From Jen: Cardio Flashcards
Hydrochlorothiazide
Diuretic
Adverse: ↓K+ Mild ↑ lipids ↑ uric acid lassitude (lethargy) ↑ Ca2+ hyperglycemia
Loop diuretics
Diuretic
Adverse: K+ wasting hypotension ototoxicity metabolic alkalosis
Clonidine
α2 agonist
Adverse:
dry mouth
sedation
severe rebound HTN
Methyldopa
Adverse: sedation
Positive Coombs test
reserpine
Depletes central and peripheral catecholamines (inhibits VMAT-packaging catecholamines into vesicles)
Adverse: sedation depression nasal stuffiness diarrhea
Guanethidine
Reduces catecholamine release
Adverse: orthostatic and exercise hypotension
sexual dysfunction
diarrhea
Prazosin
α1 antagonist
Adverse:
orthostatic hypotension (1st dose)
dizziness
headache
beta blockers
Adverse: impotence asthma exacerbation bradycardia CHF AV block CNS effects: sedation, sleep alterations
Hydralazine
Vasodilator
Adverse: nausea headache lupus-like syndrome reflex tachycardia (prevent with beta blocker) angina salt retention (prevent with diuretic)
Minoxidil
Vasodilator
Adverse: hypertrichosis
reflex tachycardia (prevent with beta blocker)
angina
salt retention (prevent with diuretic)
Nifedipine
Verapamil
Calcium channel blocker
vasodilator
Adverse: flushing constipation (verapamil) AV block (verapamil) nausea edema
Nitroprusside
vasodilator
cyanide toxicity
Diazoxide
vasodilator
Adverse: hyperglycemia (reduces insulin release, hypotension)
ACE inhibitors
Captopril, enlapril, fosinopril
Adverse: cough hyperkalemia angioedema taste changes hypotension fetal renal damage in pregnancy rash increase renin
Angiotenin II receptor inhibitors
ARB
Losartan
Adverse: fetal renal toxicity, hyperkalemia
Hydralazine
MOA
MOA: increase cGMP; smooth muscle relaxation (arterioles > veins)
***afterload reduction
Use: severe HTN, CHF
First line in pregnancy with methyldopa
Hydralazine
Toxicity
compensatory tachycardia (contraindicated in angina, CAD) fluid retention nausea headache angina lupus-like syndrome
Minoxidil
K+ channel opener- hyperpolarized and relaxes vascular smooth muscle
Use: Severe HTN
toxicity: hypertrichosis pericardial effusion reflex tachycardia angina salt retention
Nifedipine
Diltiazem
Verapamil
Calcium channel blockers
-block voltage dependent L-type calcium channels of cardiac and smooth muscle; reduce muscle contractility
Use: HTN, angina, arrhythmias (not nifedipine), prinzmetal’s angina, Raynaud’s
Toxicity: cardiac depression peripheral edema flushing dizziness constipation