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What type of Nausea and vomiting are H1 Receptor Antagonists used for?

A

Motion sickness

Morning Sickness

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What type of Nausea and vomiting are 5HT3 receptor antagonists used for?

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Chemotherapy

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What type of Nausea and vomiting are Dopamine antagonists most used for?

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Chemotherapy

Post-op Nausea and vomiting

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What are benzodiazepines used for?

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Anxiety

Night time sedation

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What is lithium used for?

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Stabilisation of mood and prevention of relapse especially in bipolar disorder

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What are H2 Receptor antagonists used for?

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Short term t/mnt benign gastric/duodenal ulcers

Hyper secretory conditions

Prophylaxi for ITU patients at risk of gastric ulcers

GORD

Relief of Dyspepsia/indigestion

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What PPIs used to treat in the short term?

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  • Gastric/duodenal ulcers
  • Dyspepsia
  • GORD
  • Eorosive oesophagitis
  • Benign gastric ulcers
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What PPIs used to treat in the long term?

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  • Hypersecretory conditions (Zollinger-ellison)
  • Maintenance therapy for healing peptic ulcers,erosive oesophagitis
  • Combined with amoxicillin & Clarythromycin – H.pylori
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What do 5HT3 receptor antagonists treat?

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Chemo induced nausea & vomiting

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What do NSAIDs treat?

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Manage pain of inflammation

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What does Prednisolone treat?

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Oral - Exacerbation of COPD

Rectal - Ulcerative Cholitis

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What do ICS treat?

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Asthma and COPD to reduce frequency of exacerbations

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What are ACE inhibitors used to treat?

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Hypertension

Post MI

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What are beta blockers used to treat?

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Hypertension

Alleviate symptoms of anxiety

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What are Thiazide Diuretics used to treat?

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Oedema
Hypertension
Congestive Heart failure

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For what conditions are asprins ant-platelet qualities useful?

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Cardiovascular disease (secondary prevention)
N-STEMI/STEMI MI
Suspected TIA/TIA
Ischaemic stroke
AF Following ischaemic stroke
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What is warfarin used to treat

A

Prophylaxis and treatment of VTE and PE

TIA

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