Nicardipine Hydrochloride

Jul 21, 2016 by in NURSING Comments Off on Nicardipine Hydrochloride

Nicardipine Hydrochloride (nye kar’ de peen) Cardene, Cardene SR PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antianginal Antihypertensive Calcium channel blocker Therapeutic Actions Inhibits the movement of calcium ions across the membranes…

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Niacin

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Niacin (nye’ ah sin) Niacor, Niaspan, Slo-Niacin PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antihyperlipidemic Vitamin Therapeutic Actions May partially inhibit the release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue and increase…

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Nevirapine

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Nevirapine (neh veer’ ah pine) Viramune, Viramune XRDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiviral Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Antiretroviral activity; binds directly to HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and blocks…

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Neostigmine

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Neostigmine (nee oh stig’ meen) Neostigmine Bromide Neostigmine Methylsulfate Prostigmin PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antidote Antimyasthenic Cholinesterase inhibitor Parasympathomimetic Urinary tract drug Therapeutic Actions Increases the concentration of acetylcholine…

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Neomycin Sulfate

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Neomycin Sulfate (nee o mye’ sin) Mycifradin, Neo-fradin, Neo-Tabs PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug class Aminoglycoside Therapeutic Actions Bactericidal: Inhibits protein synthesis in susceptible strains of bacteria; functional integrity of bacterial…

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Nelfinavir Mesylate

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Nelfinavir Mesylate (nell fin’ a veer) Viracept PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Antiviral Protease inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibitor of the HIV-1 protease; prevents viral cleavage resulting in the production of…

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Nebivolol

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Nebivolol (nah bev’ ah loll) Bystolic PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Antihypertensive Beta-adrenergic blocker Therapeutic Actions Highly selective beta-1 adrenergic blocker. Decreases heart rate and contractility, suppresses renin release, and…

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