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11 Cards in this Set
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Lasix
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Furosemide - Used to reduce high blood pressure and a diuretic (point of action is in the kidneys (loop diuretic)
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AccuNeb, Airet, Proventil, Ventolin, Volmax
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Albuterol, Levalbuterol (Xopenex), or Pirbuterol (Maxair)- Brochodialater
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Vicodin, Anexsia, Co-gesic, Hydrocet, Lorcet, Lortab, Maxidone, Norco, Zydone
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Hydrocodone with APAP - Narcotic Analgesic (painkiller and cough reliever with a non-narcotic analgesic for relief of moderate to severe pain
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Zestril, Prinivil
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Lisinopril - reduces high blood pressure (ACE inhibitor: prevents angiotension 1 conversion to angiotension 2, which is a potent blood vessel constricter), CHF, kidney protection (in people with diabetes), improving survival after a heart attack
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Hydrodiuril, Esidrix
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Hydrochlorothiazide - reduce high blood pressure, diruetic(eliminates excess water to get rid of CHF, cirrohosis, corticosteriod and estrogen therapy, and kidney disorders)
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Trimox
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Amoxil or Amoxicillin - an antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of infections including: gonorrhea, middle ear infections, skin, upper and lower respiratory, gential and urinary. With prevacid or prilosec, amoxicillin can be used for duodenal ulcers from H. pylori bacteria
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Lipitor
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Atorvastatin - cholesterol reducing agent (lowers bad, LDL, and increases good, HDL, cholesterol; artherosclerosis prevention (hardening of the arteries), which prevents heart attack, stroke, or cardiac bypass
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Prograf, Protopic, Synthroid
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Tacrolimus (FK506) - Immunosupressant (organ transplant rejection, autoimmune disease, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis)
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Tenormin
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Atenolol - Beta-andrenic blocker (interferes with certain parts of the nervous system to reduce high blood pressure); abnormal heart beats; angina (chest pain); secondary heart attack and migrane; alcholol withdrawl, anxiety, esophogeal bleeding
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Novasc
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Amolodipine Besylate - Angina (chest pain from lack of oxygen in the heart due to clogged arteries); high blood pressure (calcium channel blocker, which dialates blood vessels and slows the heart to reduce BP and angina)
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Zoloft
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Sertraline - major depression (a persistently low mood that interferes with your daily living); selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI), which slows the process of serotonin excretion from the brain
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