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Arachidonic acid pathway and drugs which affect it.

#Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #ArachidonicAcid #Pathways #COX #Prostaglandins #Prostacyclins #Leukotrienes #Synthesis

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Arachidonic acid pathway ... and drugs which ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology ... ArachidonicAcid #Pathways ... #COX #Prostaglandins
Antiplatelet Drugs and their Actions

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc
@AmyChung

#Antiplatelet #Medications #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Drugs #Agents #COX #GIIbIIIa
Antiplatelet Drugs ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology ... #Drugs #Agents ... #COX #GIIbIIIa
Addictions: Pathogenesis

Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Pathway:
 • Dopaminergic neurons in Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) in midbrain under continuous
Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Pathway ... stimuli (food, sex, drugs ... dopamine in this pathway ... #Addiction #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Mesolimbic
Fibrinolysis. 
Fibrinolysis occurs when plasminogen is activated to plasmin under the influence of factors such as
thrornbolytic drugs ... anticoagulant drugs ... #Fibrinolysis #Pathway ... #Pathophysiology ... #Plasminogen #Pharmacology
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
- Rare unless co-ingestion ... Benzodiazepines #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Mesocortical Pathway ... Nigrostriatal Pathway ... irreversible • Drug ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
other antimycotic drugs ... procainamide HMG-CoA ... anti-depressants Psychiatric ... Dysgeusia #Induced #Drugs ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pharmacology