Simeprevir

Silodosin (sill oh do’ zin) Rapaflo PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Alpha1-adrenergic blocker BPH drug Therapeutic Actions Blocks the smooth muscle alpha1-adrenergic receptors in the prostate, prostatic capsule, prostatic urethra,…

Sildenafil Citrate (sill den’ ah fill) Revatio, Viagra PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Impotence drug Phosphodiesterase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Selectively inhibits cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5. The mechanism of penile erection…

Selegiline Hydrochloride (se leh’ ge leen) Apo-Selegiline (CAN), Eldepryl, Emsam, Gen-Selegiline (CAN), Zelapar PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidepressant Antiparkinsonian MAO type B inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of action not…

Sevelamer Hydrochloride

Sertraline Hydrochloride (sir’ trah leen) Apo-Sertraline (CAN), Novo-Sertraline (CAN), ratio-Sertraline (CAN), Zoloft PREGNANCY CATEGORY C (FIRST TRIMESTER) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D (THIRD TRIMESTER) Drug Classes Antidepressant SSRI Therapeutic Actions Acts as…

Secretin

Dangerous Drug: Secobarbital Sodium (see koe bar’ bi tal) Seconal Sodium PREGNANCY CATEGORY D CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE C-II Drug Classes Antiepileptic Barbiturate (short-acting) Sedative-hypnotic Therapeutic Actions General CNS depressant; barbiturates inhibit…

Scopolamine Hydrobromide (Hyoscine HBr) (skoe pol’ a meen) Parenteral: Scopolamine HBr Transdermal system: Transderm-Scop, Transderm-V (CAN) Ophthalmic solution: Isopto Hyoscine Ophthalmic PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Anticholinergic Antiemetic Anti–motion-sickness drug…

Dangerous Drug: Saxagliptin Hydrochloride (sacks ah glip’ ten) Onglyza PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antidiabetic drug DPP-4 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4) enzyme inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Slows the inactivation of the incretin hormones,…