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Meds-uses
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12
Nursing
Graduate
08/29/2011

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Term
Albuterol
Definition
prevention of exercise-induced asthma, acute brochospasm, bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, reversible airway obstruction
Term
Allopurinol
Definition
chronic gout, hyperuricemia associated with malignancies, recurrent calcium oxalate calculi, uric acid calculi
Term
Alprazolam
Definition
anxiety, panic disorders with or without agoraphobia, anxiety with depressive symptoms
Term
Asprin
Definition
mild to moderate pain or fever including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, thromboembolic disorders, transient ischemic attacks, rheumatic fever, post-MI, prophylaxis of MI, ischemic stroke, angina; acute MI
Term
Atorvastatin
Definition
as an adjunct in primary hypercholesterolemia (types Ia, Ib),dysbetalipoproteinemia, elevated triglyceride levels; prevention of cardiovascular disease by reduction of heart risk in those with mildly elevated chloesterol
Term
Bisacodyl
Definition
short-term treatment of constipation, bowel or rectal preparation for surgery, examination
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Captopril
Definition
hypertension, CHF, left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) after MI, diabetic nephropathy
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Carvedilol
Definition
essential hypertension alone or in combination with other antihypertensives, CHF, LV dysfunction following MI, cardiomyopathy
Term
Cephalosporin- 1st generation
Definition
upper, lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, skin infections; bone, joint, biliary, genital infections; endocarditis, surgical prophylaxis, septicemia
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Cephalosporin- 3rd generation
Definition
Term
Cilostazol
Definition
intermittent claudication
Term
Clindamycin HCl
Definition
infections caused by staphylococci, streptococci, Rickettsia, Fusobacterium, Actinomyces, Peptococcus, Bacteroides, Pneumocystis jiroveci
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