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Membrane Actions of Antiarrhythmic Drugs

#Membrane #Channels #Actions #Antiarrhythmic #Drugs #Medications #Pharmacology #Cardiology #Table
Antiarrhythmic Drugs ... #Membrane #Channels ... Antiarrhythmic #Drugs ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #Cardiology #Table
Antiseizure Drugs 
Sodium Channel Blockers: Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine, Eslicarbazepine, Lamotrigine, Lacosamide, Phenytoin, fosphenytoin
Broad Spectrum: Valproate, Levetiracetam, Brivaracetam,
Antiseizure Drugs ... Sodium Channel ... #Antiseizure #Drugs ... medications #epilepsy #pharmacology ... #comparison #table
Drugs affecting the cardiac action potential. The sharp rise in voltage ("0") corresponds to the influx
Drugs affecting ... to the sodium-channel ... voltage-sensitive calcium channels ... #Pathophys #Pharmacology ... #Cardiology #Antiarrhythmics
Antiarrhythmics - Sodium Channel Blockers
Subclasses, Mechanisms, Indications, Side Effects
la - Quinidine, Procainamide
lb - Lidocaine, Mexiletine
Ic -
Antiarrhythmics - Sodium Channel ... Antiarrhythmics #Sodium #Channel ... Blockers #ClassI #Na #cardiology ... #pharmacology # ... table #comparison
Antiarrhythmics Pharmacology Summary
Cardiac Conduction Phases:
Phase 0 - Ventricular Depolarization:
 • Na+ channels open leading to a
Antiarrhythmics Pharmacology ... to maintain a negative ... contraction force (negative ... inotropy) ACCP Cardiology ... Antiarrhythmics #Pharmacology
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification:
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel Blockers:
 • MOA: Block fast Na+ channels
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel ... contraction force (negative ... inotropy) ACCP Cardiology ... Vaughan #Williams #Pharmacology ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Calcium Channel Blockers - Dihydropyridines vs Non-Dihydropyridines
Dihydropyridines (amlodipine, felodipine, nifedipine, nicardipine)
 • SVR: Decrease
 • Inotropy:
Calcium Channel ... CCBs #Calcium #Channel ... NonDihydropyridines #pharmacology ... #comparison #table ... #cardiology
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
transmembrane channels ... Rapidly cidal drug ... No gram negative ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
GABA-mediated chloride ion channel ... GABA-mediated chloride ion channel ... drugs #Sedative ... #medications #pharmacology ... #comparison #table
Class III Antiarrhythmics - Potassium Channel Blockers - Indications and Side Effects
Amiodarone
 • Suppression of VT
Antiarrhythmics - Potassium Channel ... a-flutter (when other drugs ... Antiarrhythmics #Potassium #Channel ... #Blockers #pharmacology ... #cardiology