Quinapril Hydrochloride
Quinapril Hydrochloride (kwin’ ah pril) Accupril PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes ACE inhibitor Antihypertensive Therapeutic Actions Quinapril blocks ACE from converting angiotensin I to angiotensin II, a powerful vasoconstrictor, leading…
Quetiapine Fumarate
Quetiapine Fumarate (kwe tie’ ah peen) Seroquel, Seroquel XRDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antipsychotic Dibenzothiazepine Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of action not fully understood: Blocks dopamine and serotonin receptors in…
Pyridostigmine Bromide
Pyridostigmine Bromide (peer id oh stig’ meen) Mestinon, Regonol PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidote Antimyasthenic Cholinesterase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Increases the concentration of acetylcholine at the sites of cholinergic…
Pyrazinamide
Pyrazinamide (peer a zin’ a myde) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Antituberculotic Therapeutic Actions Bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal against Mycobacterium tuberculosis; mechanism of action is unknown. Indications Initial treatment of active…
Pyrantel Pamoate
Pyrantel Pamoate (pi ran’ tel) Combantrin (CAN), Panix, Pin-Rid, Pin-X, Reese’s Pinworm PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Anthelmintic Therapeutic Actions A depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent that causes spastic paralysis of…
Pseudoephedrine
Pseudoephedrine (soo dow e fed’ rin) Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride (D-Isoephedrine Hydrochloride) Congest Aid, Efidac/24DNC, Eltor (CAN), Genaphed, Sudafed, Unifed Pseudoephedrine Sulfate ElixSure Children’s Congestion PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Nasal decongestant…
Protriptyline Hydrochloride
Protriptyline Hydrochloride (proe trip’ ti leen) Vivactil PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class TCA (secondary amine) Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of action unknown; the TCAs are structurally related to the phenothiazine antipsychotic…
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Human)
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Human) (pro throm’ ben) Kcentra, Octaplex PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Vitamin K anticoagulant reversal agent Therapeutic Actions Pooled concentrate containing vitamin K–dependent clotting factors II, VII,…
