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Nexium CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: esomeprazole Classification: proton pump inhibitor Uses: treat symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other conditions involving excessive stomach acid. Side Effects: dizziness, confusion;fast or uneven heart rate;jerking muscle movements; ADULT DOSE:20 mg or 40 mg esomeprazole given once daily by intravenous injection Lipitor CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ATORVASTATIN Classification: HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR Uses:reduces levels of "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, while increasing levels of "good" cholesterol Side Effects:unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness; confusion, memory problems;fever, unusual tiredness, and dark colored urine; swelling, weight gain, urinating less than usual or not at all; increased thirst, increased urination, hunger, dry mouth, fruity breath odor, drowsiness, dry skin, blurred vision, weight loss; or nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes). Adult Dose:10 or 20 mg once daily PLAVIX CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: CLOPIDOGREL Classification: ANTIPLATELET Uses: keeps the platelets in your blood from coagulating Side Effects: nosebleed or other bleeding that will not stop;bloody or tarry stools, blood in your urine;coughing up blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds; chest pain or heavy feeling, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, nausea,
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sweating, general ill feeling; sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body; sudden headache, confusion, problems with vision, speech, or balance; pale skin, weakness, fever, or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); or easy bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum), purple or red pinpoint spots under your skin. Adult Dose:75 mg once daily orally ADVAIR DISKUS CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: FLUTICASONE AND SALMETEROL Classification: CORTICOSTEROID / B2 AGONIST (LONG ACTING) Uses: to control and prevent symptoms caused by asthma or ongoing lung disease Side Effects: Hoarseness, throat irritation, headache, or stomach upset Adult Dose: 250/50 mcg twice daily OXYCONTIN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: OXYCODONE Classification: OPIOID ANALGESIC Uses:opioid pain reliever similar to morphine Side Effects:shallow breathing, slow heartbeat;seizure (convulsions);cold, clammy skin;confusion;severe weakness or dizziness; or feeling like you might pass out. Adult Dose: ABILIFY CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ARIPIPRAZOLE Classification: ANTIPSYCHOTIC (ATYPICAL) Uses:antipsychotic medication Side Effects:sudden numbness or weakness, headache, confusion, or problems with vision, speech, or balance;
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ACTOS CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: PIOGLITAZONE Classification: THIAZOLIDINEDIONE(TZD) Uses: anti-diabetic drug Side Effects: Sore throat, muscle pain, weight gain, or tooth problems Adult Dose: 15 mg or 30 mg once daily. LEXAPRO CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ESCITALOPRAM Classification: SSRI Uses:antidepressant Side Effects:drowsiness, dizziness;sleep problems (insomnia);mild nausea, gas, heartburn, upset stomach, constipation;weight changes;decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; or dry mouth, yawning, ringing in your ears. Adult Dose: 10 mg to 20 mg daily ZYPREXA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: OLANZAPINE Classification: ANTIPSYCHOTIC (ATYPICAL), ANTIMANIC Uses:atypical antipsychotic medication Side Effects:weight gain (more likely in teenagers), increased appetite;headache, dizziness, drowsiness, feeling tired or restless;memory problems;stomach pain, constipation, loss of bladder control; Adult Dose:10-15 mg/once a day SPIRIVA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: TIOTROPIUM
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Classification: ANTICHOLINERGIC Uses:It works by enlarging the airways to allow easier breathing Side Effects:wheezing, chest pain or tightness, trouble breathing,eye pain or redness, seeing halos around lights Adult Dose: 18 mcg inhaled once daily. LANTUS CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: INSULIN GLARGINE (rDNA ORIGIN) Classification: INSULIN (LONG ACTING) Uses:lowers levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood Side Effects:itching skin rash over the entire body, wheezing, trouble breathing, fast heart rate, sweating, or feeling like you might pass out. Adult Dose: 10 U of Lantus at bedtime ARICEPT CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: DONEPEZIL Classification: ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR Uses:improves the function of nerve cells in the brain Side Effects:seizure (black-out or convulsions);painful or difficult urination;bloody vomit Adult Dose: 5 mg once daily, taken at bedtime LYRICA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: PREGABALIN Classification: ANALGESIC, ANTICONVULSANT Uses:slows down impulses in the brain that cause seizures Side Effects:mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping Adult Dose:150 to 300 mg/day
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Classification: FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC Uses: fights bacteria in the body Side Effects: nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); Adult Dose:250 mg, 500 mg, or 750 mg administered orally every 24 hours CELEBREX CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: CELECOXIB Classification: NSAID (COX-2 SELECTIVE) Uses:reduces hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body. Side Effects: chest pain, weakness, shortness of breath, slurred speech, problems with vision or balance;nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); Adult Dose: 200mg daily DIOVAN HCT CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: VALSARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Classification: ARB / THIAZIDE DIURETIC Uses: It relaxes and widens your blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily Side Effects: headache, dizziness, flu symptoms, tiredness, stomach pain Adult Dose: 80-320 mg JANUVIA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: SITAGLIPTIN Classification: DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR (DPP-IV) Uses: oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar Side Effects: pancreatitis; severe skin reaction
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Adult Dose:100 mg once daily SUBOXONE CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: BUPRENORPHINE AND NALOXONE Classification: OPIOID ANALGESIC / OPIOID ANALGESIC(PARTIAL AGONIST/ANTAGONIST) Uses:Suboxone is used to treat narcotic (opiate) addiction Side Effects:an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat, swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives); Adult Dose: 4mg to 24mg daily NOVOLOG CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: INSULIN ASPART (rDNA ORIGIN) Classification: INSULIN (RAPID ACTING) Uses:used to treat type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in adults and children who are at least 2 years old. It is usually given together with a long-acting insulin. Side Effects:swelling in your hands or feet; or low potassium (confusion, uneven heart rate, extreme thirst, increased urination, leg discomfort, muscle weakness or limp feeling). Adult Dose:70/30 dosage immediately before the start of a meal(5-10mins VIAGRA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: SILDENAFIL Classification: PHOSPHODIESTERASE-5 ENZYME INHIBITOR Uses: relaxes muscles and increases blood flow to particular areas of the body. Side Effects: pain, numbness, or tingling in body; penis erection that is painful or lasts 4 hours or longer Adult Dose: 50 mg taken, as needed, approximately 1 hour before sexual activity
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Uses:reduces the amount of cholesterol or other sterols that your body absorbs from your diet. Side Effects: unusual muscle weakness, tenderness, or pain; chest pain; pancreatitis Adult Dose:10 mg once daily. GEODON CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ZIPRASIDONE Classification: ANTIPSYCHOTIC (ATYPICAL) Uses: used to treat schizophrenia and the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder Side Effects:dizziness, feeling light-headed, fainting, fast or pounding heartbeat Adult Dose: 20 mg twice daily with food VYTORIN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: EZETIMIBE AND SIMVASTATIN Classification: 2-AZETIDINONE DERIVATIVE / HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR Uses: treat high cholesterol in adults and children who are at least 10 years old. Side Effects: severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back, nausea and vomiting, fast heart rate; Adult Dose:is 10 mg/day to 40 mg/day AMBIEN CR CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ZOLPIDEM Classification: SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC Uses: hypnotic Side Effects: chest pain, fast or irregular heartbeat, feeling short of breath;trouble breathing or swallowing; or feeling like you might pass out. Adult Dose: 10 mg, taken immediately before bedtime
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LUNESTA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ESZOPICLONE Classification: SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC Uses: hypnotic Side Effects: aggression, agitation, changes in behavior; thoughts of hurting yourself; or hallucinations Adult Dose: 2 or 3mg immediately before bedtime LIDODERM CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: LIDOCAINE Classification: LOCAL ANESTHETIC Uses: local anesthetic Side Effects: uneven heartbeats;drowsiness, confusion;tremors, seizure (convulsions); or blurred vision. Adult Dose: 30 to 40 mL in 3 to 4 portions and allow to act for 10 to 12 minutes before procedure. LANTUS SOLOSTAR CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: INSULIN GLARGINE (rDNA ORIGIN) Classification: INSULIN (LONG ACTING) Uses: It works by lowering levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood Side Effects: headache, hunger, weakness, sweating, tremors, irritability, trouble concentrating, rapid breathing, fast heartbeat, fainting, or seizure. Adult Dose: depends on insulin needs VYVANSE CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: LISDEXAMFETAMINE
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or red pinpoint spots under your skin;pale skin, feeling light-headed or short of breath, rapid heart rate, trouble concentrating; Adult Dose:40 mg once a day ADDERALL XR CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: DEXTROAMPHETAMINE AND AMPHETAMINE Classification: CNS STIMULANT Uses: hyperactivity and impulse control Side Effects: pain or burning when you urinate; talking more than usual, feelings of extreme happiness or sadness; Adult Dose: 20 mg once daily PROAIR HFA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ALBUTEROL Classification: B2 AGONIST Uses: relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs Side Effects: new bronchospasm or worsening of your asthma symptoms;pounding heartbeats or fluttering in your chest; Adult Dose: Follow the directions on your prescription label TRUVADA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: TENOFOVIR AND EMTRICITABINE Classification: ANTIRETROVIRAL (NUCLEOSIDE AND NUCLEOTIDE) REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR Uses: used to treat HIV
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Side Effects: swelling in your neck or throat (enlarged thyroid), feeling short of breath;weakness or prickly feeling in your fingers or toes, joint pain;problems with balance or eye movement, trouble speaking or swallowing; Adult Dose: one tablet (containing 200 mg of emtricitabine and 300 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) once daily NIASPAN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: NIACIN Classification: ANTILIPEMIC (WATER SOLUBLE B-COMPLEX VITAMIN) Uses: reducing LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglycerides and increasing HDL ("good") cholesterol Side Effects: feeling short of breath;swelling;jaundice (yellowing of your skin or eyes) Adult Dose: 500 mg at bedtime HUMALOG CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: INSULIN LISPRO (rDNA ORIGIN) Classification: INSULIN (RAPID ACTING) Uses: treat type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes Side Effects: hypokalemia (low potassium levels in the blood) Adult Dose: should be given within 15 minutes before a meal or immediately after a meal CIALIS CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: TADALAFIL Classification: PHOSPHODIESTERASE-5 ENZYME INHIBITOR Uses: treat erectile dysfunction Side Effects: changes in vision or sudden vision loss;
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Side Effects: weakness, tired feeling, nausea, vomiting, feeling like you might pass out;skin rash, bruising, severe tingling, numbness, pain, muscle weakness;blurred vision, eye pain, or seeing halos around lights; signs of infection such as fever, chills, sore throat, ear pain, flu symptoms; Adult Dose: 88-220 mcg twice daily SEROQUEL XR CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: QUETIAPINE Classification: ANTIPSYCHOTIC (ATYPICAL) Uses: antipsychotic Side Effects: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping Adult Dose: 300 mg/day COMBIVENT CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ALBUTEROL AND IPRATROPIUM Classification: B2 AGONIST / ANTICHOLINERGIC Uses: inhaled medication to prevent bronchospasm Side Effects: wheezing, choking, or other breathing problems (especially after starting a new canister of this medicine);chest pain, pounding heartbeats or fluttering in your chest; Adult Dose: inhalations should not exceed 12 in 24 hours LOVAZA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: OMEGA-3-ACID ETHYL ESTERS Classification: ANTILIPEMIC Uses: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are used together with diet and exercise to help lower triglyceride levels in the blood
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Side Effects:fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms; chest pain; or uneven heartbeats. Adult Dose: 4 grams per day SOLODYN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: MINOCYCLINE Classification: TETRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC Uses: treat pimples and red bumps Side Effects: stomach cramps, diarrhea that is watery or bloody;flu symptoms, sores in your mouth and throat; Adult Dose: depends on patients weight DETROL LA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: tolterodine Classification: Uses: reduces spasms of the bladder muscles Side Effects: confusion, hallucinations; urinating less than usual or not at all; or painful or difficult urination. Adult Dose: 4 mg daily ANDROGEL CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: TESTOSTERONE Classification: ANDROGEN Uses: works by replacing or supplementing the testosterone that is naturally made in the body. Side Effects:burn-like blistering of the skin where the transdermal patch is worn;frequent, prolonged, or bothersome erections
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Uses: antiviral drug Side Effects: a serious side effect that can harm red blood cells Adult Dose: 2 grams twice daily BENICAR HCT CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: OLMESARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Classification: ARB / THIAZIDE DIURETIC Uses: (water pill) that helps prevent your body from absorbing too much salt Side Effects: eye pain, vision problems;feeling like you might pass out; Adult Dose: 20 mg once daily GLEEVEC CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: IMATINIB Classification: TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR Uses: Treats certain types of leukemia Side Effects: Rapid weight gain or swelling in your face, hands, ankles, or feet Adult Dose: 400 mg/day HUMIRA PEN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ADALIMUMAB Classification: ANTI-RHEUMATIC AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR (TNF) INHIBITOR Uses: used to reduce pain and swelling due to certain types of arthritis Side Effects: Redness, itching, pain, or swelling at the injection site may occur Adult Dose: 40 mg SYNTHROID CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: LEVOTHYROXINE
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Classification: THYROID HORMONE Uses: treat an underactive thyroid Side Effects: Hair loss may occur during the first few months of treatment Adult Dose: depends on age and weight XALATAN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: LATANOPROST Classification: ANTIGLAUCOMA / PROSTAGLANDIN F2A ANALOG Uses: treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma Side Effects: may slowly (over months to years) cause brown discoloration of the iris Adult Dose: one drop in the affected eye; If you use more than 1 eye drop of medicine, wait at least 5 minutes between each eye drop PREMARIN CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: CONJUGATED ESTROGENS Classification: ESTROGEN HORMONE DERIVATIVE Uses: used by women to help reduce symptoms of menopause Side Effects: Stomach upset, nausea/vomiting, bloating, breast tenderness, headache, or weight changes Adult Dose: 0.3 mg once daily STRATTERA CORRECT ANSWERS✅ Generic Name: ATOMOXETINE Classification: NRI Uses: treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Side Effects: Stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, constipation, fatigue, loss of appetite
