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COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED MEDICATIONS THAT INCREASE OR DECREASE WARFARIN’S INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO (INR)

#Pharmacology #Warfarin #Medications #Interactions #INR
NORMALIZED RATIO (INR ... ) #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Interactions ... #INR #Increases ... #Decreases #Drug
Common Medications with Possible Interactions with Warfarin 
Warfarin is subject to the effects of drug interactions
the effects of drug ... patients’ INR values ... #Pharmacology #Warfarin ... #INR #Increases ... #Decreases #Drug
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-Induced Edema ... Drug-induced edema ... oncotic pressure in ... Medication #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology #
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... in Hemolytic Anemia ... • Hapten (Drug ... Hemolytic #Anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Cardiovascular Drugs ... Psychiatric drugs ... #Medications #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Toxicology
HIV Antiretroviral Pharmacokinetic Boosters - Ritonavir & Cobicistat 

Ritonavir & Cobicistat are 2 pharmacokinetic boosters used
boosters used in ... metabolism of drugs ... both have lots of drug ... interactions because ... HIV #Boosters #Pharmacology
Chemotherapy Agents with Possible Interactions with Warfarin 
the most common cause of fluctuating INR values in
of fluctuating INR ... occurrence of drug ... #Pharmacology #Warfarin ... #Increases #Decreases ... #Drug
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... /mL) due to an increased ... Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... Increased potassium ... hypoaldosteronism in ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... nephrology #potassium #differential