Cardiovascular & Reproductive Medications (copy)

Indications: Hypertension, hyperlipidimia, blood clotting, angina

Medical name: Hypertension

What is the common name?

Common name: High blood pressure
What is the medical name?

Indication: Hypertension

What are the causes? (4)

Causes: Smoking, diet, inactivity, salt

What is the Indication?

Blood pressure reading: what are the names of the numerator and denominator. What do they mean?

Systole/diastole
Heart contraction pumps the blood out/heart constriction, blood pulled in.

What numbers indicate high blood pressure?

140/90

What do these number indicate?

What numbers indicate good blood pressure?

120/80

What do these number indicate?

Drug class: ACE inhibitors
What is the suffix used?

Suffix: -pril

What is the name of the drug class?

Drug class: ACE Inhibitors

What are common side effects?

Common side effects: Dry, nonproductive cough & dizziness at start of therapy.

What drug class causes these side effects?

Generic name: Benazepril
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Lotensin
What is the generic name?

Generic name: Enalapril
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Vasotec
What is the generic name?

Generic name: Lisinopril
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Zestril

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Ramipril
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Altace
What is the generic name?

Medications: benazepril, enalapril, lisinopril, ramipril

What drug class are they?

ACE Inhibitors

What are the name of the medications? (4)

Drug class: ARBs (Angiotensin Receptor Blockers)

What is the suffix used?

Suffix: -sartan

What is the name of the drug class?

Drug class: ARBs (Angiotensin Receptor Blockers)

What are the common side effects?

Common side effects: Dizziness at start of therapy

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Losartan
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Cozaar

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Olmesartan
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Benicar

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Valsartan

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Diovan

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Sacubitril/Valsartan

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Estresto

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Beta blockers

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -olol

What is the name of the drug class?

Drug class: Beta blockers

What are common side effects?

Side effects: dizziness (slows the heart), tiredness

What is the name of the drug class that causes these side effects?

Generic name: Atenolol

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Tenormin

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Carvedilol

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Coreg

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Metoprolol tartrate

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Lopressor

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Metoprolol succinate

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Toprol -XL

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Propranolol

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Inderal

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Calcium channel blockers

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -dipine

What is the name of the drug class?

Drug class: Calcium channel blockers

What are the common side effects?

Side effects: Dizziness

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Amlodipine

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Norvasc

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Diltiazem*

What is the brand name?

*Most effective with heart arrhythmia, doesn’t follow drug suffix -dipine

Brand name: Cardizem*

What is the generic name?

*Most effective with heart arrhythmia, doesn’t follow drug suffix -dipine

Generic name: Nifedipine

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Procardia

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Verapamil*

What is the brand name?

*Most effective with heart arrhythmia, doesn’t follow drug suffix -dipine

Brand name: Calan, Verelan*

What is the generic name?

*Most effective with heart arrhythmia, doesn’t follow drug suffix -dipine

Drug class: Vasodilators

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -ine

What is the drug class?

Drug class: Vasodilators

What are the common side effects?

Side effects: Drowziness, fatigue

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Clonidine

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Catapres

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Hydrlazine

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Apresoline

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Loop Diuretics

Used for HTN (hyper tension) and edema (fluid retention)

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -semide

What is the drug class?

Drug class: Loop Diuretics and Thiazide

What are the common side effects?

Side effects: Decrease potassium, muscle cramps

What is the name of the drug class? (2)

Generic name: Furosemide

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Lasix

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Thiazide

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -thiazide

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Microzide

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Potassium sparing

What are the suffixes? (2)

Suffixes: -acetone, -terene

What is the drug class?

Drug class: Potassium sparing (diuretic)

What are the common side effects?

Side effects: decreased potassium
Not as effective as the other diuretics

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Spironolactone

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Aldactone

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Triamterene, HCTZ

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Maxzide, Dyazide

What is the generic name?

Medical name: Hyperlipidemia

What is the common name?

Common name: High cholesterol

Waxy substance derived from lipids (fats) in the body.

What is the medical name?

Indication: Hyperlipidemia

What are the causes?

Causes: Poor diet, obesity, smoking, diabetes, inactivity

What is the indication?

What is HDL?
What is LDL?

Where are the lipids delivered to for each?

Good cholesterol; to the liver.

Bad cholesterol; builds on artery wall.

What is the abbreviation for each?

Drug class: HMG-COA (Reductase Inhibitors (statins))

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -statin

What is the name of the drug class?

Drug class: HMG-COA (Reductase Inhibitors (statins))

What are common side effects?

Side effects: muscle weakness
Cannot take with grapefruit
Pregnant category X

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Atorvastatin
What is the brand name?

Brand name: Lipitor

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Lovastatin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Altoprev, Mevacor

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Pravastatin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Pravachol

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Rosuvastatin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Crestor

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Simvastatin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Zocor

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor

What are the common side effects?

Side effects: GI issues

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Ezetimibe

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Zetia

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Fibrates

What is the suffix?

Suffix: -fibrate, fibrozil

What is the name of the drug class?

Generic name: Fenofibrate

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Tricor

What is the generic name?

Drug class: Anti-platelets, Anti-coagulands, and Anti-thrombotics

What is the suffix?

Contains black box warning for increased risk of bleeding & bruising

Suffix: -arin

What is the name of the drug class?

Contains black box warning for increased risk of bleeding & bruising

Generic name: Apixaban

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Eliquis

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Aspirin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Bayer

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Clopidogrel

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Plavix

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Enoxaparin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Lovenox

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Rivaroxaban

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Xarelto

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Warfarin

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Coumadin

What is the generic name?

Indication

Medical name: Angina

What is the common name?

Common name: Chest pain

What is the medical name?

Generic name: Isosorbide mononitrate

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Imdur

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Nitroglycerin*

What is the brand name?

*Cannot take Nitrates and Erectile dysfunction meds together

Brand name: Nitrosta SL*

What is the generic name?

*Cannot take Nitrates and Erectile dysfunction meds together

Platelets or thrombocytes do what?

Clot blood.

What is the name of the bodily thing that clots blood?

What is an embolism?

A traveling clot.

What is the name of a traveling clot?

What do antiplatelets do?

Prevent platelets from forming in the blood.

What is the name for this?

What do anticoagulants do?

Prevent new clots from forming.

What is the name for this?

What is an antithrombotic?

A clot buster.

What is the name for this?

What does INR stand for?

International Normalized Ratio

Generic name: Conjugated estrogens

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Premarin

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Sildenafil

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Viagra

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Tadaladil

What is the brand name?

Brand name: Cialis

What is the generic name?

Generic name: Testosterone

What is the brand name?

Brand name: AndroGel, AndroDerm

What is the generic name?

Indication: Menopause

What are the medications used?

Medications: Estradiol- most abundant & active of the estrogens
Progesterone- 2nd most abundant hormone

What are these medications used for?

Indication: Birth control

What are the medications used?

Antibiotics make BC ineffective.
Cardiovascular events increase if patient is a smoker.

Medications: Combo w/ ethinyl estradid
Drospirenone, Norethindrone, levonor gestrel, desorgetrel

Antibiotics make BC ineffective.
Cardiovascular events increase if patient is a smoker.