How sympatholytics work, their side effects and drug list.
Archives for October 2012
Potassium Sparing Diuretics
Direct acting, indirect acting potassium sparing diuretics explained, with clinical examples involving liver failure and CHF.
Loop Diuretics
How loop diuretics work, their toxicity, metabolic effects, use and a few examples.
Thiazide Diuretics
Review basic nephron anatomy, how thiazides work, their metabolic effects, use and contraindication.
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
Therapeutic uses, toxicities and a few examples of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
Osmotic Diuretics
How osmotic diuretics work, their therapeutic uses and some examples.
Step Approach for Hypertension
There’s a step approach which means they’re on just ONE drug in Step 2. They’re on TWO drugs in Step 2 and so forth. Three drugs in Step 3 and, you guessed it, four drugs in Step 4. How do we know which drug is the right Step 1 drug? We don’t know for sure. […]
Introduction to Hypertension
Hypertension diagnosis, etiology, long term consequences, therapy and causes of therapeutic failure.
Sympathetic Blocking Agents
Alpha, beta 1 and 2 blockers, therapeutic uses and their precautions.
Sympathomimetics
Drugs used in shock, adrenergic bronchodilators, and alpha stimulants (ophthalmic decongestants and nasal decongestants)