Nevirapine (neh veer’ ah pine) Viramune, Viramune XRDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiviral Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Antiretroviral activity; binds directly to HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and blocks…
Neostigmine (nee oh stig’ meen) Neostigmine Bromide Neostigmine Methylsulfate Prostigmin PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidote Antimyasthenic Cholinesterase inhibitor Parasympathomimetic Urinary tract drug Therapeutic Actions Increases the concentration of acetylcholine…
Neomycin Sulfate (nee o mye’ sin) Mycifradin, Neo-fradin, Neo-Tabs PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug class Aminoglycoside Therapeutic Actions Bactericidal: Inhibits protein synthesis in susceptible strains of bacteria; functional integrity of bacterial…
Nelfinavir Mesylate (nell fin’ a veer) Viracept PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiviral Protease inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibitor of the HIV-1 protease; prevents viral cleavage resulting in the production of…
Dangerous Drug: Nateglinide (nah teg’ lah nyde) Starlix PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidiabetic Meglitinide Therapeutic Actions Closes potassium channels in the beta cells of the pancreas, which causes the…
Natalizumab (nah tah liz’ yoo mab) Tysabri PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Monoclonal antibody MS drug Therapeutic Actions Monoclonal antibody specific for the alpha-4 subunit on the surface of all…
