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Taliglucerase

Tadalafil (tah dal’ ah fill) Adcirca, Cialis PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Impotence drug Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Selectively inhibits cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) specific phosphodiesterase type 5. The mechanism…

Talc, USP

Tacrolimus (FK 506) (tack row’ lim us) Advagraf (CAN), Astagraf XLDNC, Hecoria, Prograf, Protopic PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Immunomodulator Immunosuppressant Therapeutic Actions Immunosuppressant; inhibits T-lymphocyte activation; exact mechanism of…

Sunitinib

Sumatriptan Succinate (sue mah trip’ tan) Alsuma, Apo-Sumatriptan (CAN), Gen-Sumatriptan (CAN), Imitrex, Novo-Sumatriptan (CAN), Novo-Sumatriptan DF (CAN), PMS-Sumatriptan (CAN), ratio-Sumatriptan (CAN), Sumavel DosePro, Zecuity PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antimigraine…

Sulindac (sul in’ dak) Apo-Sulin (CAN), Clinoril PREGNANCY CATEGORY B (FIRST AND SECOND TRIMESTERS) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D (THIRD TRIMESTER) Drug Classes Analgesic Antipyretic NSAID Therapeutic Actions Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic…

Sulfasalazine (sul fa sal’ a zeen) Azulfidine, Azulfidine EN-TabsDNC, PMS-Sulfasalazine (CAN), PMS-Sulfasalazine EC (CAN)DNC, Salazopyrin EN-Tabs (CAN)DNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Anti-inflammatory Antirheumatic Sulfonamide Therapeutic Actions Bacteriostatic: Competitively antagonizes…

SulfADIAZINE (sul fa dye’ a zeen) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C PREGNANCY CATEGORY D (LABOR AND DELIVERY) Drug Classes Antibiotic Sulfonamide Therapeutic Actions Bacteriostatic: Competitively antagonizes PABA, an essential component of folic…

Dangerous Drug: Sufentanil Citrate (soo fen’ ta nil) Sufenta PREGNANCY CATEGORY C CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE C-II Drug Class Opioid agonist analgesic Therapeutic Actions Acts at specific opioid receptors, causing analgesia, respiratory…