Medications and Drug Classes

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Hello,

Can anyone help me find a resource that notes what drug class a medication belongs to? I am trying to do a write up for clinical and was asked to provide the drug class for x medicine and I haven't been able to find a comprehensive list. I have tried doing a google search but can only find certain drugs. Also I am not certain if analgesic is really a drug class or not. I haven't taken pharmacology since that is not part of my program until next semester but I am supposed to be able to find this info for clinical. I tried looking earlier on allnurses.com through its search engine but had no luck.

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i use medscape a lot. (http://www.medscape.com)

they always classify their drugs.

good luck.

leslie

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I would recommend investing in a Davis drug handbook or a Nursing Drug Handbook by Lippincott. There are also PDA versions if you have a PDA. I am surprised your school did not require the purchase of one of these resources. As a student, I use mine daily.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
http://www.globalrph.com/ - click the "drug table" button on this website to get listings of drugs by categories.
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I would recommend investing in a Davis drug handbook or a Nursing Drug Handbook by Lippincott. There are also PDA versions if you have a PDA. I am surprised your school did not require the purchase of one of these resources. As a student, I use mine daily.

Thanks. I am guessing we will be required to buy one next semester when we take pharmacology. Thank you to everyone for their suggestions.

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