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Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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Drugs causing hyperkalemia ... Ketoconazole • Sodium ... Drospirenone #Drugs ... #hyperkalemia #medications
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Common sodium channel ... Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... #Pharmacology #Medications ... #Differential #Drugs
Antiseizure Drugs 
Sodium Channel Blockers: Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine, Eslicarbazepine, Lamotrigine, Lacosamide, Phenytoin, fosphenytoin
Broad Spectrum: Valproate, Levetiracetam, Brivaracetam,
Antiseizure Drugs ... Sodium Channel ... #Antiseizure #Drugs ... antiepileptic #medications
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... overdose) - Sodium ... Antimicrobials Drug-induced ... panitumumab) #Drugs ... hypomagnesemia #Medications
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
False Positives on Drug ... Tests Urine drug ... false positives on drug ... Motrin) • Naproxen sodium ... False #positive #drug
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... (Heparin) • Sodium-channel ... pharmacology #potassium #medications
Antihypertensive Drugs - Summary
Diuretics:
 • Thiazide type: Chlorothiazide, Hydrochlorothiazide
 • Thiazide-like: Chlorthalidone, Indapamide, Metolazone
 • Loop
Antihypertensive Drugs ... Sympatholytic Drugs ... Minoxidil • Sodium ... hypertension #htn #medications
ACEI or ARB Initiation
Hyperkalemia:
 - Review concurrent drugs
 - Moderate potassium Intake
 - Consider: diuretics, sodium
Review concurrent drugs ... Consider: diuretics, sodium ... Reassess concomitant medications
Drug-induced gingival enlargement is a side-effect of certain drugs where the gingival tissue is not the
Drug-induced gingival ... side-effect of certain drugs ... key offending drug ... , particularly sodium ... or changing the medication
SGLT2 inhibitors, also called gliflozins, are a class of medications that alter essential physiology of the
are a class of medications ... that modulate sodium ... by inhibiting sodium-glucose ... Several medications ... by the Food and Drug