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Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
leading to prolonged effects ... pharmacological effects ... by blocking the effects ... Pharmacokinetics #Comparison ... #Table #Pharmacology
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
15 g QD • Side Effects ... 8.4 g • Side Effects ... daily • Side Effects ... #medications #pharmacology ... #table #comparison
Review of Intranasally Administered Medications for Use in the Emergency Department
Table of agents, uses, dosing, onset
agents, uses, dosing ... and major side effects ... #Medications #Comparison ... #Table #Dosing ... VisualAbstract #Pharmacology
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Anaemia, neural tube defects ... during gestation ... Vitamins #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Dose-dependent depressant effects ... Dose-dependent depressant effects ... with few amnestic effects ... of anxiolytic effects ... #comparison #table
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
weaknesses, and adverse effects ... phlebitis, fever, chills ... #antifungals #comparison ... #table #pharmacology