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Pomalidomide

Dangerous Drug: Polymyxin B sulfate (pol i mix’ in) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Antibiotic Therapeutic Actions Bactericidal: Has surfactant (detergent) activity that allows it to penetrate and disrupt the…

Poly-L-Lactic Acid

Polidocanol

Plerixafor

Plasma Protein Fraction Plasmanate, Plasma-Plex, Protenate PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Blood product Plasma protein Therapeutic Actions Maintains plasma colloid osmotic pressure and carries intermediate metabolites in the transport and…

Plasma Kallikrein Inhibitor

Pitavastatin (pih ta’ vah sta’ tin) Livalo PREGNANCY CATEGORY X Drug Classes Antihyperlipidemic HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibits HMG-CoA reductase, the enzyme that catalyzes the first step in the…

Piroxicam (peer ox’ i kam) Apo-Piroxicam (CAN), Feldene, Gen-Piroxicam (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class NSAID (oxicam derivative) Therapeutic Actions Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities related to inhibition of prostaglandin…

Dangerous Drug: Pioglitazone (pie oh glit’ ah zohn) Actos, Apo-Pioglitazone (CAN), ratio-Pioglitazone (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidiabetic Thiazolidinedione Therapeutic Actions Resensitizes tissues to insulin; stimulates insulin receptor sites…