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Beta-Blockers
- Examples
- - Bisoprolol
- - Atenolol
- - Propranolol
- Indications
- - Hypertension
- - Cardiac Arrhythmias
- - Heart Failure
- - Anxiety
- - Angina
- Mechanism
- - Antagonise adrenoreceptors, decreasing cardiac contractility and heart rate.
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SSRI's
- Examples
- - Fluoxetine (Prozac)
- - Citalopram
- - Paroxetine
- Indications
- - Anxiety
- - Depressive Illness
- - Eating Disorders
- - Panic Disorders
- Mechanism of action
- - Blocks the reuptake of serotonin at the serotonin reuptake pump of the neuronal membrane, enhancing the actions of serotonin on 5HT1A autoreceptors
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Antibiotics
- Examples
- - Trimethroprin
- - Benzylpenicillin
- - Chloraphenicol
- Indications
- - Bacterial Infections
- Mechanism
- - Inhibits nucleic synthesis
- - Inhibits cell wall synthesis
- - Inhibits protein synthesis
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Anti-histamines
- Examples
- - Loratadine
- - Cetirizine
- - Chlorpheniramine
- Indications
- - Allergy Relief
- - Chronic Idopathic urticaria
- Mechanism
- Competes with histamine for binding at H1-receptor sites on the effector cell surface, resulting in suppression of histaminic edema, flare, and pruritus.
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Loop Diuretics
- Examples
- - Bumetanide
- - Furosemide
- - Torasemide
- Indications
- - Pulmonary Oedema due to left ventricular failure
- - Chronic Heart Failure
- - Diuretic resistant oedema
- - Occasionally Hypertension
- Mechanism
- - inhibits water reabsorption in the nephron by blocking the sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter (NKCC2) in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle.
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Tricyclic Antidepressants
- Examples
- - Amitriptyline
- - Desipramine
- - Doxepin
- Indications
- - Depression
- - Neuropathic pain
- - Migraine Prophylaxis
- - Diabetic Nueropathy
- Mechanism
- inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin almost equally
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ACE Inhibitors
- Examples
- - Ramipril
- - Lisinopril
- - Perindopril
- Indications
- - Hypertension
- - Heart Failure
- - Reducing further damage in diabetic nephropathy
- Mechanism
- - Prevents the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, which stops vasoconstriction and promotes vasodilation.
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NSAIDs
- Examples
- - Ibuprofen
- - Aspirin
- - Diclofenac
- Indications
- - Pain
- - Arthritis
- Mechanism
- - Inhibits COX
- Its pharmacological effects are believed to be due to inhibition cylooxygenase-2 (COX-2) which decreases the synthesis of prostaglandins involved in mediating inflammation, pain, fever and swelling
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Proton Pump Inhibitors
- Examples
- - Lansoprazole
- - Omeprazole
- - Rabeprazle
- Indications
- - Gastric and duodenal ulcer
- - GERD
- - Acid related dyspepsia
- Mechanism
- Suppresses gastric acid secretion by specific inhibition of the H+/K+ ATPase at the secretory surface of the gastric parietal cell.
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Anti-Coagulants
- Examples
- - Warfarin
- - Clexane
- Indications
- - AF
- - Stroke
- - DVT
- - Pacemaker insertion
- - Post operative prophylaxis
- Mechanism
- Inactivates thrombin which stops clots forming.
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