Drug Of Choice Flashcards
Tetrabenazine is DOC for
VMAT-2 inh
Huntington’s Chorea
Tourette syndrome (ticks)
DOC for Tardive dyskinesia
Deutetrabenazine
Valbenazine
VMAT-2 inh
Alzheimer’s disease DOC
Donepezil
parasympathetomimetic
increase cognition
Narcoanalytics DOC
Thiopentone sodium
Closed Angle Glaucoma DOC
Pilocarpine
Pre anaesthetic to reduce oropharyngeal secretion
preferred drug and why
Glycopyrrolate
Quaternary amine
does not cross BBB
Xerostomia DOC
Cevimeline
COPD DOC
Thiotropium
LAMA long acting muscarinic antagonist
bronchodilator
inhalation MDI
Bradycardia DOC AND DOSE
AV Block
Atropine
Bradycardia >0.5 mg
if less can cause paradoxical bradycardia
Bradycardia in children DOC
Epinephrine
B blockers DOC for
A fib/ flutter (rate control)
HOCM
Aortic dissection
spinal anaesthesia induced hypotension
In pregnancy, DOC is
Phenylephrine if HR N or +
Ephedrine if HR -
Phenylephrine > Ephedrine
Postural hypotension DOC
Midodrine
NE DOC for
Cardiogenic shock
septic shock
neurogenic shock
Anaphylactic shock *****
DOC AND DOSE
Epinephrine
IM 1:1000 0.5mg
B2 bronchodilator (E>NE as NE does not act on B2)
anaphylaxis dt histamine bronconstriction