYS W/O REF AND 14 DAYS WITH REF | AMOXIL/POLYMOX | AMOXICILLIN | -CILLIN |
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