Dangerous Drug: Fludarabine Phosphate (floo dar’ a been) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Classes Antimetabolite Antineoplastic Therapeutic Actions Inhibits DNA polymerase alpha, ribonucleotide reductase and DNA primase, which inhibits DNA synthesis…
Flucytosine (5-FC, 5-Fluorocytosine) (floo sye’ toe seen) Ancobon PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Antifungal Therapeutic Actions Affects cell membranes of susceptible fungi to cause fungus death; exact mechanism of action…
Fluconazole (floo kon’ a zole) Apo-Fluconazole (CAN), Diflucan, Gen-Fluconazole (CAN), PMS-Fluconazole (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY D Drug Class Antifungal Therapeutic Actions Binds to sterols in the fungal cell membrane, changing membrane…
Flecainide Acetate (fle ka’ nide) Tambocor PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Antiarrhythmic Therapeutic Actions Type 1c antiarrhythmic: Acts selectively to depress fast sodium channels, decreasing the height and rate of…
Flavoxate Hydrochloride (fla vox’ ate) PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Parasympathetic blocker Urinary antispasmodic Therapeutic Actions Counteracts smooth muscle spasm of the urinary tract by relaxing the detrusor and other…
Fingolimod (fin gol ih mod) Gilenya PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes MS drug Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator Therapeutic Actions By blocking sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors, drug blocks the capacity of lymphocytes…
Finasteride (fin as’ teh ride) Propecia, Proscar PREGNANCY CATEGORY X Drug Class Androgen hormone inhibitor Therapeutic Actions Inhibits the intracellular enzyme that converts testosterone into a potent androgen (DHT); does…
Filgrastim (Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, G-CSF) (fill grass’ stim) Neupogen PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Class Colony-stimulating factor Therapeutic Actions Human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor produced by recombinant DNA technology; increases the production…
Fidaxomicin (fah dax oh my’ sin) Dificid PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Class Macrolide antibiotic Therapeutic Actions Bactericidal; inhibits RNA synthesis by RNA polymerases, causing cell death. Works primarily against Clostridium…
