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| A general aneasthetic with fast induction and recovery |
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| Day surgery general aneasthetic |
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| A non-depolarising general anaesthetic |
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| General anaesthetic that provides the most rapid, reliable onset and only lasts about 5 mins, but not good with digoxin |
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| Local anaesthetic with shorter half life than lignocaine, bot not to be given with antiarrhythmics or drugs that depress cardiac contractility |
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| Local anaesthetic with longer half life than lignocaine, but not to be given with antiarrhythmics or drugs that depress cardiac contractility |
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| Reversible local anaesthetic metabolised by the liver |
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| Antidote for paracetamol overdose |
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| Antidote for ingestive toxic substances that are in the GIT. Stops their absorption |
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| Antidote for mild hyperkalaemia or calcium channel blocker poisoning. Not to be used with digoxin |
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| Treatment for overdose of beta-blockers or calcium channel blockers |
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| Treatment for opioid overdose |
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| Most common used beta blocker for angina and hypertension |
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| Angina in people with cardiac failure |
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| Drug of choice for arrythmia |
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| Arrhythmia, but interacts with warfarin and digoxin. Safe to use with beta blockers and Ca channel blockers |
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| Most commonly used as AV block fro atrial fibrillation. Needs to be monitored for hypokalaemia |
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| Calcium channel blocker used for arrhythmia |
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| Loop diuretic used for heart failure |
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| ACE inhibitor used for heart failure and hypertension. Gives a cough |
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| A K+ sparing diuretic used for heart failure. Acts on the collecting tubule |
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| A statin used for hyperlipidaemia that stops one of the steps in the biosynthesis of cholesterol |
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| A calcium channel blocker used for hypertension |
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| A thiazide diuretic used for hypertension that works on the ascending limb of the Loop of Henle and the DCT. Electrolyte disturbances if used with loop diuretics |
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| A sartan and angiotensin II receptor antagonist used for hypertension but can cause hyperkalaemia |
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| Used in thromboembolic disease, stops platelets aggregating. Dont use with warfarin, NSAIDs, or probenecid |
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| A pro-drug used in thromboembolic disease that inhibits the ADP-induced activation of platelets. Can cause bleeding or diarrhoea |
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| Used in thromboembolic disease that predominantly works via antithrombin III accelerating inactivation of clotting factor Xa. Has a more predictable response, longer half-life, and less risk of bleeding |
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| Used in thromboembolic disease and inactivates clotting factors IIa, IXa, Xa, and XIIa. Not absorbed orally |
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| Used in thromboembolic disease and forms a complex with plasminogen leading to the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin |
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| Used in thromboembolic disease and inhibits the hepatic production of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X. Has a therapeutic delay of 2-7 days. Need to monitor |
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| Used in bone disorders to reduce bone resorption by osteoclasts, hinder recruitment of osteoclasts, and stimulate osteoblasts to produce an inhibitor of osteoclast formation |
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| The active form of vitamin D |
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| A sulphonylurea used in diabetes. Causes insulin to be released. Used when diet, exercise and usually metformin have not worked. |
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| The first choice for insulin sensitisers used in diabetes. Also decreases hepatic glucose production |
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| Increases sensitivity to insulin in diabetic patients. Can cause weight gain |
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| Treats hyperthyroidism by interfering with the organification of iodine, but takes 4-6 weeks to be effective. Can interact with warfarin |
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| Used to treat hypothyroidism |
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| Osmotic laxative that can take 2-3 days to act |
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| Used to treat diarrhoea. Works on mu-opioid receptors |
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| A proton-pump inhibitor used to treat GORD/PUD. Generally well tolerated |
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| A competitive H2 receptor antagonist used to treat GORD/PUD. Generally well tolerated |
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| Used to treat nausea and vomiting. Crosses the BBB so can block central dopamine receptors - dont give in Parkinson's |
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| A 5HT antagonist used to treat nausea and vomiting. Interacts with rifampicin |
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| Used to treat obesity by preventing the absorption of about 30% of dietary fat |
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| Used to treat infections of the CNS caused by pork tapeworms. Need to monitor liver function long term |
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| Albendazole (a benzimidazole) |
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| A broad-spectrum anti-parasitic drug used to treat roundworm infections. Can also be used to treat scabies. Generally well tolerated |
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| Broad-spectrum penicillin |
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| An antibiotic used to treat infections caused by bacteria, including upper respiratory infections, ear infections, skin infections, and urinary tract infections |
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| Bacteriostatic broad-spectrum antibiotic that works against both Gram +ve and Gram -ve aerobic and anaerobic microbes. But has caused severe and sometimes fatal blood problems (eg, anemia, low blood platelets, low white blood cell counts) |
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| A quinolone antibiotic. Can also treat people exposed to anthrax |
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| Used to treat many different bacterial infections, such as acne, urinary tract infections, intestinal infections, eye infections, gonorrhea, chlamydia, periodontitis (gum disease), and others |
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| A broad spectrum macrolide antibiotic that can be bacteriostatic or bactericidal, depending on conc in blood or tissue |
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| An antibacterial drug that has broad Gram -ve spectrum. Can cause nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. Used to treat severe or serious bacterial infections |
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| Used to treat and to prevent tuberculosis (TB) |
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| An antibacterial drug active against both Gram +ve and Gram -ve organisms, but only anaerobic ones. Used to treat bacterial infections of the vagina, stomach, skin, joints, and respiratory tract, but will not treat a vaginal yeast infection |
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| Effective against Gram +ve bacteria. Used to treat or prevent tuberculosis (TB), as well as reduce certain bacteria in your nose and throat that could cause meningitis or other infections to stop spread to others |
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| Used to treat an infection of the intestines caused by Clostridium difficile, which can cause watery or bloody diarrhea. It is also used to treat staph infections that can cause inflammation of the colon and small intestines |
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| An antifungal drug often used intravenously for systemic fungal infections |
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| Used to treat fungal infections and prevent them in people with weakened immune systems |
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| Used to treat or prevent malaria |
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| Used to treat uncomplicated malaria (not severe forms), but will not prevent it |
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| Inhibits the replication of herpes simplex viruses 1 & 2, and varicella zoster virus |
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| An oral prodrug used in the treatment of influenza A and B and in the prophylaxis of influenza |
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| A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in the treatment of HIV infection |
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| Used to treat oestrogen-dependent breast cancer |
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| Used to treat several forms of cancer. Has both cytotoxic and immunosuppressive actions |
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| Used to treat cancer of the colon, rectum, breast, stomach, or pancreas |
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| Used to treat certain types of cancer of the breast, skin, head and neck, or lung. It is also used to treat severe psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. |
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| A SERM used to treat breast cancer |
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| Used to treat certain types of breast cancer or stomach cancer |
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| Used to prevent organ rejection after a kidney, heart, or liver transplant. It is also used to treat severe psoriasis or severe rheumatoid arthritis. |
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| An immunomodulator used in hairy cell leukemia, malignant melanoma, AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
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| A glucocorticoid used to treat inflammation, eg skin conditions, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, or breathing disorders |
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| Lowers the immune system. Given in a combination treatment with cyclosporine and a steroid medicine to prevent the body from rejecting a transplanted organ |
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| DMARS used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and ankylosing spondylitis. NO drug interactions |
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| Affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and diarrhea. Used for ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis when other meds have not worked |
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| Used in patients with multiple recurrent gout attacks and kidney disease caused by uric acid or urate deposition |
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| Used to treat or prevent attacks of gout |
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| An NSAID that inhibits COX thereby inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis - COX-1 and COX-2 |
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| More selective for COX-2 so has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties with less adverse effects on the gastrointestinal tract than other NSAIDs |
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| Used to treat more severe forms of asthma |
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| Used as first-line ovulation induction in women with anovoluntary infertility or PCOS |
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| Contracts the uterine muscle and increases milk release during lactation |
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| Prevents the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the body. DHT is involved in the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) |
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| An alpha-blocker that relaxes the muscles in the prostate and bladder neck, making it easier to urinate. Can improve urination in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate) |
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| An antipsychotic that has lower potency at D2 receptors than another one but has more anticholinergic side effects. Is a phenothiazine |
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| A buteophenone antipsychotic that has ewer anticholinergic effects than another and doesnt cause sedation, but more extrapyramidal effects |
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| Used to treat anxiety disorders. A benzodiazepine |
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| Treats insomnia, but can cause unexpected sleep related behaviours, which are made worse by drinking alcohol |
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| A tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) whose withdrawals can have anticholinergic effects |
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| The most commonly used treatment for depression |
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| Used to treat the manic episodes of manic depression |
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| A non-selective irreversible MAO inhibitor used to treat depression and bipolar. Can cause weight gain. Usually given after other anti-depressants have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms |
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| Used to treat opioid dependence |
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| First line treatment for partial seizures and generalised tonic-clonic |
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| First line treatment for generalised tonic-clonic and absence/petit-mal seizures, second line treatment for partial seizures |
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| First line treatment for absence/petit-mal seizures |
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| Second line treatment for all seizure types (Na and Ca channel blocker) |
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| Second line treatment for partial seizures and generalised tonic-clonic seizures (Na channel blocker) |
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| Second line treatment for partial seizures (HVA seizures) |
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| Second line treatment for partial seizures and generalised tonic-clonic seizures (Na channel blocker) |
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| Second line treatment for partial seizures (GABA agonist) |
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| Used to treat Parkinson's Disease |
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| Used to treat Parkinson's Disease and is a dopamine agonist that does not require enzymatic conversion to active metabolite |
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| Used to treat Parkinson's Disease. A metabolic precursor of dopamine |
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| Used in Parkinson's Disease. Is an irreversible inhibitor of MAO-B |
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| Used in Parkinson's to help treat some of the muscarinic side effects |
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| Used in Parkinson's Disease to prevent L-dopa being metabolised in the periphery |
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| Used in Parkinson's Disease to prevent L-dopa being metabolised in the periphery |
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| Used in Parkinson's Disease to prevent COMT metabolism competing with l-dopa for transport across BB |
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| Used in Parkinson's Disease to prevent COMT metabolism competing with l-dopa for transport across BB |
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| DA agonist used in Huntington's Disease |
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| GABA agonist used to treat Huntington's Disease |
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| Used to treat Huntington's Disease as it depletes DA in the brain |
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