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Acute red flags
Refer to ER now!!!!
Impending heart attack, evolving stroke, pulmonary embolism, rupture aortic anurism, pneumothorax, cat bite, severe infection
Sub acute red flags
Worked up in next few days!!!!
Signs or symptoms of cancer, spot of blood in bra, new neurological disorder, blurr vision, weak foot, slur speech, man w milky disch from Breast....
Feel good neurotransmitters
Dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, seratonin

"I feel EFFINE gooooooooodd!"
Major neurotransmitters
Acetylcholine, GABA
Endogenous opiates
Beta endorphins, enkephalin, dynorphin
Acute red flags
Refer to ER now!!!!
Impending heart attack, evolving stroke, pulmonary embolism, rupture aortic anurism, pneumothorax, cat bite, severe infection
Sub acute red flags
Worked up in next few days!!!!
Signs or symptoms of cancer, spot of blood in bra, new neurological disorder, blurr vision, weak foot, slur speech, man w milky disch from Breast....
Feel good neurotransmitters
Dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, seratonin

" I feel EFFIN gggoooooodd!"
Major neurotransmitters
Acetylcholine, GABA
Endogenous opiates
Beta endorphins, enkephalin, dynorphin
Compounds involved in pain
Bradykinin, prostaglandin, substance p, histamine
"Here's mine, breakin, pros substance can involve pain"
Elavil
Tricylic antidepressant Widely used before ssri's
"Feeling depressed can feel evil"
Nardil
Monoamine oxidase inhibitor reserved as a last line of defense in depression
"narly deal.....your depressed"
Prozac, zoloft, paxil
SSRI's (selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors) tx depression
"SSRI= some serious routine intervention to depression"
Dexadrine, Ritalin
Tx ADHD
Levodopa, carbidopa
Tx Parkinson's
Excuse my way of remembering it is all that came to mind....
"have Parkinson's look like a dopa"
Phenobarbitol, sodium pantothal
Barbiturates, sedatives and anxiety drugs
Valium, Xanax
Benzodiazepines, anti anxiety drugs
Morphine, Demerol, oxycotin, methadone
Strong narcotics
Codein, hydrocodone, oxycodone, vicodine, hydrocodone+ tylenol
Weaker narcotics
Tylenol, aspirin, allege, advil, motrin
NSAIDs
"can get aids over the counter"
Narcan
Narcotic antagonist
"narcotics can act as a antagonist"
Alupent, ventolin
Bronchiodialators used in asthma
"allow you to vent and breathe again"
Singulair, xolair
Used in asthma
"get air"
Diuril
Diuretic used in hypertension,
"hypertension: die ur ill"
Aldacone
Potassium sparing Sparing diuretic used in hypertension and heart failure.
"all da calcium/potassium gone"
Lasix
Powerful diuretic used in heart failure
"lase it to make it powerful"
Mimpress, flowmax
Alpha sympathetic blockers used in hypertension and urinary tract blockage
"mind mi press to increase the flow for the heart and urine"
Inderol, lopressor
Beta sympathetic blocker used in heart failure and rapid heart rate.
"used to endear it all and lower rapid heart rate"
Digitalis, digoxin
Used in heart failure, first utilized tx to heart failure in 18th century, side effects!!!!
Dig...."die from heart failure"
Verapamil, procardia
Calcium chnl blocker used in heart failure and rapid heArt rates
"veer a round a chnl block to tx heart disease"
Endlapril, lisinipril
Ace inhibitors used in heart failure
Cozaar
Angiotensin II receptor blocker used in heart failure
Nitroglycerine, isordil
Nitrates used in angina
Prilosec, nexium
Proton pump inhibitor used in gastritis, and pep ulcer disease, gerd
Tagamet, zantac
Histamine blockers used in gastritis and peptic ulcer
"tag a million $"
Metronidazole (flagyl), doxycycline
Antibiotics used in pep ulcers
Laxatives
Metamucil, dulcolax, senakot, colace, milk of magnesia
Keflex-antibiotic
Used for gram pos bacteria - purple stain
Recently used more than pcn
Used for staph
Sulfa-antibiotic
Gram pos infections
Serious staph infec
Augmentin-antibiotic
Aka amoxacillin
Used gram pos bacteria
Otitis media, sinus infec
Gentamyacin -antibiotic
Tx gram neg bacteria
Stain red/pink
Often used intestinal probs
Mycostatin, ketaconazole
Antifungal
Isoniazid
TB
Relenza, tamiflu, valcyclovair (valtrax)
Antiviral to treat flu
Ch li air to tx herpes virus
Tagamet, zantac
Histamine blockers used in gastritis and peptic ulcer
"tag a million $"
Metronidazole (flagyl), doxycycline
Antibiotics used in pep ulcers
Laxatives
Metamucil, dulcolax, senakot, colace, milk of magnesia
Keflex-antibiotic
Used for gram pos bacteria - purple stain
Recently used more than pcn
Used for staph
Sulfa-antibiotic
Gram pos infections
Serious staph infec
Augmentin-antibiotic
Aka amoxacillin
Used gram pos bacteria
Otitis media, sinus infec
Gentamyacin -antibiotic
Tx gram neg bacteria
Stain red/pink
Often used intestinal probs
Mycostatin, ketaconazole
Antifungal
Isoniazid
TB
Relenza, tamiflu, valcyclovair (valtrax)
Antiviral to treat flu
Cyclovair to tx herpes virus
Quinine, chloroquin
Anti malaria
"quarantine malaria"
Flagyl, vermox
Anti parasitic
Vancomyacin
Gram pos bacteria
Tx intestinal probes like colitis, chrones
Cipro
Tx inf skin, Lu, airways, bones, ibs
Pcn
Used for bacteria infections
Eg. Gonorrhea, syphillis
Doxycycline
Tx chlamydia
Most likely place ECG will show heart attack
St segment
"heart STutters a segment"
Which bacteria causes tb
Acid fast
"tb on skin....acid burns skin"
Bacteria in most case duodenal gastric ulcers
True or false
True!
"yes, bacteria= dudu"
Leading diuretic
"diu-ril"
Alpha blockers
Relax blood vessels lower pressure
"alpha=male= need to relax and lower their pressure"
Eg. Flowmax "let urine flow to lower the pressure"
Beta blockers
Slow heart rate and force constriction
"beta=heart Beat slow"
Eg. Inderal "endear it all to go slower"
Ace inhibitors
Less vasoconstriction, decrease workload of the heart
Angiotensin-converting-enzyme
Dyspepsia
Stomach pain, cramping, fullness,
"Drink Pepsi to ease stomach pain"
H pyloria (bacteria)
Present in virtually all peptic disorders
Gram positive bacteria
Live on skin
Staph, pneumonia, abscesses, strep
Stain PURPLE
"lives on PEOPLE"
Tx w amoxicillin
Gram negative
Live in intestinal tract
Ecoli, salmonella,
Stains Red/Pink
"red, blood inside intestines"
Tx w gentamyacin
Giardia, trich
Giardia - intestinal
Trich- vaginal
Tx w Vermox
"makes me want to VOMIT"
Mmse
Mini mental status exam
Perfect score 30!
Important test for elderly
Limbic system
Experiences emotion, determines mood, feelings, pain, sense of smell evokes a feeling in limbic system
"when I break a LIMB i FEEL pain"
Reticular activating system
Determines how alert or asleep we are
"activating system ACTIVATES alertness"
Cerebral cortex
Where we think