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Cetirizine

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H1 receptor antagonist
Receptors: skin, blood vessels, CNS, bronchi
used to reverse or prevent itching, vasodilation, nausea, and bronchoconstriction

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Promethiazine

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H1 receptor antagonist
Receptors: skin, blood vessels, CNS, bronchi
used to reverse or prevent itching, vasodilation, nausea, and bronchoconstriction

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Ranitidine

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H2 receptor antagonists
Receptors located in parietal cells of stomach
Reduce gastric acid secretion

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Sumatriptan

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5-HT 1B and 1D agonist
Receptors: cerebral blood vessels
prevent dilation of cerebral blood vessels in treatment or prevention of migraine

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Ondansetron

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5-HT3 antagonists
Receptor: stomach and chemoreceptor trigger zone
treat or prevent nausea/emesis during chemotherapy

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Salbutamol

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Selective B2- receptor

Bronchodilation

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Beta-blockers

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Prevent beta1-receptors on the heart from being overly stimulated by endogenous adrenaline and noradrenaline

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Naloxone

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Competitive Opioid antagonist

Displaces the opioid at the opioid receptors and reverse the effects

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Buprenorphine

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Analgesia - opioid receptors
Partial agonist - has a ceiling effect
Difficult to overdose on

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Morphine

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‘gold standard’
opioid agonist
Range of dose forms

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codeine

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opioid agonists

analgesia, cough suppression, anti-diarrhoeal agent

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methadone

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opioid agonist

long half-life

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fentanyl

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analgesia - acute pain
opioid agonist
fast onset, very potent

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Naloxone

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Competitive opioid antagonist

reversal of opioid overdose

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Tramadol

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weak opioid agonist
inhibits noradrenaline reuptake and stimulation of seretonin release
less constipation and resp effects

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furosemide

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loop diuretic
reduces sodium reabsorption
risk of hypokalaemia

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bendrofluazide

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thiazide diuretic

hypokalaemia, increase glucose and uric acid

18
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Amiloride

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potassium sparing diuretic
hyperkalaemia
caution with ACE inhibitors + other drugs that retain potassium

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felodipine

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CCB
block calcium channel inhibiting or reducing smooth muscle contraction in the heart and blood vessels
vasodilation
Angina and HTN

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amlodopine

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CCB
block calcium channel inhibiting or reducing smooth muscle contraction in the heart and blood vessels
vasodilation
Angina and HTN

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Verapamil

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CCB
block calcium channel inhibiting or reducing smooth muscle contraction in the heart and blood vessels
vasodilation, reduce myocardial activity
Angina and HTN

22
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Penicllin

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Beta-lactam ring
Cell wall inhibitor - prevent transpeptidation by inhibiting the enzymes that cause peptidoglycan units to cross-link in the cell wall matrix

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