Common Medication Stems
This medication word stem indicates a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
What is -profen?
This is the generic equivalent for Zestril.
What is lisinopril?
This act is responsible for requiring the creation of national standards that protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
This condition, which typically causes weak or brittle bones, is typically treated with medications such as Fosamax, Actonel, and Evista.
What is Osteoporosis?
This is the maximum daily dosage in adults for Aspirin.
What is 4 g or 4000 mg?
This common medication word stem indicates that a medication is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor that treats hyperlipidemia.
What is -statin?
This is the brand name for ipratropium inhaler.
What is Atrovent HFA?
This act was enacted in 2006 largely in part to regulate the sale of pseudoephedrine purchases in the United States.
What is the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act?
This mental illness which can be caused by medications or recreational drug use usually presents with delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia. Sometimes it can be attributed to other underlying medication conditions.
What is psychosis?
This common vitamin interacts with warfarin.
What is Vitamin K?
This common medication word stem indicates that a medication is an Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) used to treat hypertension.
What is -sartan?
This is the generic name for Xalatan.
What is latanoprost?
This act required the pharmaceutical industry to classify certain mediation in classifications according to their abuse potential. It also required certain security and record keeping measures be taken for these medications.
What is the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act?
This condition is a rare one that causes swelling in the liver and brain and while it can occur at any age, it usually affects children and teenagers after a viral infection when Aspirin is used as a treatment.
What is Reye's syndrome?
These two medications (eye drops) can permanently change the color of the eye, thicken the lashes, and darken eye lids.
What are Xalatan and Lumigan?
This medication word stem indicates that a medication is a loop diuretic commonly used to treat hypertension.
This is the brand name for velafaxine.
What is Effexor XR?
This amendment clearly defined two major categories of medication (legend and over-the-counter) and required that legend medications be indicated on manufacturer labels.
What is the Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
This condition, a bacterial infection of the sinuses, is normally treated with Amoxicillin and a first line therapy.
What is bacterial sinusitis?
These common dosage forms are designed to have a local action in the mouth and throat.
What are lozenges and troches?
These common word stems indicate that a medication is used to treat hyperglycemia.
What is gly- or gli- ?
This is the generic for Temovate.
What is clobetasol?
This amendment protected public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to assure the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of drugs in response to the thalidomide disaster.
What is the Kefauver-Harris Amendment?
This condition is a chronic and progressive condition that affects the nervous system causing uncontrolled movement of the body and is characterized by a deficiency of Dopamine.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
These are common adverse effects of ACE inhibitors.
What are hyperkalemia, cough, angioedema, and hypotension?