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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism ... Allergic reaction -> Benign ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... Hyperkalemia • Direct renin ... Aliskiren) • Renin ... differential #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology #
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Class Overview Mechanism ... and depolarizes cells ... infections, also being ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... Hematuria with benign ... with polyangiitis/microscopic
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... inversely related to renin ... smooth muscle cells ... tubulo-glomerular feedback mechanism ... #Pathophysiology
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
occur via numerous mechanisms ... release from mast cells ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Fungal Cell Walls and Antifungals sites of action:
#Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Mechanism #Antifungals #CellWall #Location #Sites #Action
Fungal Cell Walls ... sites of action: #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology ... #Mechanism #Antifungals
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... testicular Leydig cells ... inflammation #BPH #Benign ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Pathophysiology - Renal compression as a mechanism of obesity hypertension. 
Compression of the thin loop of
Pathophysiology ... compression as a mechanism ... the macula densa cells ... tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism ... increase secretion of renin
A graphical illustration of the antiviral mechanisms of Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Both chemicals can
the antiviral mechanisms ... ACE2 on the host cells ... HCQ #antiviral #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology # ... mechanism #moa