Allie Shared "M2. Pharm Malaria drugs" - 4 Picmonics
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M2. Pharm Malaria drugs
Plasmodium General
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Malaria
- Anopheles Mosquito
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cyclic Fever
- Headache
- Anemia
- Splenomegaly
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Treatment
- Chloroquine
- Mefloquine for Resistant Types
3 mins
Plasmodium Specific
- Malariae
- Fever Every Three Days
- Vivax/Ovale
- Fever Every Two Days
- Duffy Antigen Binding Site
- Duffy often absent in Black Population
- Primaquine treats dormant form in liver
- Falciparum
- Most severe
- Irregular Cycles
- Occludes capillaries in the brain, kidneys, and lungs
4 mins
Class IA Antiarrhythmics (Na+ Channel Blockers)
- Indications
- Arrhythmias
- Mechanism of Action
- Increase AP, ERP, and QT interval.
- Drugs
- Disopyramide
- Procainamide
- Drug-induced Lupus
- Quinidine
- Cinchonism
- Shared Side Effects
- Thrombocytopenia
- Torsades de Pointes
1 min
Tetracycline Drug Names and Indications
- Drug Names
- Demeclocycline
- Minocycline
- Doxycycline
- Fecally Eliminated
- Can be Used in Renal Failure
- Indications
- Antidiuretic Hormone Antagonist
- Chlamydia
- Rickettsia
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Mycoplasma Pneumonia
3 mins
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