INTRODUCTION
Some classes of drugs
Common abbreviations used in drug administration
Latin abbreviations
Routes of administration
Units used in drug administration
Recognised drug abbreviations
Other common abbreviations
SOME DEFINITIONS ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Oral administration Intravenous drug administration
Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination
Absorption
Drug distribution
Drug metabolism and elimination
Mechanisms of drug action – pharmacodynamics
Drug receptors
Some drugs affecting adrenergic transmission
Drugs and the respiratory tract Bronchodilators
Other drugs used in asthma
Steroids (glucocorticoids, corticosteroids
Cardiovascular drugs
Nitrates
Calcium channel blockers
Alpha adrenoreceptor antagonists
Potassium channel activators
ACE-Inhibitors
Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists
Drugs affecting cardiac contractility Digoxin
Adrenaline Atropine
Beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta-blockers)
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Vaughan Williams classification of antidysrhythmic drugs
Examples of drugs used for specific cardiac arrhythmias
Lipid-lowering drugs
Statins
Fibrates
NICE guidance to choice of drug treatment for newly diagnosed hypertension
Prevention of CVD Chronic heart failure Antithrombotics Anticoagulants
Antiplatelet drugs
Thrombolytic agents
Diuretics Urinary incontinence Gastrointestinal tract AntiEmetics Analgesics
Paracetamol NSDAIDs
Opioids
Drugs to treat diabetes mellitus
The different actions of various types of insulin
Oral hypoglycaemic agents and their action
Some antibacterial drugs The central nervous system
Drugs commonly used to prevent seizures in epilepsy
Parkinson’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia
ANTIDEPRESSANTS HYPNOTICS ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
Predisposing factors
Examples of ADRs
Adverse drug events
Some prescribing and administration errors
Possible causes of prescribing and administration errors
Preventing errors
Drug and food interactions
Some differentiating features of drug overdose
Drugs causing coma
Drugs affecting pupil size
Drugs causing respiratory features
Cardiovascular features
Common drug overdoses
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