Drugs Flashcards
What drug class is finesteride
5 alpha reductase inhibitor
what are top 3 side effects of finesteride
Depression
Sexual Dysfunction
What is finesteride used for
BPH
What is gentamycin
it is an antibiotic
what are the top 3 side effects of gentamycin
N/V
Nephrotoxic
Ototoxic
What is lithium used to treat
Bipolar
Manic Episodes
what type of drug is lithium
mood stabilizer
what are the side effects of using lithium
Nephrotoxic - increased thirst and urination
Weight gain
Tremor
Name 2 antipsychotics
Risperidone
Olanzapine
What type of drug is losartan
Angiotensin receptor antagonist
what is losartan used for
hypertension
what is losartan side effects
Dizzy
Fatigue
Stomach pain
is losartan nephrotoxic
YEP
What is tamulosin used for
BPH
what is mirabegron used for
Urge Incontinence
what type of drug is codeine
pro drug
what is codeine used for
analgesia
what is pethidine
opoid pain relief
why cant pethidine be used in liver impairment
has 60% first pass metabolism
what type of drug is doxorubicin
anthraciclin a type of topoisomerase 2 inhibitor
what is doxorubicin used for
chemotherapy
what is allopurinol used for
Tumour lysis syndrome
what is docusate used for
constipation
what type of drug is docusate
stool softner
what is a macrogol
osmotic laxative
what is halloperidol
antipsychotic used for the treatment of nausea vomiting
Give an example of a PARP inhibitor
olaparib
what is olaparib used for
to inhibit the action of PARP enzyme which repairs DNA, in patients with cancer
what type of monoclonal antibody is used to treat breast cancer when there is a mutation in the EGFR gene.
Cetuximab
what is palbociclib used for
CDK4/6 enzyme mutated cancer
what is aromatase inhibitor used for
CDK4/6 enzyme mutated cancer
