drug families 2
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- ANTIFLATULENT
- reduces intestinal gas
- ANTIEMETIC
- RELIEVES AND PREVENTS NEASEA AND VOMITTING
- ANTICONVULSANT
- CONTROL SEIZURES OR CONVULSIONS AS IN EPILEPSY
- ANTIFUNGAL
- INTERFERES WITH THE GROWTH OF A FUNGUS
- Antidepressant
- ELEVATES DEPRESSED MOOD
- ANTIHISTAMINE
- DRIES MUCUS SECRETION IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT
- ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
- REDUCES HIGH BLOOD PRESURE
- ANTIPARKINSON
- REPLACES CHEMICALS NECESSARY FOR NORMAL NERVE FUNCTION
- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
- DECREASES INFAMMATION
- ANTIPSYCHOTIC
- DEPRESSES BRAIN FUNCTION OR CORRECTS CHEMICAL IMBALANCE IN THE BRAIN MAJOR TRANQUILIZER USED TO TREAT PHYCHOSIS
- ANTINAUSEANTS
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antinauseants and antiemetics
pain management
blood modifiers - antispasmodic
- relaxes smooth muscle in the gastrointestinal tract or in blood vessels
- antineoplastic
- slows the growth of cancer cells
- antitussive
- used to suppress the cough reflexes
- barbiturate
- depresses the brain to cause sleep