Good to know Flashcards
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Q
what is the best drug if the patient has heart failure and EDEMA?
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Furosemide
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drugs that have SE of postural hypotension:
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- all the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists (phenoxy, prazosin, phentol)
- Guanethidine
- mecamylamine (ganlionic blocking agent)
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Q
SE: glossitis
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ACE inhibitors
3
Q
Which drugs are contraindicated for something specific?
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ACEI, ARBs, Aliskerin-pregnancy, renal artery stenosis
CCBs nonDHPs- CIwith beta blockers, and in CHF
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Q
Hoffman degradation
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Atracurium replaced by cis atracurium (really it’s atracurium that undergoes hoffman degradation), organ independent
5
Q
if a patient has some kind of liver or renal disease, what NMJ blocker would you use?
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cisatracurium, or Atracurium
