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Key Characteristics of Old and New Potassium-Binding Agents

- Dr. Edgar V. Lerma https://twitter.com/edgarvlermamd

#Potassium #Binding #KBinders #Kayexelate
Potassium #Binding #KBinders ... #Kayexelate #Comparison ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Patiromer #HyperKalemia ... #Nephrology #Agents
Potassium Binders for Management of Hyperkalemia
 • SPS - Sodium polystyrene sulfonate
 • Patiromer (veltassa)
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polystyrene sulfonate • Patiromer ... #Hyperkalemia #treatment ... #pharmacology # ... table #comparison ... #nephrology
Veltassa (Patiromer) 
MECHANISM: Potassium Binder 
INDICATION: Treatment of Hyperkalemia 
FORMULATION: Powder for oral suspension 
DOSING: 8.4
Veltassa (Patiromer ... MECHANISM: Potassium Binder ... INDICATION: Treatment ... oral suspension DOSING ... #Pharmacology
Phosphate Binders - Pros and Cons

Calcium carbonate (TumsTM) 
 - Most inexpensive, antacid properties useful for
- Calcium and metal-free ... - Calcium and metal-free ... #Table #Comparison ... #Pharmacology # ... Nephrology
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
and sodium • Dosing ... ; hypokalemia Patiromer ... #medications #pharmacology ... #table #comparison ... #binders
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
stimulation and mental ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications ... #dosing #drugs
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... & Dry) is the treatment ... then be excreted using ... #diagnosis #differential ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... particularly those coming ... very remarkable w/differential ... Treatment of GCA