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1. Analgesic-a drug that suppresses pain perception without inducing loss of consciousness
*Non-opioid analgesics
* Opioid analgesics
2. Local anesthetic-a drug that eliminates pain perception in limited body area by local action on
sensory nerves
3. Anticonvulsant/Antiepileptic-a drug that arrest convulsion by inducing general CNS depression
4. Anti-gout-a drug that reduces tissue deposits of uric acid in general gout or suppresses the intense
inflammatory reaction of acute gout
*Acute gout
*Chronic gout
5. Anti-migraine-a drug that reduces incidence of severity of migraine vascular headache
6. Anti-parkinsonism- a drug that suppresses neurologic disturbances and symptoms of Parkinsonism
*Dopaminergic-(only for idiopathic Parkinsonism)
*Anticholinergic-(for idiopathic and drug-induced Parkinsonism
7. Antipyretic-a drug that restores normal body temperature in the presence of fever
8. Hypnotic-a CNS depressant use to induce sleep
9. Anxiolytic-a drug that suppresses symptoms of anxiety
10. Antidepressant-a drug that induce mood elevation, useful in treating mental depression
11. Antipsychotic-a drug that suppresses symptoms of psychoses of various diagnostic types
*atypical antipsychotic
*typical antipsychotic
12. Antiemetic-a drug that suppresses nausea and vomiting
13. Anti-vertigo-a drug that suppresses dizziness
14. Anti-motion sickness-a drug that suppresses motion-induced nausea and vertigo
ANTI-INFECTIVES
1. Anti-amebic-a drug that kills or inhibits protozoan-parasites such as E. histolytic causature
organism of amebiasis
2. Antibacterial-a drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic bacteria
3. Anti-filarial-a drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic filarial worms
4. Antifungal-a drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic fungi
5. Anti-helminthic-a drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic helmints
6. Antimalarial-a drug that kills or inhibits mycobacterium leprae, causative agent of leprosy
7. Antiprotozoal-a drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic protozoa
8. Anti-schistosoma-a drug that kills or inhibits pathogenic flukes of genus schistosoma
9. Antiviral-a drug that kills or inhibits viral infections
IMMUNOLOGICALS
1. Vaccine-an antigen containing drug used to induce active immunity against an infectious
disease
2. Immune sera-s serum of an animal or human containing antibodies against a specific disease
-it is use to confer passive immunity to that disease
CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
1. Adrenergic agent-a drug that activates organs innervated by the sympathetic nervous system; a
sympathomimetic agent
2. Inotropic agent-an agent that increases the contractile strength of a heart muscle; a cardiotonic
3. Anti-angina-a coronary vasodilator useful in preventing or treating attacks of angina pectoris
4. Antiarrhythmic-a cardiac depressant useful in suppressing rhythm irregularities of the heart
5. Anti-lipidemic-a drug that lowers the lipid in the blood
6. Cholinergic agent-a drug that activated organ innervated by the parasympathetic nervous
system; a parasympathetic drug
DIURETIC
-A drug that promotes renal excretion of electrolytes and water useful in treating generalized edema
RESPIRATOTY DRUGS
1. Anti-asthmatic-a drug that relieves asthma symptoms
2. Antitussive-a drug that suppresses coughing
3. Mucolytic-a drug that hydrolyzes mucoprotein, useful in reducing the viscosity of pulmonary
mucus
4. Nasal decongestants-a adrenergic drug used orally or topically to induce vasoconstriction in
nasal passages
5. Respiratory stimulant-a drug that selectively stimulates respiration
ANTIDOTES
1. General antidote-a drug that reduces the effect of ingested poisons by adsorpting toxic materials
*activated charcoal
*sodium sulfate
2. Specific antidote-a drug that reduces the effects of a systemic poison by mechanism that relates
to the particular poison
GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS
1. Antacid-a drug that neutralizes excess gastric acid
2. H2 Antagonist/H2 Receptor Antagonist- a drug that inhibits histamine-medicated gastric acid
secretion used to treat peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcer
3. Cytoprotector-ability of a pharmacological agent to reduce or prevent gastric mucosal necrosis
by variety of ulcerogenic and necrotizing agent
-accomplished without inhibition of gastric acid secretion
4. Anticholinergic-a drug that inhibits response to parasympathetic nerve impulses and cholinergic
drugs
5. Spasmolytic-a drug that inhibits motility of visceral smooth muscles
6. Antiemetic-a drug that suppresses nausea and vomiting
7. Anti-motility-a drug that suppresses motility
8. Laxative, Cathartic-a drug that promotes defecation
OPTHALMIC PREPARATIONS
1. Antibacterial
2. Antifungal
3. Antiviral
4. Anti-inflammatory
5. Local anesthetic
6. Mydriatic, cycloplegic-an adrenergic drug used topically in the eye to induce dilation of the
pupil
7. Miotic-a cholinergic drug used topically in the eye to induce constriction of the pupil