classifications of medications

• AN AGENT THA RELIEVES PAIN WITHOUT CAUSING UNCONSCIOUSNESS
• - IT IS DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS; NARCOTICS AND NON-NARCOTICS

A MEDICATION THAT HELPS REGULE THE HEARTS RHYTHM

- ACT ON THE HEARTS ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM TO REGULATE AND SLOW HEART RATE

SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY A LIVING ORGANISM THAT CAN DESTROY OR WEAKEN OTHER ORGANISMS

-ONE TYPE OF ANTI-EFFECTIVE. ITS A CHEMICAL COMPOUND USED SPECIFICALLY TO TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

A MEDICATION THAT REDUCES, CONTROLS, OR STOPS SEIZURE ACTIVITY

- CNS DEPRESSANT THAT HELPS PREVENT OR CONTROL VARIOUS TYPES OF SEIZURE ACTIVITY

MEDICATIONS THAT REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE ON AN ONGOING BASIS

AN AGENT THAT INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF MALIGNANT CELLS

AN AGENT THAT REDUCES COUGHING

-THEY CAN BE NARCOTIC OR NON-NARCOTIC

A SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS BACTERIA

A SUBSTANCE THAT ARRESTS BACTERIAL GROWTH

CLASSICFICATION OF AN ANTIBIOTIC THAT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST MANY DIFFERENT ORGANISMS

A MEDICATION THAT CAUSES THE BRONCHIOLES TO EXAND (DILATE), THUS IMPROVING RESPIRATION

NEUROTRANSMITTERS THAT INCREASE CARDIAC OUTPUT, CONSTRICT PERIPHERAL BLOOD VESSELS, INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE, AND CAUSE BRONCHODILATION IN RESPONSE TO STRESS.

-EX. EPINEPHRINE AND N0REPINEPHRINE

A MEDICATION THAT CAUSES BOWEL EVACUATION, LAXATIVE, PURGATIVE

THE CHARACTERISTIC OF A MEDICATION THAT REACTS SIMILARLY TO A RELATED DRUG; COMMON ADVERSE EFFECTS

MEDICATION THAT SLOWS DOWN CERTAIN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES

MEDICATION THAT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF URINE EXCRETED BY THE KIDNEYS

-THUS THEY DECREASE FLUID VOLUME CIRCULATING IN THE BODY, THEREBY LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE

AN AGENT GIVEN TO INDUCE VOMITING

MEDICATION THAT LIQUIFIES SECRETIONS IN THE BRONCHI, MAKING IT EASIER TO COUGH UP AND EXPEL MUCUS

A DRUG OR AGENT THAT INDUCES SLEEP

-USUALLY TAKEN AT BEDTIME

A HORMONE THAT IS VITAL IN CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM AND IS SECRETED BY THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS OF THE PANCREAS

CLASSIFICATION OF ANTIBIOTICS THAT ARE SPECIFIC OR EFFECTIVE IN FIGHTING ONLY A FEW MICROORGANISMS

KIDNEY DAMAGE, WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY AMINOGLYCOSIDES AND MANIFESTED BY BLOOD AND PROTEIN IN THE URINE

ANALGESIC DERIVED FROM THE SEEDS OF A CERTAIN SPECIES OF POPPY PLANT OR A SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVE WITH SIMILAR PAIN-BLOCKING EFFECTS

-MOST COMMON MORPHINE AND CODINE

DAMAGE TO THE EIGTH CRANIAL NERVE WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY AMINOGLYCOSIDES AND MANIFESTED BY DIZZINESS, TINNITIS, AND GRADUAL HEARING LOSS

SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT

A REMEDY THAT HAS A QUIETING EFFECT, SOMETIMES ENABLING SLEEP

GENERALIZED INFECTION (SEPSIS) THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BODY

ADRENOCORTICAL HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE ADRENAL GLANDS OR A SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVE THAT MIMICS ITS ACTIONS

-THEY HAVE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AND SALT RETAINING EFFECTS

MEDICATIONS THAT ARE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES

-DESIGNED TO ACT ONLY ON THE LOCAL TISSUES WITH WHICH THEY COME INTO CONTACT

THROUGH THE SKIN, A SUBSTANCE ABSORBED INTO THE BODY AFTER BEING PLACED ON THE SKIN

ANY AGENT THAT INCREASES ACTIVITY IN THE BODY OR ONE OF ITS PARTS -MENTAL OR PHYSICAL (STIMULUS)

• MEDICATION THAT RAISES BLOOD PRESSURE BY CONSTRICTING OR NARROWING THE BLOOD VESSELS
• -INCRESES THE HEART PUMPING ACTION AND ALSO RELIEVES NASAL CONGESTION

MEDICATION TAT LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE BY CAUSING DILATION (ENLARGEMENT) OF BLOOD VESSELS, USED TO TREAT HYPERTENSION

ANTIBIOTIC THAT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST A LARGE NUMBER OF PATHOGENS