Rotigotine
Rotigotine (roe tig oh teen) Neupro PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antiparkinsonian Dopamine agonist Therapeutic Actions Dopamine agonist; stimulates dopamine receptors within the caudate putamen in the brain, which relieves…
Rosuvastatin Calcium
Rosuvastatin Calcium (row sue’ va sta tin) Crestor PREGNANCY CATEGORY X Drug Classes Antihyperlipidemic drug HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) Therapeutic Actions A fungal metabolite that inhibits the enzyme (HMG-CoA) that…
Ropinirole Hydrochloride
Ropinirole Hydrochloride (row pin’ ah roll) Requip, Requip XLDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antiparkinsonian Dopamine receptor agonist Therapeutic Actions Acts as a non-ergot dopamine agonist acting directly on postsynaptic…
Roflumilast
Roflumilast (roe flu’ ma last) Daliresp PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Selectively inhibits PDE4 activity, leading to an accumulation of intracellular cyclic AMP in lung…
Rizatriptan
Rizatriptan (rih zah trip’ tan) Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antimigraine drug Serotonin selective agonist Therapeutic Actions Binds to serotonin receptors to cause vascular constrictive effects on cranial…
Rivastigmine Tartrate
Rivastigmine Tartrate (riv ah stig’ meen) Exelon, Exelon Oral Solution, Exelon Patch PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Alzheimer disease drug Cholinesterase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Centrally acting, selective, long-acting reversible cholinesterase…
