Neostigmine (nee oh stig’ meen) Neostigmine Bromide Neostigmine Methylsulfate Prostigmin PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidote Antimyasthenic Cholinesterase inhibitor Parasympathomimetic Urinary tract drug Therapeutic Actions Increases the concentration of acetylcholine…

Neomycin Sulfate (nee o mye’ sin) Mycifradin, Neo-fradin, Neo-Tabs PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug class Aminoglycoside Therapeutic Actions Bactericidal: Inhibits protein synthesis in susceptible strains of bacteria; functional integrity of bacterial…

Nelfinavir Mesylate (nell fin’ a veer) Viracept PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiviral Protease inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibitor of the HIV-1 protease; prevents viral cleavage resulting in the production of…

Nelarabine

Nefazodone

Nebivolol (nah bev’ ah loll) Bystolic PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antihypertensive Beta-adrenergic blocker Therapeutic Actions Highly selective beta-1 adrenergic blocker. Decreases heart rate and contractility, suppresses renin release, and…

Dangerous Drug: Nateglinide (nah teg’ lah nyde) Starlix PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidiabetic Meglitinide Therapeutic Actions Closes potassium channels in the beta cells of the pancreas, which causes the…

Natalizumab (nah tah liz’ yoo mab) Tysabri PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Monoclonal antibody MS drug Therapeutic Actions Monoclonal antibody specific for the alpha-4 subunit on the surface of all…

Naratriptan (nar ah trip’ tan) Amerge PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antimigraine drug (triptan) Serotonin selective agonist Therapeutic Actions Binds to serotonin receptors to cause vascular constrictive effects on cranial…

Naproxen (na prox’ en) Naproxen Apo-Naproxen (CAN), Apo-Naproxen EC (CAN), Apo-Naproxen SR (CAN), EC-Naprosyn, Gen-Naproxen EC (CAN), NaprelanDNC, Naprosyn, Novo-Naprox (CAN), Novo-Naprox-EC (CAN) Naproxen Sodium Aleve, Anaprox, Anaprox DSDNC, Apo-Napro-Na…