by Cathy Parkes
Key meds for anxiety AND depression: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhbitors (SSRIs) and Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs).
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Key meds for depression: tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), and atypical antidepressants (buproprion, trazodone).
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Learn the key facts about some medications that are used to treat anxiety, including benzodiazepines (diazepam, lorazepam, midazolam, chlordiazepoxide) and non-benzodiazepines (buspirone).
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Key meds used to treat electrolyte and acid/base imbalances: calcium, potassium, sodium bicarbonate, sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate), and magnesium.
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Medications for anemia: folic acid (vitamin B9), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), ferrous sulfate, and iron dextran.
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Antilipemic (cholesterol-lowering) medications: statins, cholesterol absorption inhibitors, bile acid sequestrants, fibric acid derivatives, and niacin (B3).
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Medications used for the treatment of shock, including: epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, dobutamine, and albumin.
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Hemostatic agent (aminocaproic acid), thrombolytic medications (alteplase, reteplase, streptokinase), erythropoiesis growth factor (epoetin alfa), leukopoietic growth factor (filgrastim).
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Learn more about anticoagulants and antiplatelets, including: factor Xa inhibitors, platelet aggregation inhibitors, and thrombin inhibitors.
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Learn what you need to know about the anticoagulant medications heparin and warfarin.
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Learn the key facts about amiodarone, calcium channel blockers, adeonsine, and atropine, including BLACK BOX WARNINGS!
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Cardiac Glycosides (Digoxin), Class I Antidysrhythmics (sodium channel blockers), and Class II Antidysrhythmics (beta blockers)
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