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drug for treating congestive heart failure |
Digoxin |
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naturally occuring drug for the treatment of arrhythmia |
Quindine |
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Corrects ventricular arrhythmia |
Lidocaine |
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Side effect is nephrotoxic and ototoxic |
Aminoglycosides |
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Side effect is red man syndrome |
vancomycin |
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For treating withdrawal symptoms in infants bron to opiate or barbiturate addicted mothers |
Phenobarbital |
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treat petit mal and grand mal |
Valproic acid(Depakene) |
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Treat grand mal seizures accompanied by pain |
Carbamazepine(tegretol) |
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Drug of choice for controlling petit mal |
Ethosuximide(Zarontin) |
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psychoactive drugs for manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder) |
Lithium |
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drug of choice for prevention of chronic cluster headache |
Lithium |
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Inhibit thyroid hormone synthesis and effect of ADH on the kidney |
Lithium |
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blocks the reuptake of serotonin |
Fluoxetine |
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treatment for asthma and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
theophylline |
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specific use is for production of IL-2 |
Cyclosporine |
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100x more powerful than cyclosporine and used for CLOT formation |
tacrolimus |
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Similar to tacrolimus, major side effect are lipid abnormalities and thrombocytopenia |
Repamycin |
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Decreases renal allograft rejection |
Mycophenolate mofetil |
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For rheumatoid arthritis |
Leflunomide |
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for leukemias and lymphomas |
Busulfan |
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direct stimulator of the respiratory system and inhibitor of the crebs cycle |
Salicylates/Aspirin |
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Inhibitor of prostaglandin metabolism |
acetamonophen(Tylenol) |
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blocks the action of dopamine and serotonin in the limbic system. Used for acute schizophrenia |
Neuroleptics(Antipsychotic major transquilizer) |
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Inhibits DNA synthesis in all cells |
Methotrexate |
