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)
Adrenergic Effects
The effects of alpha adrenergic, beta-1 and beta-2 receptors being stimulated by norepinephrine.