Cardio Drugs Flashcards
What drugs end in ‘-olol’
Beta blockers
e.g. Atenolol
What drugs end in ‘-alol’ and/or ‘-ilol’
Beta blocker + something else
E.g. Sotalol, Carvedilol
What drugs end in ‘-dipine’
Calcium channel blockers
E.g. Amlodipine
What drugs end in ‘-zosin’
Alpha 1 blockers
E.g. Doxazosin
What drugs end in ‘-pril’
ACE Inhibitors
E.g. Ramipril
What drugs end in ‘-sartan’
ARB’s
E.g. Losartan
What drugs end in ‘-darone’
Antiarrhythmic
E.g. Amiodarone
What drugs end in ‘-statin’
Statins
E.g. Simvastatin, Atorvastatin
What drugs end in ‘-semide’
Loop diuretics
E.g. Furosemide
What type of drug are ACE inhibitors
Vasodilators
What are ACE inhibitors used for?
Lowering blood pressure
What are ARB’s used for?
Treating hypertension and heart failure
Also proscribed after a heart attack
What are alpha blockers used for?
Treat hypertension
What are beta blockers used for?
Treats hypertension, angina, heart failure and arrhythmias
What are the two types of calcium channel blockers?
Dihydropyridine and Rate-limiting
What are dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers used for?
Hypertension and angina
E.g. amlodipine
What are rate-limiting calcium channel blockers used for?
Hypertension, angina and SV arrythmias (AF, SVT - to slow heart rate)
E.g. verapamil + diltiazem
What is digoxin used for?
Heart failure
Also arrythmias and hypertension
What are the two types of diuretics?
Loop type and thiazide
What are loop diuretics used for?
Treating heart failure
E.g. furosemide
What are thiazide diuretics used for?
Treating hypertension
E.g. bendrofluazide
When are DOAC’s used?
(Direct Oral Anticoagulants)
Treatment of DVT and PE
What is heparin used for?
DVT, PE, unstable angina
What is ivabradine used for?
Treating angina
Slows HR in sinus rhythm - Doesn’t work in AF
