50 Most Commonly Prescribed Medications

The FDA has approved literally thousands of medications.  As a nurse, you will care for patients with all sorts of disease processes requiring a cast array of medications. This pharmacology cheatsheet is designed to help you sift through the meds - we've combed through lists of most prescribed, most given, and critical meds you should know to put together this list. As you are learning meds - we recommend focusing on these to help you have a strong understanding of some of the meds you will give most often as a nurse.