Carvedilol (kar vah’ da lol) Apo-Carvedilol (CAN), Coreg, Coreg CRDNC, PMS-Carvedilol (CAN), ratio-Carvedilol (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocker Antihypertensive Therapeutic Actions Competitively blocks alpha-, beta-,…
Dangerous Drug: Carmustine (BCNU) (car mus’ teen) BiCNU, Gliadel PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Alkylating agent Antineoplastic Nitrosourea Therapeutic Actions Cytotoxic: Alkylates DNA and RNA and inhibits several enzymatic processes,…
Carisoprodol (Isomeprobamate) (kar eye soe proe’ dol) Soma PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant Therapeutic Actions Precise mechanism not known; chemically related to meprobamate, an anxiolytic;…
Carboprost Tromethamine (kar’ boe prost) Hemabate PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Abortifacient Prostaglandin Therapeutic Actions Stimulates the myometrium of the gravid uterus to contract in a manner that is similar…
Dangerous Drug: Carboplatin (kar’ boe pla tin) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Alkylating drug Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Cytotoxic: Heavy metal that produces cross-links within and between strands of DNA, thus…
Carbinoxamine Maleate (car bih nock’ sah meen) Karbinal ER PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Antihistamine Therapeutic Actions Competitively blocks the effects of histamine at histamine-1 receptors; has anticholinergic, drying, and…
Carbamazepine (kar ba maz’ e peen) Apo-Carbamazepine (CAN), CarbatrolDNC, Epitol, EquetroDNC, Gen-Carbamazepine CRDNC, PMS-Carbamazepine (CAN), Tegretol, Tegretol-XRDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug class Antiepileptic Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of action not understood;…
