NURSING
Dantrolene Sodium
Dantrolene Sodium (dan’ troe leen) Dantrium, Dantrium Intravenous PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Skeletal muscle relaxant (direct acting) Therapeutic Actions Relaxes skeletal muscle within the skeletal muscle fiber, probably by…
Dangerous Drug: Dalteparin Sodium
Dangerous Drug: Dalteparin Sodium (dahl’ tep ah rin) Fragmin PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Anticoagulant Antithrombotic Low–molecular-weight heparin Therapeutic Actions Low–molecular-weight heparin that inhibits thrombus and clot formation by blocking…
Dangerous Drug: Dactinomycin (Actinomycin D, ACT)
Dangerous Drug: Dactinomycin (Actinomycin D, ACT) (dak ti noe mye’ sin) Cosmegen PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antibiotic Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Cytotoxic: Inhibits synthesis of messenger RNA, causing cell death;…
Dangerous Drug: Dacarbazine (DTIC, Imidazole Carboxamide)
Dangerous Drug: Dacarbazine (DTIC, Imidazole Carboxamide) (da kar’ ba zeen) DTIC-Dome PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Alkylating agent Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Cytotoxic: Exact mechanism of action unknown; inhibits DNA and…
Dabigatran Etexilate Mesylate
Dabigatran Etexilate Mesylate (da bye gah’ tron) PradaxaDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Direct thrombin inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Competitive, direct thrombin inhibitor; thrombin enables the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin…
Dangerous Drug: Cytarabine (Cytosine Arabinoside)
Dangerous Drug: Cytarabine (Cytosine Arabinoside) (sye tare’ a been) DepoCyt, Tarabine PFS PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antimetabolite Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Inhibits DNA polymerase; cell cycle phase specific—S phase (stage…
Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride
Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride (si proe hep’ ta deen) PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antihistamine (piperidine type) Therapeutic Actions Blocks the effects of histamine at H1 receptor sites; has atropine-like, antiserotonin, antipruritic,…
