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Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... ampicillin, penicillin, aminoglycosides ... Antimicrobials Drug-induced ... Fanconi syndrome: Aminoglycosides ... panitumumab) #Drugs
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

- Fluoroquinolones, Fluconazole, voriconazole, Rifampin, Oxazolidinones, Metronidazole

2. Drugs
Drugs with good ... Drugs with moderate ... Drugs with low CNS ... Colimycin, Tigecyclin, Aminoglycosides ... Drugs of no use
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Intrarenal: • ATN: Aminoglycosides ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs
Select Antiretroviral and Non–Rifamycin-based Antituberculosis Drug Overlapping Toxicities and Potential Adverse Drug–Drug Interactions
 • Arrhythmias, QT
Antituberculosis Drug ... Potential Adverse DrugDrug ... Nephrotoxicity - Aminoglycosides ... Peripheral neuropathy - Aminoglycosides ... rash - All TB drugs
Sensorineural Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Asymmetric Sensorineural Hearing Loss: 
 • Neoplastic (Vestibular Schwannoma)
 •
• Teratogenic drugs ... Cochleitis • Ototoxic Drugs ... (Oral Aminoglycosides
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
syndromes • Drugs ... Toxins (contrast, aminoglycosides ... (E. coli) • Drugs ... Nephritis • Drugs
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
renal disease Drugs ... diuretics - Aminoglycosides ... #medications #drugs
Drugs associated with worsening of Myasthenia Gravis (MG):
•	D-penicillamine 
•	Botulinum toxin.
•	Telithromycin
•	Fluoroquinolones 
•	Quinine
•	Magnesium
•	Macrolide antibiotics 
•	Corticosteroids (may cause transient
Drugs associated ... • Aminoglycoside
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
abscess • Toxic/drug ... nodosa) • Toxic/drug ... - Botulism - Aminoglycosides ... Hypoglycemia • Drugs ... myositis, certain drug-induced
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
renal disease • Drugs ... Loop diuretics, Aminoglycosides