NURSING

Voriconazole

Jul 21, 2016 by in NURSING Comments Off on Voriconazole

Voriconazole (vor ah kon’ ah zole) Vfend PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Class Triazole antifungal Therapeutic Actions Inhibits fungal ergosterol biosynthesis leading to cell membrane rupture and cell death in susceptible…

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Dangerous Drug: Vinorelbine Tartrate

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Dangerous Drug: Vinorelbine Tartrate (vin oh rel’ been) Navelbine PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antineoplastic Mitotic inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibits microtubule formation in the mitotic spindle, leading to cell-cycle arrest…

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Dangerous Drug: Vincristine Sulfate

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Dangerous Drug: Vincristine Sulfate (LCR, VCR) (vin kris’ teen) vincristine sulfate liposome injection Marqibo PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antineoplastic Mitotic inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Mitotic inhibitor: Arrests mitotic division at…

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Dangerous Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate

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Dangerous Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate (VLB) (vin blas’ teen) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antineoplastic Mitotic inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibits microtubule formation in the mitotic spindle, leading to cell-cycle arrest in…

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Vilazodone Hydrochloride

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Vilazodone Hydrochloride (vil az’ ah dohn) Viibryd PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidepressant SSRI Therapeutic Actions Acts as an antagonist at central serotonin receptor sites and as an SSRI; this…

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Vigabatrin

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Vigabatrin (vi gah ba’ trin) Sabril PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antiepileptic GABA transaminase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Irreversibly inhibits GABA transaminase, the enzyme responsible for the metabolism of the inhibitory…

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Dangerous Drug: Verapamil Hydrochloride

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Dangerous Drug: Verapamil Hydrochloride (ver ap’ a mill) Apo-Verap (CAN), Apo-Verap SR (CAN)DNC, Calan, Calan SRDNC, Covera-HS, Gen-Verapamil (CAN), Gen-Verapamil SR (CAN)DNC, Isoptin SRDNC, Nu-Verap (CAN), VerelanDNC, Verelan PMDNC PREGNANCY…

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