Guidelines for the Assignment
Each student should search pharmacology books and/or the internet and find out information
about 20 different drugs from the list bellow. Choose one drug from each line. After reading the
information, the student should summarize each drug by his/her own HAND WRITING. The
following information should be included about each drug:
Generic name
Trade name. Look for the names used in Gaza Strip, ask a pharmacist about the local names.
Pregnancy category.
Classification
Action, brief discretion.
Dose
Uses.
Contraindications
Side effects.
Nursing interventions (Considerations)
Please notice:
1. You should handwrite the assignment (typed assignments will not be accepted).
2. Don’t just copy from the book or the web page. Read the book or web page and then
summarize it.
3. Don’t copy from your friend’s work. If this should happen, both students will be
penalized.
4. Write the reference (the book or web page) for each drug.
5. Start each drug on a new page and use a number for each drug.
6. Use different color for the topics mentioned above (trade name, uses, nursing
interventions, etc)
7. Use only one drug from each line, for example, in line 1, you will find that there are the
following drugs: Ampicillin, Amoxycillin, procaine penicillin, or crystalline penicillin.
Choose one of these drugs and this will be drug no. 1.
8. Assignment should be turned in by the end of November, 2012.
Drug list for pharmacology 2
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Choose one drug from each line
Ampicillin, Amoxycillin, procaine penicillin, or crystalline penicillin
Keflex, Cefaclor, or Cefuroxime Sodium, Ceftriaxone Soduim or
Cefotaxime Sodium
Amikacin Sulfate, or Gentamycin Sulfate
Erythromycin or cloramphinicol
Vancomycin Hydrochloride, or Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride
Nalidixic Acid, Nitrofurantoin or Phenazopyridine
Nystatin or Miconazole
Metronidazole
Ferrus Sulfate, Folic acid
Warfarin sodium, Heparin, or Clexane
digoxin
Nifedipine, Amlodipine besylate, Captopril, Enalapril maleate, Atenolol,
Methyldopa
Diazepam, Magnesium sulfate
Meperidine Hydrochloride, morphine, tramadol hydrochloride
Acetylsalicylic Acid, Acetaminophen
Diclofenac Sodium, Ibuprofen
Albuterol or Aminophylline
Maalox, Ranitidine Hcl, Omeprazole or Metoclopromide Hcl
Regular insulin or NPH
Chlorpromide, Glyburide, Glibenclamide
Betamethasone, Dexamethasone, Hydrocortisone, Prednisone
Methylergonovine Maleate, Oxytocin
Levothyroxine sodium, Liothyronine sodium, Liotrix, Propylthiouracil
Furosemide, Mannitol, Spironolactone
Potassium Chloride
terbutaline sulfate
Tetanus Toxoid
Misoprostol, prostaglandin E2
RhoGAM
medroxyprogesterone acetate