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Tamsulosin Hydrochloride (tam soo low’ sin) FlomaxDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug class Alpha-adrenergic blocker (peripherally acting) Therapeutic Actions Blocks the smooth muscle alpha1-adrenergic receptors in the prostate, prostatic capsule, prostatic…

Dangerous Drug: Tamoxifen Citrate (ta mox’ i fen) Apo-Tamox (CAN), Gen-Tamoxifen (CAN), Soltamox, Tamofen (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antiestrogen Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Potent antiestrogenic effects: Competes with estrogen…

Taliglucerase

Talc, USP

Tadalafil (tah dal’ ah fill) Adcirca, Cialis PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Impotence drug Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Selectively inhibits cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) specific phosphodiesterase type 5. The mechanism…

Tacrolimus (FK 506) (tack row’ lim us) Advagraf (CAN), Astagraf XLDNC, Hecoria, Prograf, Protopic PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Immunomodulator Immunosuppressant Therapeutic Actions Immunosuppressant; inhibits T-lymphocyte activation; exact mechanism of…

Sunitinib

Sumatriptan Succinate (sue mah trip’ tan) Alsuma, Apo-Sumatriptan (CAN), Gen-Sumatriptan (CAN), Imitrex, Novo-Sumatriptan (CAN), Novo-Sumatriptan DF (CAN), PMS-Sumatriptan (CAN), ratio-Sumatriptan (CAN), Sumavel DosePro, Zecuity PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antimigraine…

Sulindac (sul in’ dak) Apo-Sulin (CAN), Clinoril PREGNANCY CATEGORY B (FIRST AND SECOND TRIMESTERS) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D (THIRD TRIMESTER) Drug Classes Analgesic Antipyretic NSAID Therapeutic Actions Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic…

Sulfasalazine (sul fa sal’ a zeen) Azulfidine, Azulfidine EN-TabsDNC, PMS-Sulfasalazine (CAN), PMS-Sulfasalazine EC (CAN)DNC, Salazopyrin EN-Tabs (CAN)DNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Anti-inflammatory Antirheumatic Sulfonamide Therapeutic Actions Bacteriostatic: Competitively antagonizes…