Slows and prevents clot formation

ANTICOAGULANTS
WARFARIN, HEPARIN

Decreases high blood pressure

ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMICS
ARBS, CCBS, DIURETICS ACE
INHIBITORS BETA BLOCKERS
 Seizures
ANTICONVULSANTS GABAPENTIN, PHENYTOIN

Depression and Anxiety

CITALOPRAM(celexa)
ANTIDEPRESSANTS ESCITALOPRAM (lexapro)
FLOUXETINE (prozac)
SERTRALINE(zoloft)
 Reduces Cholesterol
ANTILIPIDEMICS ATROVASTATIN

Dissolves clots
THROMBOLYTICS ALTEPLASE(tpa)
 Anxiety, Alcohol Withdrawal
Seizures
BENZODIAZEPINES DIAZEPAM

Prevents clots
CLOPIDOGREL
ANTIPLATELETS ACETYSALICYLIC ACID(
aspirin)
 Increase cardiac contractility
CARDIAC and cardiac output
GLYCOSIDES DIGOXIN

Treats and prevents angina(

chest pain)
NITRATES NITROGLYCERIN
NITROPRUSSIDE
 Decreases INflammation
PREDNISONE
CORTICOSTEROIDS
BETAMETHASONE

PROTON PUMP decreases gastric acid

OMEPRAZOLE
INHIBITORS
 Dilates Airways
BRONCHODILATORS ALBUTEROL
IPRATROPIUM

RAPID ACTING:
Onset: 5-15 mins.
Peak:1 hr
INSULIN Duration: 3 hrs.
ASPART
TIMINGS
LISPRO
GLULISINE
 Short Acting:
REGULAR
Long Acting:
Onset: 1 hr
Peak: 2 hrs
Onset: NA
Duration: 4hrs
Intermediate Acting:
Peak:NA
Onset: 6hrs
Peak: 8hrs
duration: 12-14 hrs
Duration: 12 hrs
NPH
GLARGINE, DETERMIR

Lowers blood glucose for Type

II
ANTIDIABETICS GLYBURIDE
GLIPIZIDE
METFORMIN
 Oral Hypoglycemics
IDE
TIDE
ANTIDIABETICS LINIDE
Inhibitor of the DPP-4 Enzyme
DRUGS GLIPTIN
Thiazolidinedione
GLITAONE

CORTICOSTEROIDS
ASONE
OLONE
INIDE
 TRIPTANS -TRIPTAN
(anti-migraine)
ERGOTAMINES
-ERGOT
(anti-migraine)

ANTISEPTICS -CHLORO

ANTITUBERCULARS(TB) -RIFA
BISPHOSPHONATES -DRONATE

NEUROMUSCULAR
BLOCKERS -NUIM

PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 -AFIL
INHIBITORS

CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
-LAMIDE
INHIBITORS
PROGESTIN(FEMALE -TREL
HORMONE)

ATYPICAL -RIDONE
ANTIPSYCHOTICS
 FORMULA:
D/H x V= (Answer)
DOSAGE
Note: Some medications are
CALCULATION prescribed in units/hour
Assume that all questions are
(VOLUME) asked “per dose” unless there
is given timeframe.

Soccer is a better sport than

Claim baseball.
LAB VALUES ELECTROLYTES

SODIUM 136-145 mEq/L

POTASSIUM 3.5 - 5 mEq/L
CALCIUM 9.0 - 10.5 mg/dL
 MAGNESIUM 3.5 - 5 mEq/L
PHOSPHOROUS 2.5 - 4.5 mg/dL
CHLORIDE 95 - 105 mEq/L
 BLOOD

RBCs
FEMALES 4.2 - 5.4 million/uL
MALES 4.7 - 6.1 million/uL
HEMOGLOBIN
FEMALES 12 -16 g/dL
MALES 14 - 18 g/dL
 ABGs

pH 7.35 - 7.45
PaCO2 35 - 45 mmHg
PaO2 80-100 mmHg
HCO3 22 - 26 mEq/L
 LIVER FUNCTION

ALBUMIN 3.5 TO 5 g/dL

AMMONIA 15 - 45 mcg/dL
TOTAL BILIRUBIN 0.1 - 1.0 mg/dL
TOTAL PROTEIN 6 - 8 g/dL
 LIPIDS

TOTAL SERUM DESIRABLE< 200 mg/dL

CHOLESTEROL
HDL 40 - 80 mg/dL
LDL 80 - 130 mg/dL
 URINE

SPEC. GRA. 1.005 - 1.030

PROTEIN 0 - 8 mg/dL
GLUCOSE < 0.5 g/day
KETONES
pH
none
WBC 4.6 - 8
MALES 0-3
FEMALES 0-5
 RENAL

CREATININE 0.6 - 1.2 mg/dL

BUN
CREATININE
10 - 20 mg/dL
CLEARANCE
TEST 90 - 139 mL/min
MALES
FEMALES 80 - 125 mL/min
 COAGULATION

INR 2.0 - 3.0

11 - 12.5 secs.
PT Therapeutic range for
anticoagulant therapy is 1.5 - 2
times the normal or control value
 30 - 40 secs.therapeutic
range
PTT 1.5 - 2 times the normal
value.
 BLOOD
GLUCOSE

GLUCOSE
FASTING
70 - 105 mg/dL

HbA1c < 7%