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Antiplatelet Drugs and their Actions

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc
@AmyChung

#Antiplatelet #Medications #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Drugs #Agents #COX #GIIbIIIa
Antiplatelet Drugs ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... Pathophysiology #Drugs ... #Agents #COX #GIIbIIIa
The 8 A’s — drugs that interact with warfarin
Antibiotics 
 - Most agents, but especially co-trimoxazole,
The 8 A’s — drugs ... Antibiotics - Most agents ... - Rifampin Antifungals ... Warfarin #Coumadin #Drug ... Mnemonic #8As #Pharmacology
IBD Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Thresholds
 - Infliximab > 7 mcg/ml
 - Adalimumab > 8 mcg/ml
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IBD Therapeutic ... Drug Monitoring ... > 15 mcg/ml - ... Therapeutic #Drug ... gastroenterology #pharmacology
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... Therapeutic Target ... Therapeutic range ... (0.5 - 0.8 ng/mL ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Common Medications with Possible Interactions with Warfarin 
Warfarin is subject to the effects of drug interactions
the effects of drug ... it has a narrow therapeutic ... dramatically change the therapeutic ... #Pharmacology #Warfarin ... Increases #Decreases #Drug
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... Antiparkinsonian agents ... dose or change drug ... variable tremor, mask ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... increase of 44 mol ... 24-72 hours of drug ... to alternative agents ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology
Drug Induced Kidney Injury
 • Pre-Renal: NSAIDS, CNI, ACEI/ARB, IL-2 therapy, Diuretics CAR-T therapy
 • Osmotic
Drug Induced Kidney ... Mannitol, Contrast agents ... Glomerular Disease: Drug ... Membranous GN, MCD ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antifungal Echinocandins ... synthase à fungicidal agent ... vs Candida -> Drug ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology ... Echinocandins #Antifungal
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
response to the drug ... optimal TTR (time in therapeutic ... #management #algorithm ... #pharmacology #