Autonomic/CV Drugs — Flashcards

34 y/o industry worker experiences rapid-onset shortness of breath, dizziness, palpitations & flushed skin after accidental exposure to chemical fumes. - Examination: tachypneic, reddish discoloration of the skin without cyanosis. - Patient is immediately instructed to inhale amyl nitrite from the safety kit. - The success of this antidote is dependent upon its ability to convert hemoglobin into a form with increased affinity for which substance?

What coagulation factors (2) are the principal targets of antithrombin? _____

Cyclobenzaprine is used to treat _____

One treatment for cyanide poisoning is _____, which helps restore rhodanese-mediated metabolism of cyanide to thiocyanate

_____ is used for (lead) chelation in kids

Mycophenolate mofetil is used prophylactically to reduce _____

What are the treatments (2) for arsenic and mercury poisoning?_____

Direct Xa inhibitors can be reversed with administration of _____.

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) may be administered clinically as a _____

Which uricosuric drug is used to treat chronic gout due to underexcretion?_____