Michael J. Neal

Medical Pharmacology at a Glance


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drugs Drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease Drugs used to dissolve gallstones Pancreatic supplements

      21  14 Drugs acting on the kidney Thiazides Loop diuretics Potassium‐sparing diuretics

      22  15 Drugs used in hypertension Thiazide and other diuretics β‐adrenoceptor antagonists Vasodilator drugs Centrally acting drugs Acute severe hypertension

      23  16 Drugs used in angina Nitrates β‐Adrenoceptor antagonists Calcium‐channel blockers Revascularization

      24  17 Antiarrhythmic drugs Cardiac action potential Pacemaker cells Drugs used in supraventricular arrhythmias Drugs effective in supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias Drugs used in ventricular arrhythmias Alternatives to drugs

      25  18 Drugs used in heart failure ACE inhibitors and ARBs β‐blockers Inotropic drugs Sympathomimetic agents

      26  19 Drugs used to affect blood coagulation Anticoagulants Antiplatelet drugs Fibrinolytic drugs (thrombolytics)

      27  20 Lipid‐lowering drugs Lipoproteins Hyperlipidaemias Atherosclerosis Drug combinations

      28  21 Agents used in anaemias Iron Iron preparations Vitamin B12 Folic acid Erythropoietin

      29  22 Central transmitter substances Amino acids Monoamines Other transmitters/modulaters

      30  23 General anaesthetics Reticular activating system (RAS) Mechanism of action of anaesthetics Premedication Intravenous agents Inhalation agents

      31  24 Anxiolytics and hypnotics GABA receptors Barbiturate receptor Benzodiazepines Antidepressants Drugs acting at serotonergic (5HT) receptors

      32  25 Antiepileptic drugs Causes of epilepsy Mechanisms of action of anticonvulsants Drugs used in partial and generalized tonic–clonic (grand mal) seizures Drugs used to treat absences (petit mal) Drugs effective in tonic–clonic (grand mal) and absence (petit mal) seizures Drug withdrawal Pregnancy

      33  26 Drugs used in Parkinson’s disease Aetiology Dopaminergic drugs Dopamine agonists Drugs causing dopamine release Antimuscarinics