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NSAID Use: inflammation AE: irritates GI, may cause GI bleeding |
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NSAID - Anti-inflammatory Use: treats mild to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation AE: NV, gastric irritation and bleeding |
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Anti-inflammatory, systemic glucocorticoid Use: treat inflammation AE: long term therapy may result in Crushing's Syndrome |
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Antipyretics Use: relieve pain, reduce fever, has no anti-inflammatory action |
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Antibacterial Use: drug of choice for streptococci,pneumococci, and staphylococci which dont produce penicillinase AE: NDVM, anaphylaxix |
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Anitbacterial Use: for serious infections of lower resp. tract, CNS, GU tract, bones, blood, and joints AE: hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis |
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tetracycline HCL (Achromycin) |
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Anitbacterial Use: clamydiae, rickettsiae, and mycoplasma AE: superinfection, discoloration of teeth, photosensitivity, decrease effectiveness of contraceptives ** contraindicated in children under 8 |
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Antibacterial Use: bordetella pertussis, corynebacterium diptheria, most gram pos. bacteria AE: NVD,hepatotoxicity |
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anitbacterial Use: is a broad spectrum bacteriocidal antibiotic |
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Antibacterial Use: respiratory, bone, joint, GI, opthalmic, and sinus infections AE: phototoxicity, ototoxicity, effects the tendons |
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trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) |
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Antibacterial Use: UTI, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, shigella infection of the small bowel AE: skin rash, agranulocytosis |
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amphotericin B (Fungixone) |
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Antifungal Use: broad spectrum of activity, includes most fungi. AE: nephrotoxicity, electrolyte imbalace, cardiac arrest, hypotension, dysrythmia |
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Antifungal Use: treat fungal infection in CNS, bone, eyes, UT, resp. tract AE: NVD |
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Topical antifungal Use: candida infection of the intestine, vagina, skin, and mouth. AE: minor skin irritation, NVD |
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antiprotozoal, andimalarial Use: treating malaria for over 60 years AE: CNS and cardiovascular toxicity at high doses |
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antiprotozoal (non-antimalarial) Use: treats most forms of amebiasis AE: anorexia, dry mouth, unpleasant metallic tast |
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Antihelminthic Use: treats wide range of helminth infections AE: as worms die, abdominal pain, distension, and diarrhea may occur |
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Agents of HIV-AIDS use:reduce transmission rate from HIV positive mom to fetus AE: toxicity to blood cells at high dose, anemia, generalized weakness |
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Agents for HIV-AIDS Use: in combination with other antivirals in treatment using HAART AE: GI related effect: NVD, skin rash, fever, fatigue |
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Agents for HIV-AIDS protease inhibitors Used in combination with other antiviral for HIV PTs AE: dyspepsia, NVD, fatiuge, HA |
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Antiviral for herpes virus |
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Antibaterial Use: for serious urinary, resp, nervous, or GI infections. AE: ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity |
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