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14 Cards in this Set
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STATIN |
Used to control cholesterol. |
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RAZOLE |
It's called a proton pump inhibitor. It is used to treat conditions caused by excessive acidity in your stomach, such as stomach ulcers and re flux disease. |
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ARTAN |
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are medications that blockthe action of angiotensin II by preventing angiotensin II from binding toangiotensin II receptors on the muscles surrounding blood vessels. As a result, blood vessels enlarge (dilate) and blood pressure is reduced. |
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PAM |
Are classed as "psychoactive drugs", and help to treat anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia, seizures. e.t.c |
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OLOL |
Beta blockers. Are a class of drugs that are particularly used for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, protecting the heart from a second heart attack after a first heart attack, and, in certain cases, hypertension |
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PRIL |
ACE Inhabitor. Which helps relax the blood vessel. And can be classified as a blood pressure medication. |
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AZOSIN |
Alpha Blocker.Alpha-blockers are medicines that are mainly used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and problems with passing urine in men who have enlargement of the prostate gland |
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ITIDINE |
H2 antagonists.The H₂ receptor antagonists are a class of drugs used to block the action of histamine on parietal cells in the stomach, decreasing the production of acid by these cells. |
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CILLIN
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Antibiotics |
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FLOXACIN
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FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS. The quinolones are a family of synthetic broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs.[1][2][3] Quinolones, and derivatives, have also been isolated from natural sources (such as plants, animals and bacteria) and can act as natural antimicrobials and/or signalling molecules.
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ROMYCIN |
MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTICS. The macrolides are bacteriostatic antibiotics with a broad spectrum of activity against many gram-positive bacteria
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CYCLINE
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TETRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTICS. Tetracycline, is used to treat bacterial infections, including pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections; acne; infections of skin, genital and urinary systems;
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LAX |
Laxatives |
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VIR |
Anti-viral |
