Pharmacology

A drug that acts like estrogen on bone, used to prevent and treat osteoporosis after menopause.

An H2 blocker that lowers stomach acid, taken off the US market in 2020.

Insulin that starts to work within about 15 minutes and is timed with meals.

The taking back of water and dissolved substances from the fluid in the kidney tubules into the blood.

A structure on or in a cell that a specific chemical, such as a hormone or drug, attaches to in order to act.

To add a liquid, such as sterile water or saline, to a dry powdered drug to make a liquid of a set strength.

A planned schedule of treatment, such as which drugs to take, how much and when.

Anesthesia that numbs one region of the body by blocking its nerves with a local anesthetic while the patient stays conscious.

A short-acting human insulin that is clear and can be given under the skin or into a vein.

An IV antiviral drug that stops the COVID-19 virus from copying itself.

An ultrashort-acting synthetic opioid, given as a continuous IV infusion during anesthesia, that wears off within minutes of stopping.

Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy: an FDA-required safety program for certain drugs with serious risks.

An enzyme released by the kidney when blood pressure or blood flow falls, which starts the chain of reactions that makes angiotensin II.

A chain of hormones that raises blood pressure and helps the body hold on to salt and water.

Treatment that gives the body a substance it is missing or not making enough of.

Breathing that is too slow or too shallow to move enough air in and out of the lungs.

Behind the eyeball; a retrobulbar block is local anesthetic injected there, into the cone of eye muscles, to numb the eye and stop it moving.

The taking back of a chemical messenger into the nerve cell that released it.

An injection of antibodies given to an Rh-negative person to stop their body from making antibodies against Rh-positive blood.

An antiviral drug used by mouth for chronic hepatitis C and as an inhaled mist for severe RSV infection.

Vitamin B2, a vitamin the body needs to turn food into energy and keep skin and eyes healthy.

An antibiotic used mainly with other drugs to treat tuberculosis.

A group of antibiotics, including rifampin, used mainly for tuberculosis; also one drug of that name for travelers' diarrhea.

The checklist of things a nurse confirms each time before giving a medicine, such as the right client, drug, dose, route and time.

An IV fluid of water with sodium, potassium and calcium salts at about the same concentration as blood.

A second-generation antipsychotic used for schizophrenia, bipolar mania and irritability in autism.

An HIV protease inhibitor, now used mostly in low doses to raise the blood levels of other antiviral drugs.

An oral anticoagulant that blocks clotting factor Xa to prevent and treat blood clots.

An intermediate-acting nondepolarizing muscle relaxant given by vein for intubation and to keep the muscles relaxed during surgery.

A drug that acts like dopamine in the brain, used for Parkinson disease and for restless legs syndrome.

A long-acting amide local anesthetic, a little weaker than bupivacaine and less toxic to the heart, used for nerve blocks and epidurals.