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Dicyclomine Hydrochloride (dye sye’ kloe meen) Bentyl, Bentylol (CAN) PREGNANCY CATEGORY B Drug Classes Anticholinergic Antimuscarinic Antispasmodic Parasympatholytic Therapeutic Actions Direct GI smooth muscle relaxant; competitively blocks the effects of…

Diclofenac (dye kloe’ fen ak) Zorvolex Diclofenac Epolamine Flector, Pennsaid, Solaraze, Voltaren Diclofenac Potassium Apo-Diclo Rapide (CAN), Cambia, Cataflam, Novo-Difenac-K (CAN), Voltaren Rapide (CAN), Zipsor Diclofenac Sodium Apo-Diclo (CAN), Apo-Diclo…

Diazoxide (di az ok’ side) Proglycem PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Glucose-elevating drug Therapeutic Actions Increases blood glucose by decreasing insulin release and increasing glucose. Indications Management of hypoglycemia due…

Diazepam (dye az’ e pam) Apo-Diazepam (CAN), Diastat, AcuDial, Diazemuls (CAN), Diazepam Intensol, Valium PREGNANCY CATEGORY D CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE C-IV Drug Classes Antiepileptic Anxiolytic Benzodiazepine Skeletal muscle relaxant (centrally acting)…

Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide (dex troe meth or’ fan) Aerotuss 12, Balminil DM (CAN), Buckley’s Cough Mixture, Creomulsion, Creo-Terpin, Delsym, DexAlone, Hold DM, Koffex (CAN), Novahistex DM (CAN), PediaCare Infants Long-Acting Cough,…

Dextroamphetamine Sulfate (dex troe am fet’ a meen) Dexedrine SpansuleDNC PREGNANCY CATEGORY C CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE C-II Drug Classes Amphetamine CNS stimulant Therapeutic Actions Acts in the CNS to release norepinephrine…

Dextran, Low-Molecular-Weight (dex’ tran) Dextran 40, Gentran 40, 10% LMD, Rheomacrodex PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Plasma volume expander (nonbacteriostatic) Therapeutic Actions Synthetic polysaccharide used to approximate the colloidal properties…

Dextran, High-Molecular-Weight (dex’ tran) Dextran 70, Gentran 70, Macrodex PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Plasma volume expander (nonbacteriostatic) Therapeutic Actions Synthetic polysaccharide used to approximate the colloidal properties of albumin….

Dexrazoxane

Dexpanthenol (Dextro-Pantothenyl Alcohol) (dex pan’ the nole) Panthoderm PREGNANCY CATEGORY C Drug Classes Emollient GI stimulant Therapeutic Actions Mechanism is unknown; is the alcohol analog of pantothenic acid, a cofactor…