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Digoxin:
What is it for:
What does it do:
Theraputic value
Toxic value:
Look out for:
- Digoxin:
- What is it for: makes heart stronger beating
- What does it do: works with AV/SA nodes to slow rate of beats but increase strength
- Theraputic value: .8-2.0
- Toxic value: >2.5
- Look out for: too low potatssium, bradicardia, keep patient away from antacids and laxitives
- ANTIDOTE: digibind
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Heparin
What is it for:
What does it do:
Theraputic value
Toxic value:
Look out for:
- Heparin
- What is it for:
- What does it do:
- Theraputic value
- Toxic value:
- Look out for:
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Statins
What is it for:
What does it do:
Theraputic value
Toxic value:
Look out for:
- Statins
- What is it for: lowers colesterol
- What does it do: inhibits HMG-Coa in liver
- Theraputic value: not ested
- Look out for: monitor cholesterol and liver enzyme levels, assess for muscle pain and weakness, monitor dig toxiity if used together
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Dobutamine
What is it for:
What does it do:
Theraputic value
Toxic value:
Look out for:
- Dobutamine
- What is it for: strengthens heart contraction
- What does it do strengthens heart contraction
- Look out for: deminishing returns, brady cardia
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BETA BLOCKERS
- -the olol class
- decrease automaticity and condution through AV node, reduce HR. Slow tachy cardia.
Watch for breathing problems for people with asthems, COPD, or other lung problems
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Calcium channel blockers
What is it for:
What does it do:
Theraputic value
Toxic value:
Look out for:
- -amils (verapamil, diltiazem)
- What is it for: decrease AV node conduction
- What does it do: slow HR
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ACE inhibitors
What is it for:
What does it do:
Theraputic value
Toxic value:
Look out for:
--prils
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Diuretics
- Either potassium sparing (Aldactone) or patassium depleting (LASIX)
- Watch for hypokalemia
Both may cause orthostatic hypotension
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Name 2 broncho dialators and what do they do
epinepherine and aminophylline
They open bronchioles when inhaled
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What other drug class helps treat COPD and other lung problems?
Corticosteroids
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Morphine:
how is it used; why is it a double edged sword
Morphine helps ease breathing, lower anxiety and pain
May suppress respiration too much, causes constipation
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Alpha blockers
-ozins
Relaxes muscles and opens small blood vessels
Lower BP and help with urine flow
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Dopamine
What is it for: treats hypotension, poor perfusion, and low cardiac output
- Must be diluted, Do NOT add DOPAMINE Injection to Sodium Bicarbonate or other alkaline
- intravenous
- solutions, since the drug is inactivated in alkaline solution.
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