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Oral anti-hypertensives with relative fast onset of action (Hypertensive Emergency)

The key concern with oral antihypertensive agents
you're up-titrating medications ... important to allow one ... dose of medication ... Emergency #Management #Pharmacology ... #Table #BloodPressure
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Channel Blockers - Medications ... ChannelBlockers #Medications ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology # ... Toxicology
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
caused by specific medications ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Toxidromes ... #Comparison #Table
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
headache days in one ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... #Table #Pharmacology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
HIV Antiretroviral Regimen Components 
Dual NRTI Backbone + Third Agent 

The general HIV antiretroviral medication regimen
antiretroviral medication ... now 10 single-tablet ... product is just 1 tablet ... missing doses is one ... Components #HIV #Pharmacology
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
Common Medications ... #Prolongation #Medications ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology # ... table
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... urinary sphincter tone ... Kidney #Injury #Medications ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Postparathyroidectomy (hungry bone ... metastasis (hungry bone ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology