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1
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What drugs end in ‘-olol’

A

Beta blockers
e.g. Atenolol

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What drugs end in ‘-alol’ and/or ‘-ilol’

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Beta blocker + something else
E.g. Sotalol, Carvedilol

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What drugs end in ‘-dipine’

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Calcium channel blockers
E.g. Amlodipine

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What drugs end in ‘-zosin’

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Alpha 1 blockers
E.g. Doxazosin

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What drugs end in ‘-pril’

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ACE Inhibitors
E.g. Ramipril

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What drugs end in ‘-sartan’

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ARB’s
E.g. Losartan

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What drugs end in ‘-darone’

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Antiarrhythmic
E.g. Amiodarone

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What drugs end in ‘-statin’

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Statins
E.g. Simvastatin, Atorvastatin

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What drugs end in ‘-semide’

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Loop diuretics
E.g. Furosemide

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10
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What type of drug are ACE inhibitors

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Vasodilators

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11
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What are ACE inhibitors used for?

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Lowering blood pressure

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12
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What are ARB’s used for?

A

Treating hypertension and heart failure

Also proscribed after a heart attack

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What are alpha blockers used for?

A

Treat hypertension

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What are beta blockers used for?

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Treats hypertension, angina, heart failure and arrhythmias

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15
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What are the two types of calcium channel blockers?

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Dihydropyridine and Rate-limiting

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What are dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers used for?

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Hypertension and angina

E.g. amlodipine

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What are rate-limiting calcium channel blockers used for?

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Hypertension, angina and SV arrythmias (AF, SVT - to slow heart rate)

E.g. verapamil + diltiazem

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18
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What is digoxin used for?

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Heart failure

Also arrythmias and hypertension

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What are the two types of diuretics?

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Loop type and thiazide

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20
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What are loop diuretics used for?

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Treating heart failure

E.g. furosemide

21
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What are thiazide diuretics used for?

A

Treating hypertension

E.g. bendrofluazide

22
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When are DOAC’s used?

(Direct Oral Anticoagulants)

A

Treatment of DVT and PE

23
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What is heparin used for?

A

DVT, PE, unstable angina

24
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What is ivabradine used for?

A

Treating angina

Slows HR in sinus rhythm - Doesn’t work in AF

25
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What is spironolactone used for?

A

Severe heart failure

Resistant hypertension

26
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What are nitrates used for?

A

Angina - GTN spray

Isosorbide Mononitrate

27
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What is nicorandil used for?

A

Angina

(K+ channel opener)

28
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What are statins used for?

A

Lowering cholesterol levels

E.g. simvastatin, atorvastatin

29
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What is tPa used for?

(tissue plasminogen activator)

A

Used to open occluded arteries in STEMI or stroke

Breaks down blood clots

30
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What is warfarin used for?

A

Used to treat and prevent harmful blood clots

DVT, PE, AF

31
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What side effects can ACE-inhibitors cause?

A

Cough
Angioedema
Hyperkalaemia
First dose hypotension

32
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What is atropine used for?

A

Treating bradycardia

33
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What side effects can atropine cause?

A

Dry mouth
Dizziness
Blurred vision
Nausea

34
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What does aspirin do and what is it given for?

A

Treats pain, and reduces fever or inflammation

Used to treat or prevent heart attacks, strokes and chest pain (angina)

35
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What side effects can ARB’s cause?

A

Dizziness
Hyperkalaemia
Localised angioedema

36
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What side effects can alpha blockers cause?

A

Dizziness
Hyperkalaemia
Localised angioedema

37
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What side effects can beta blockers cause?

A

Tiredness
Cold peripheries

38
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What side effects can Ca2+ channel blockers have?

A

Dizziness
Flushing
Headaches
Nausea

Specifically - dihydropyridines can cause ankle oedema

39
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What side effects can digoxin have?

A

Heart block
Arrythmias
Nausea + vomiting
Diarrhoea
Disturbed colour vision

40
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What side effects can diuretics have?

A

Hypokalaemia
Hyperglycaemia

41
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What side effects can DOAC’s have?

(direct oral anticoagulants)

A

Bleeding

Not too common though

42
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What side effects can heparin have?

A

Haemorrhage
Hyperkalaemia
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

43
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What side effects can ivabradine cause?

A

Visual disturbances

44
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What side effects can spironolactone have?

A

Hyperkalaemia
Renal impairment
Gyno :(

45
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What side effects can nitrates have?

A

Headache
Hypotension / collapse

46
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What side effects can nicorandil have?

A

Headache
Mouth / gastric ulcers

47
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What side effects can statins have?

A

Myopathy
Rhabdomyolysis

(muscle cell breakdown)

48
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What side effects can tPa have?

A

Haemorrhage

49
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What side effects can warfarin have?

A

Bleeding / blood in excretions ig
Easy bruising
Diarrhoea

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