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– an agent which dissolves thick mucus and usually used to help relieve respiratory difficulties.
Mucolytic
– a drug used to relieve nasal congestion in the upper respiratory tract
Nasal decongestant
drug that attacks malignant cell in the body
Antineoplastic
drugs that inhibits immune response to foreign materials, used to suppress rejection of tissue graft.
Immunosuppressants
a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of histamine, used especially in the treatment of allergies.
Antihistamine -
drug used to treat anemia
Anti-anemic –
drug administered to slow clotting of circulating blood, prophylactically to prevent heart attack
Anticoagulant
drug that promotes removal of small fibrin clots
Fibrinolytic
drug that promotes homeostasis by inhibiting clot dissolution.
Anti fibrinolytic
used to treat patients who have suffered hemorrhage or shock
Plasma expander/substitute
– drug that reduces the effects of ingested poisons by adsorbing toxic material
General antidote
drug that neutralizes excess gastric acid
Antacid
drug that inhibits histamine-induced gastric acid secretion used to treat peptic and duodenal ulcers
H2 antagonist
– this is given to protect the eroded ulcer sited in the GIT from further damage by acid and digestive enzymes.
Mucosal Protectant
- used to relieve spasm of involuntary muscle like those of smooth muscle in the bowel wall.
Antispasmodic drug
drug that suppresses nausea and vomiting.
Anti-emetic
– drugs used to alleviate symptoms of diarrhea
Antimotility
drug that promotes defecation
Laxative, cathartic
hormones produces by the sex organs which play an important r role in the development of sexual characteristics
Sex hormone
a drug that prevents conception
Hormonal contraceptive
