Angina, blood clots... Flashcards
Nitroglycerin adverse effects 2 you don’t know
Throbbing headache, Syncope
Nitroglycerin contraindications 3 you don’t know
Pericardial tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, glaucoma
Indications for Atenolol 4
HF, HTN, Stable angina, Post acute MI
Mechanism of action for atenolol
beta-adrenergic antagonist slows hr and contraactillity
CCB Indications 2
HTN, Coronary art disease
ccb mechanism of action
blocks calcium ch in smooth muscles and cardiac muscles, dilates coronary arts.
CCB Adverse effect 1
P edema
Atenolol contraindications
advanced AV heart block, decompensated HF
Heparin class 2
anticoagulant, indirect thrombin inhibitor
Heparin mechanism of action
binds to antithrombin lll, inhibits thrombin inactivates factor Xa
Heparin adverse effects 4
HIT, possible hypersensitivity because of animal source, osteoporosis if longer than 30 days. Skin lesions
Contraindications for anticoagulants
active internal bleeding, severe HTN, recent trauma, inter-cranial hem, bacterial endocarditis, hit
Heparin indications 5
Thromboembolic disease, DVT, unstable angina, MI, PE.
Warfarin- 3 things
Most popular, vit K antagonist avoid vit K War
Warfarin indications
Long term prophylaxis of arterial thromboembolism, Prevention of stroke/MI/AFIB, prophylaxis of DVT, PE, surgery, prosthetic heart valves.
Dabigatran Mechanism of action
direct thrombin inhib.
Dabigatran indications
non-valv A-fib
Warfarin therapeutic effect
3-4 days
What drugs have BBW?
Atenolol, Warfarin- Don’t stop immediately.
Warfarin AE
Purple toe syndrom
Look up labs
for warfarin and heparin