DimenhyDRINATE
DimenhyDRINATE (dye men hye’ dri nate) Oral preparations: Apo-Dimenhydrinate (CAN), Dimetabs, Gravol (CAN), Triptone Parenteral preparations: Dramanate, Dymenate PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Anticholinergic Antihistamine Anti–motion-sickness drug Therapeutic Actions Antihistamine…
Diltiazem Hydrochloride
Diltiazem Hydrochloride (dil tye’ a zem) Apo-Diltiaz (CAN), Apo-Diltiaz CD (CAN)DNC, Apo-Diltiaz SR (CAN)DNC, Cardizem, Cardizem CDDNC, Cardizem, LADNC, Cartia XTDNC, Dilt-CDDNC, Dilt-XRDNC, Diltia XTDNC, DiltzacDNC, Gen-Diltiazem (CAN), Gen-Diltiazem CD…
Digoxin Immune Fab (Bovine; Digoxin-Specific Antibody Fragments)
Digoxin Immune Fab (Bovine; Digoxin-Specific Antibody Fragments) (di jox’ in) DigiFab PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidote Therapeutic Actions Antigen-binding fragments (fab) derived from specific antidigoxin antibodies; binds molecules of…
Dangerous Drug: Digoxin
Dangerous Drug: Digoxin (di jox’ in) Lanoxin, Lanoxin Pediatric PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Cardiac glycoside Cardiotonic Therapeutic Actions Increases intracellular calcium and allows more calcium to enter the myocardial…
DiflunisalDNC
DiflunisalDNC (dye floo’ ni sal) Apo-Diflunisal (CAN)DNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Analgesic (nonopioid) Anti-inflammatory Antipyretic NSAID Therapeutic Actions Exact mechanism of action not known: Inhibition of prostaglandin synthetase, the…
Didanosine (Ddi, Dideoxyinosine)
Didanosine (Ddi, Dideoxyinosine) (dye dan’ oh seen) Videx, Videx ECDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiviral Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions A synthetic nucleoside that inhibits replication of HIV,…
Dicyclomine Hydrochloride
Dicyclomine Hydrochloride (dye sye’ kloe meen) Bentyl, Bentylol (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Anticholinergic Antimuscarinic Antispasmodic Parasympatholytic Therapeutic Actions Direct GI smooth muscle relaxant; competitively blocks the effects of…
Diclofenac
Diclofenac (dye kloe’ fen ak) Zorvolex Diclofenac Epolamine Flector, Pennsaid, Solaraze, Voltaren Diclofenac Potassium Apo-Diclo Rapide (CAN), Cambia, Cataflam, Novo-Difenac-K (CAN), Voltaren Rapide (CAN), Zipsor Diclofenac Sodium Apo-Diclo (CAN), Apo-Diclo…
