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Mechanism of Action for Common Diabetes Medications

 • SGLT2i (Dapagliflozin)
 • TZD (Pioglitazone)
 • Biguanides (Metformin)
Common Diabetes Medications ... Meglitinides • GLP-1 ... #Diabetes #Medications ... #pharmacology # ... pathophysiology
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Channel Blockers - Medications ... 1. ... Psychiatric drugs ... ChannelBlockers #Medications ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
here's to Part 1 ... #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacy #Pharmacology ... #Medication #PrimaryCare
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
., IL-1, IL-2 Muromonab-CD3 ... Basiliximab - IL ... Suppression of IL ... Immunosuppressant #Drugs #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Lamotrigine • Mild ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) - Atypical Antipsychotics 
INVEGA TRINZA 3 MONTHS 
ARISTADA 2 MONTHS 
INVEGA 1 MONTH
SUSTENNA
MONTHS INVEGA 1 ... MONTH ABILIFY 1 ... Adherence to daily medications ... Antipsychotics #Pharmacology ... #Duration #Psychiatry
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
and Inotropes - Pharmacology ... Levophed, alpha-1 ... dilation • beta /mild ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #Pharmacology ... Summary #management #medications
Uric Acid Homeostasis
In the liver, purines are metabolized to uric acid. The last step in purine
eliminate about 1/ ... Homeostasis #Gout #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Management
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Pathogenesis and Medications ... LUTS - alpha-1 ... smooth-muscle alpha-1 ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
• Persons with psychiatric ... failure to thrive • Ill ... Psychiatric symptoms ... Supplementation with 1 ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology