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7/3/11

Medical and Pharmacy Mnemonics


THE ADVERSE REACTIONS OF CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS
DUMBLES


Diarrhea and decreased blood pressure
Urination
Miosis
Bronchoconstriction
Excitation of skeletal muscle
Lacrimation
Salivation and sweating


THERAPEUTIC USES OF BETHANECHOL..cholinergic
BBB


Bethanechol stimulates the Bladder and Bowel


TOXIC EFFECT OF MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS
Dry as bone, Hot as a hare, Red as a beet, Blind as a bat, Mad as a hatter


Dry mouth
Inhibition of sweating specially in young children
Tachycardia and cutaneous vasodilation
Blurred vision
Hallucination and delirium


CONDITIONS OR DISEASES CAUSE HYPERCALCEMIA
CHIMPANZEES


Calcium supplementation
Hyperparathyroidism
Iatrogenic..caused by thiazide diuretics
Milk alkali syndrome/ Malignancy
Paget's disease
Addison's disease
Neoplasm
Zollinger-ellison syndrome
Excess vitamin D
Excess vitamin A
Sarcoid







GRAM -VE BACTERIA THAT FIRST GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS ARE ACTIVE AGAINST
PEcK


Proteus mirabilis
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella




SULFONAMIDES TOXICITIES THAT SHOULD WATCH FOR
CRANK


Crystalluria
Rashes
Anemia
Nausea
Kernicterus




DRUGS USED FOR HERPESVIRUS INFECTIONS
For herpes, GIVe acyclovir


Foscarnet
Ganciclovir
Idoxuridine
Vidarabine
Acyclovir




ONE OF RIFAMPICIN SIDE EFFECT
Rifampicin-Red orange


urine, sweat, tears and other secretions may become red orange in color






TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSENTS (TCA) SIDE EFFECTS
TCA'S


Thrombocytopenia
Cardiac...arrhymia, MI, stroke
Anticholinergic...tachycardia, urinary retention, etc

Seizures




RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION INDUCING DRUGS
STOP breathing


Sedatives and hypnotics
Trimethoprim
Opiates
Polymyxins





HMG-CoA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS: SIDE EFFECTS, CONTAINDICATIONS, INTERACTIONS
HMG-CoA


Side effects
HepatotoxicityMyositis...rhabdomyolysis


Contraindications
Girl during pregnancy/ Growing children


Interactions
Coumarin/ Cyclosporine


BENZODIAZEPINES THREE MEMBERS THAT UNDERGO EXTRAHEPATIC ----BOLISM
Outside The Liver


Oxazepam
Temazepam
Lorazepam
These undergo extrahepatic ----bolism and do not form active ----bolites





LITHIUM SIDE EFFECTS
LITH


Leukocytosis
Insipidus ...diabetes insipidus, tied to polyuria

Tremor/ Teratogenesis
Hypothyroidism

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