Carisoprodol (Isomeprobamate) (kar eye soe proe’ dol) Soma PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant Therapeutic Actions Precise mechanism not known; chemically related to meprobamate, an anxiolytic;…

Carglumic Acid

Carfilzomib

Carboprost Tromethamine (kar’ boe prost) Hemabate PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Abortifacient Prostaglandin Therapeutic Actions Stimulates the myometrium of the gravid uterus to contract in a manner that is similar…

Dangerous Drug: Carboplatin (kar’ boe pla tin) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Alkylating drug Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Cytotoxic: Heavy metal that produces cross-links within and between strands of DNA, thus…

Carbinoxamine Maleate (car bih nock’ sah meen) Karbinal ER PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Antihistamine Therapeutic Actions Competitively blocks the effects of histamine at histamine-1 receptors; has anticholinergic, drying, and…

Carbamazepine (kar ba maz’ e peen) Apo-Carbamazepine (CAN), CarbatrolDNC, Epitol, EquetroDNC, Gen-Carbamazepine CRDNC, PMS-Carbamazepine (CAN), Tegretol, Tegretol-XRDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug class Antiepileptic Therapeutic Actions Mechanism of action not understood;…

Captopril (kap’ toe pril) Apo-Capto (CAN), Gen-Captopril (CAN), PMS-Captopril (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes ACE inhibitor Antihypertensive Therapeutic Actions Blocks ACE from converting angiotensin I to angiotensin II, a…

Capreomycin (kap ree oh mye’ sin) Capastat Sulfate PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antibiotic Antituberculotic (“third line”) Therapeutic Actions Polypeptide antibiotic; mechanism of action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis unknown. Indications Treatment…

Dangerous Drug: Capecitabine (kap ah seat’ ah been) Xeloda PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antimetabolite Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions A prodrug of 5-fluorouridine that is readily converted to 5-FU; inhibits thymidylate…