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Bowel colic drug
Hyoscine butylbromide
respiratory secretions
hyoscine butylbromide
octreotide (somatostatin inhibitor)
treat acromegaly and gigantism
carcinoid syndrome
VIPomas
oesophageal varices haemorrhage
fistula management
ondansetron
nausea and vomiting from chemo
gastroenteritis
nausea and vomiting drugs
cyclizine
levomepromazine
haloperidol
ondansetron
How is Prader willi and Angelman syndrome inheritid
imprinting (epigenetics)
what medications should patients with RA have
DMARD
methotrexate plus one other DMARD (eg sulfazaline) plus short term glucocorticoids
what is the most commonly used DMARD
methotrexate
what are the side effects of methotrexate
myelosuppression and cirrhosis, pneumonitis
hence: FBC
LFT
name the DMARDS
Methotrexate
sulfasalazine
leflunomide
hydroxychloquinine
indication TNF inhibitors
if you have inadequate response to a DMARD
infliximab
TNF inhibitor
what are the two types of diabetes insipidus
deficiency
insensitivity (nephrogenic)
what are the features of diabetes insipidus
high plasma osmolality
low urine osmolality
when assessing GCS should you take the best or worst response from each side
best