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ANALGESIC - Gets rid of pain w/out loss of consciousness
ANAPHYLACTIC - Causing anaphylaxis
ANAPHYLAXIS - Life threatening allergic reaction
ANTI-COAGULANTS - prevent blood clotting
ANTIEMETIC - Drug that aids in vomiting & nausea
ANTIGOUT - Drug that corrects over/under production of Uric acid
ANTIHISTAMINE - Drug that counteracts histamine which causes itching & flushing of the skin.
ANTIHYPERTENSIVE - Effective against high blood pressure
ANTITUSSIVE - cough suppressant
DYSPHASIA - Difficulty swallowing or controlling tongue
SOB - shortness of breath
BM - bowel movement
BLOOD PRESSURE - The force of circulating blood on the walls of arteries. Can be measured by Systolic
(heart beats at highest)
, & Diastolic (between heartbeats when lowest)
CNS - central nervous system- responsible for processing & controlling most bodily functions (brain &
spine)
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS - Drug that increases alertness & raises blood pressure, heart
rate, & breathing rate.
CHOLESTEROL - Type of fat in your blood made by the liver
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE - Contagious, epidemic, or infection disease required to be reported to the
local board of health
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) - Failure of the heart to keep up & blood flow to organs with normal
efficiency (Common symptom edema)
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE - disease that causes blockage of arteries that supply blood to the heart
usually caused by atherosclerosis
YOU SHOULD NOT CRUSH - sustained-release tablets & enteric-coated tablets
DC - discontinued
DIABETES - condition where the body does not properly proces food for use as energy
DIABETES TYPE 1 - Develops at young age/ insulin dependent diabetes/ body produces little or no
insulin/ must inject insulin into the body.
DIABETES TYPE 2 - adult onset diabetes, not insulin dependent, body produces insulin but not enough,
more common, can be controlled by diet.
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