Acebutolol Hydrochloride (a se byoo’ toe lole) Apo-Acebutolol (CAN), Gen-Acebutolol (CAN), Rhotral (CAN), Sectral PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiarrhythmic Antihypertensive Beta1-selective adrenergic blocker Therapeutic Actions Blocks beta-adrenergic receptors of…
Acamprosate Calcium (a kam pro’ sate) Campral PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antialcoholic drug GABA analogue Therapeutic Actions Exact mechanism of action not understood; acts with glutamate and GABA neurotransmitter…
Abacavir Sulfate (ah bak’ ah veer) Ziagen PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antiviral Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; obstructs RNA and DNA synthesis and inhibits…
Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C OR D (AMITRIPTYLINE, IMIPRAMINE, NORTRIPTYLINE) Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of action is unknown. The TCAs are structurally related to the phenothiazine antipsychotic drugs (eg, chlorpromazine),…
Tetracyclines PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Therapeutic Actions Tetracyclines are antibiotics. They are bacteriostatic; inhibit protein synthesis of susceptible bacteria, preventing cell replication. Indications Treatment of infections caused by rickettsiae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae;…
Sulfonamides PREGNANCY CATEGORY C PREGNANCY CATEGORY D (AT TERM) Therapeutic Actions Sulfonamides are antibiotics. They are bacteriostatic; competitively antagonize para-aminobenzoic acid, an essential component of folic acid synthesis, in susceptible…
