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Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
 • Citalopram, Escitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Sertraline,
Depression and Anxiety Disorders ... and depression disorders ... Obsessive-compulsive disorder ... 5HTIA partial agonist ... #Medications #Table
Characteristics of Common Lipid Disorders
Polygenic hypercholesterolemia
Atherogenic dyslipidemia
 • Frequently accompanied by central obesity or diabetes
Familial hypercholesterolemia,
of Common Lipid Disorders ... Dysbetalipoproteinemia (type ... Hypoalphalipoproteinemia #lipid #disorders ... diseases #comparison #table ... #defects #diagnosis
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
with few amnestic effects ... 5-HT-Receptor Agonist ... uncertain: - Partial agonist ... of anxiolytic effects ... pharmacology #comparison #table
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
some Cholinergic Agonists ... CNS and cardiac effects ... • Reverses CNS effects ... #Cholinergic #Agonists ... #Pharmacology #Table
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Vasopressin Receptor Agonist ... V1 receptor-agonist ... shock V2 receptor-agonist ... specific bleeding disorders ... #Medications #Table
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Hereditary defects ... Pseudohypoaldosteronism type ... l; defects in the ... End-stage renal ... High #Potassium #Classification