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Lithium: side effects |
LITHIUM: Leukocytes Increased (leukocytosis) Tremors Hypothyroidism Increased Urine Moms beware (teratogenic) Show Details / Rate It ---Marc Miller Sackler School of Medicine |
Quinolones [and Fluoroquinolones]: mechanism |
"Topple the Queen": Quinolone interferes with Topoisomerase II. Show Details / Rate It ---Samuel Atom Baek-Kim |
MPTP: mechanism, effect |
MPTP: Mitochondrial Parkinson's-Type Poison. · A mitochondrial poison that elicits a Parkinson's-type effect. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
Aspirin: side effects |
ASPIRIN: Asthma Salicyalism Peptic ulcer disease/ Phosphorylation-oxidation uncoupling/ PPH/ Platelet disaggregation/ Premature closure of PDA Intestinal blood loss Reye's syndrome Idiosyncracy Noise (tinnitus) Show Details / Rate It ---Dr. Chetan Wasekar, MBBS KEM Hospital |
Clopidogrel: use |
CLOPIdogrel is a drug that prevents CLots, an Oral Platelet Inhibitor (OPI). Show Details / Rate It ---Rinku Uberoi |
Teratogenic drugs: major non-antibiotics |
TAP CAP: Thalidomide Androgens Progestins Corticosteroids Aspirin & indomethacin Phenytoin Show Details / Rate It ---Manpreet GMC Amritsar |
Physostigmine vs. neostigmine |
LMNOP: Lipid soluble Miotic Natural Orally absorbed well Physostigmine · Neostigmine, on the contrary, is: Water soluble Used in myesthenia gravis Synthetic Poor oral absorption Show Details / Rate It ---Manpreet Saini GMC Amritsar |
Prazocin usage |
Prazocin sounds like an acronym of "praszz zour urine". Therefore Prazocin used for urinary retention in BPH. Show Details / Rate It ---Diljot Singh Bedi GMCH Chandigarh, India |
Steroid side effects |
CUSHINGOID: Cataracts Ulcers Skin: striae, thinning, bruising Hypertension/ Hirsutism/ Hyperglycemia Infections Necrosis, avascular necrosis of the femoral head Glycosuria Osteoporosis, obesity Immunosuppression Diabetes Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
Beta blockers with CYP2D6 polymorphic metabolism |
"I Met Tim Carver, the metabolic polymorph": · The following beta blockers require dose adjustment due to CYP2D6 polymorphic metabolism: Metoprolol Timolol Carvedilol (in patients with lower or higher than normal CYP2D6 activity) Show Details / Rate It ---David Shprecher Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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