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Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... • Direct renin inhibitor ... • Calcineurin Inhibitors ... #differential #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #pharmacology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
NSAIDs, calcineurin inhibitors ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
renal disease Drugs ... - Proton pump inhibitors ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
other antimycotic drugs ... Protein kinase inhibitors ... Dysgeusia #Induced #Drugs ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... dose or change drug ... discontinuation VMAT2 inhibitors ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Nephrolithiasis: Medications Associated with Renal Stones
 • Hypercalciuria: Furosemide, Topiramate, Vitamin D/Calcium, Glucocorticoids
 • Precipitation of
Precipitation of drug ... carbonic anhydrase inhibitors ... Renal #Stones #pharmacology ... #differential #diagnosis
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
are usually the drugs ... Drug interactions ... depending on the drug ... #pharmacology #comparison ... medications #dosing #drugs
HIV Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetic Boosters - Ritonavir & Cobicistat 

Ritonavir & Cobicistat are 2 pharmacokinetic boosters used
are both CYP3A4 INHIBITORS ... metabolism of drugs ... and a 3A4 inhibitor ... both have lots of drug ... HIV #Boosters #Pharmacology
HIV HAART Medications - Classification by Names and Mechanism - Updated 01/2021
 - NRTIs
 - NNRTIs
NNRTIs - Protease Inhibitors ... - Integrase Inhibitors ... Antagonist - Fusion Inhibitor ... - Attachment Inhibitor ... Antiretroviral #Therapy #Pharmacology
Summary table of the mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used anti-coagulation drugs.
anti-coagulation drugs ... Selective factor Xa inhibitors ... thrombin (factor lla) inhibitors ... anticoagulation #pharmacology ... table #management #drugs