Nursing Notes and Study Guides for Student Nurses

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Nursing Pharmacology

Immunostimulants (Interferons, Interleukins)

Immunostimulants or immune stimulants are drugs that energize the immune system when it is exhausted from fighting prolonged invasion or when the immune system needs help fighting a specific pathogen or cancer cell. It is one of the classifications of drug class called immunomodulators.

Nursing Pharmacology

Antiviral Drugs

Antivirals are agents used to treat the diseases caused by viruses such as warts and common colds.

Nursing Pharmacology

Antineoplastic Agents

Antineoplastic agents comprise one aspect of chemotherapy.

Nursing Pharmacology

Antibiotics (Aminoglycosides, Cephalosporins, Penicillins)

Antibiotics are agents made from living microorganisms, synthetic manufacturing, and genetic engineering that are used to inhibit specific bacteria.

Nursing Pharmacology

Antifungals

Antifungals are used to treat mycosis, or infections caused by fungi.

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Anthelmintics

Anthelmintics are drugs used to treat infections caused by susceptible invading worms.

Nursing Pharmacology

Antiprotozoal Drugs

Antiprotozoals are agents used to treat protozoan infections. Protozoan infections are common in tropical areas.

Nursing Pharmacology

Anti-Infective Drugs

Anti-infective agents are drugs utilized to exert effect on invading foreign organisms on the body, especially those which can cause infection.

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Adrenergic Antagonists (Sympatholytics)

Adrenergic antagonists are also referred to as sympatholytics because they lyse, or block, the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. They react with specific adrenergic receptor sites without activating them, thus preventing the typical manifestations of SNS activation.

Nursing Pharmacology

Cholinergic Agonists (Parasympathomimetics)

Cholinergic agonists act at the same site as the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) and increase the activity of the ACh receptor sites throughout the body.