40 DRUGS - must know

GENERIC BRAND CLASSIFICATION INDICATION

1 Salbutamol Ventolin Brondchodilator mild asthma
2 Ipratropium + Salbutamol Combivent Brondchodilator moderate asthma
3 Ipratropium + Bromide Verodual Brondchodilator severe asthma
4 Aminophyline Theophyline Brondchodilator irreversible asthma, COPD, heart failure
5 Hydrocortisone Solucortef Corticosteroid / Anti-inflammatory inflammation shock, bronchitis, allergic cond.
6 Tranexamic Acid Hemostan Anti-fibrolytic / Hemostatic hemorrhage
7 Dexamethasome Decardon Anti-corticosteroid athritis, dermatitis, cerebral edema
8 Hyosine N Butylbromide Buscopan Anti-Cholinergic / antispasmodic GI, Genitourinary spasm, renal spasm, induced labor
9 Dopamine HCl Intropin Vasopressor (Adrenergic) heart failure
10 Dobutamine Dobutrex Cardiovascular Drug heart failure cardiac stress test
11 Epinephrine Cardiovascular Drug cardiac arrest
12 Atrophine SO4 Sal-tropine Anti-arrythmic / Bronchodilator symptomatic bradycardia, premed for anaest.
13 Lidocaine HCl Xylocaine Anti-arrythmic / anaestetic L/G anesthesia, vent arrythmia
14 Amiodarone HCl Paderone Anti-arrythmic ventfib-cardiac arrest, tachycardia, arrythmia
15 Isosorbide Mononitrate Imdur Anti-Anginal acute angina attact
16 Isosorbide Dinitrate Isordil Anti-Anginal angina pectoris
17 Nicardipine HCl Cardene Anti-hypertensive E' HPN (>180/100), unstable angina attact
18 Captopril Capoten Anti-hypertensive HPN, heart failure
19 Clonidine Catapres Anti-hypertensive mil-severe HPN
20 Hydrazaline HCl Apresoline Anti-hypertensive essential HPN, preeclampsia
21 Nifedipine Calciblock Anti-Anginal HPN, chronic unstable angina
22 Metronidazole Flagyl Anti-infective / antiparasitic AGE, anaerobic inf.
23 Digoxin Lanoxin Anti-arrythmic tachycardia, arrythimia, cardiac failure
24 Promethazine HCl Phenergan Anti-emetic / Antihistamine hyperemesis gravidarum, N&V, allergy
25 Metoclopramide HCl Plasil Anti-emetic / Prokinetic agent postop N&V, GERD, postop gastric stasis
26 Furosemide Lasix Diuretic - Loop HPN, edema, CHF
27 Mannitol Osmorol Diuretic - Osmotic inc. ICP, oliguria
28 Spirinolactone Aldactone Diuretic - K Sparring HPN, edema, diuretic ind. hypoK
29 Verapamil HCl Isoprin Anti-Anginal angina pectoris
30 Hydrocholorothiazide Diuzid Diuretic - Thiazide HTN, edema, DI
31 Potassium Hydrochloride Apo-K Electrolyte Replacement hypokalemia
32 Calcium Gluconate Kalcinate Electrolyte Replacement Mg intoxication
33 Phenobarbital Luminal Anti-convulsant febrile seizures
34 Phenytoin Dilantin Anti-convulsant tonic-clonic seizures
35 Magnisium Sulfate Anti-convulsant preeclampsia, mg sufficiency
36 Ranitidine Zantac Anti-Ulcer / Antacid GERD, deudenal ulcer
37 Cimetidine Tagamet Anti-Ulcer UGI bleeding
38 Femotidine Pepcid Anti-Ulcer gastric hypersecretory
39 Nizatidine Axid Anti-Ulcer benign gastric ulcer
40 D50-50 Electrolyte Replacement hypoglycemia
41 Nitroglycerine Nitrol Patch Anti-Anginal Acute Angina Pectoris
42 Diphenhydramine HCl Benadryl Anti-histamine allergy, RTI
43 Chloroferamide maleate Antamin Anti-histamine allergy
44 Diazepam Valium Anti-convulsant / Anxiolytic muscle relaxant, anxiety, status epilepticus