Pharmacology

An antibiotic used mostly as an ointment on the skin to prevent infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns.

A muscle relaxant that eases muscle stiffness and spasms from nerve conditions such as multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

Able to kill bacteria.

A sterile irrigating fluid balanced to suit the eye's tissues, used to keep the cornea moist and to irrigate inside the eye.

A type of sedative drug that slows the brain and nervous system, used for some seizures and in anesthesia.

Twice a day: a dosing abbreviation from the Latin bis die, used mainly outside the United States.

A timing direction for a medicine or test: give it before eating, often about 30 minutes before a meal.

An ACE inhibitor: a drug that lowers blood pressure by blocking the making of angiotensin II.

A group of calming drugs that slow brain activity, used for anxiety, seizures, alcohol withdrawal and sedation.

A cough medicine in soft capsules that numbs the stretch receptors in the lungs.

An anticholinergic drug used to treat movement side effects of antipsychotic drugs and symptoms of Parkinson disease.

A drug that blocks the effects of adrenaline on beta receptors, slowing the heart rate and lowering blood pressure.

A strong, long-acting corticosteroid drug given as an injection or used on the skin.

A cholinergic drug taken by mouth that helps the bladder contract and empty.

The share of a drug dose that reaches the bloodstream in active form and can work in the body.

A drug made from living cells or proteins that changes how the immune system responds.

A stimulant laxative, taken as a tablet or rectal suppository, that makes the bowel muscles push stool along.

An over-the-counter drug for upset stomach and diarrhea that contains bismuth and a salicylate related to aspirin.

A drug that slows the breakdown of bone.

An abbreviation for "twice a week" that ISMP advises against; write "2 times weekly."

An antitumor antibiotic chemotherapy drug used for lymphomas, testicular cancer and some skin and head-and-neck cancers.

A drug that stops a receptor or channel in the body from being activated, so the usual effect does not happen.

The total area of the outside of a person's body, in square meters, worked out from height and weight.

A single amount of a drug or fluid given all at once or over a short time.

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), a powder and liquid mixed on the field into a dough that hardens to anchor implants or fill bone.

A soft, waxy material pressed onto the cut surface of bone to seal it and stop it bleeding.

A small protein in the body that widens blood vessels, makes them leak fluid and causes pain.

A drug that acts like dopamine, used to lower high prolactin levels and for some other hormone and movement disorders.

A drug that relaxes the muscles around the airways so they open wider.

Relating to the cheek or the inside of the mouth; a buccal drug is held between the cheek and gum and absorbed through the lining of the mouth.

A corticosteroid drug that is inhaled, sprayed in the nose or taken by mouth to reduce inflammation.

A long-acting local anesthetic used to numb an area, block nerves, or give epidural and spinal anesthesia.

An opioid used to treat opioid use disorder and, in other forms, moderate to severe pain.

An antidepressant that is also used to help people stop smoking.

An antianxiety drug, taken every day, used for long-lasting anxiety.