anticoagulant drugs
-- prevent blood clots from forming
-- heparin inhibits clotting factors
-- warfarin inhibits vitamin K
corticosteroid drugs
-- anti-inflammatory drugs
-- suppress immune response
-- decrease inflammation
-- given to organ transplant recipients to prevent organ rejection
erythropoietin
-- stimulates red marrow to make erythrocytes
immuno-suppressant drugs
-- suppress the immune response
-- prevent rejection of a transplanted organ
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
-- antiretroviral drugs
-- inhibit reverse transcriptase
-- HIV requires this enzyme to reproduce
platelet aggregation inhibitor drugs
-- prevent platelets from clumping together
-- this clumping is the first step in forming a blood clot
protease inhibitor drugs
-- antiretroviral drugs
-- inhibit protease
-- HIV requires this enzyme to reproduce
thrombolytic enzyme drugs
-- break fibrin strands
-- dissolves a blood clot that has already formed
tissue plasminogen activator drugs
-- TPA drugs
-- activate plasminogen
-- convert plasminogen to an enzyme that breaks fibrin strands
-- dissolves a blood clot that has already formed
vitamin B12 drugs
-- used to treat pernicious anemia
-- routes
-- nasal spray
-- intramuscular injection