Drugs Cheat Sheet: Restrictive Airway Disorders
People with restrictive lung disease cannot fully fill their lungs with air. Their lungs are restricted from fully expanding. Restrictive lung disease most often results from a condition causing stiffness in the lungs themselves. In other cases, stiffness of the chest wall, weak muscles, or damaged nerves may cause the restriction in lung expansion.
Drugs to Treat Restrictive Airway Disorders: Medical, Surgical Nurses need to know,
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Restrictive Airway Disorders Drugs: Cheat Sheet |
Bronchodilators |
β2-Adrenergic Agonists Inhaled ■ Albuterol (Proventil HFA, AccuNeb, ProAir HFA, Ventolin HFA) ■ Arformoterol (Brovana) ■ Formoterol (Foradil Aerolizer, Perforomist) ■ Levalbuterol (Xopenex, Xopenex HFA) ■ Pirbuterol (Maxair Autohaler) ■ Salmeterol (Serevent Diskus) Oral ■ Albuterol (VoSpire, Proventil) ■ Terbutaline Methylxanthines ■ Theophylline, oral (Theo-24, Theo-Dur, Uniphyl, Elixophyllin) Anticholinergics ■ Ipratropium, inhaled (Atrovent HFA; Combivent) ■ Tiotropium, inhaled (Spiriva) |
Glucocorticoids (Corticosteroids) Inhaled ■ Beclomethasone dipropionate (Qvar, Beclovent) ■ Budesonide (Pulmicort Turbuhaler, Pulmicort Respules, Pulmicort Flexhaler) ■ Ciclesonide (Alvesco) ■ Flunisolide (AeroBid) ■ Fluticasone propionate (Flovent HFA, Flovent Diskus) ■ Mometasone furoate (Asmanex Twisthaler) ■ Triamcinolone acetonide (Azmacort) Oral ■ Prednisone ■ Prednisolone Leukotriene Modifiers ■ Montelukast, oral (Singulair) ■ Zafirlukast, oral (Accolate) ■ Zileuton, oral (Zyflo, Zyflo CR) |
Inhaled Nonsteroidal Antiallergy Agent ■ Cromolyn sodium, inhaled Monoclonal Antibody ■ Omalizumab (Xolair) |