Methylergonovine Maleate (meth ill er goe noe’ veen) Methergine (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Ergot derivative Oxytocic Therapeutic Actions A partial agonist or antagonist at alpha receptors; as a…

Methylene Blue (meth’ i leen) Methblue 65 PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidote Diagnostic agent Urinary tract anti-infective Therapeutic Actions Oxidation-reduction agent that converts the ferrous iron of reduced Hgb…

Methyldopa (meth ill doe’ pa) Methyldopa Apo-Methyldopa (CAN), Nu-Medopa (CAN) Methyldopate Hydrochloride PREGNANCY CATEGORY B (ORAL) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C (IV) Drug Classes Antihypertensive Sympatholytic (centrally acting) Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of…

Methsuximide

Methscopolamine Bromide (meth skoe pol’ a meen) Pamine, Pamine Forte PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Anticholinergic Antimuscarinic Antispasmodic Parasympatholytic Therapeutic Actions Competitively blocks the effects of acetylcholine at muscarinic cholinergic…

Dangerous Drug: Methotrexate (Amethopterin, MTX) (meth oh trex’ ate) ratio-Methotrexate (CAN), Rheumatrex, Rheumatrex Dose Pack, Trexall PREGNANCY CATEGORY X Drug Classes Antimetabolite Antineoplastic Antipsoriatic Antirheumatic Therapeutic Actions Inhibits dihydrofolic acid…

Methoxsalen

Methocarbamol (meth oh kar’ ba mole) Robaxin, Robaxin-750 PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug class Skeletal muscle relaxant (centrally acting) Therapeutic Actions Precise mechanism of action not known but may be due…

Methimazole (meth im’ a zole) Dom-Methimazole (CAN), Tapazole PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug class Antithyroid drug Therapeutic Actions Inhibits the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Indications Treatment of hyperthyroidism Palliation of certain…

Methenamine (meth en’ a meen) Methenamine Dehydral (CAN), Mandelamine (CAN), Urasel (CAN) Methenamine Hippurate Hiprex, Urex PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antibacterial Urinary tract anti-infective Therapeutic Actions Hydrolyzed in acid…