Ace The Pharmacology Exam

Anticholinergic medications have a wide range of physiologic effects, including effects on circulation, respiration, alertness, and vision.

Drug-induced gingival overgrowth (DIGO), also referred to as drug-induced gingival enlargement, and previously known as drug-induced gingival hyper ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a syndrome that encompasses a constellation of iatrogenic movement disorders caused by antagonism of dopamine ...

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a product with both industrial and pharmaceutical uses. Since many PEG compounds are hydrophilic, industrially, they a ...

Acute-onset polyarticular arthritis is the most common presentation of viral arthritis. The most common viruses causing arthritis and/or arthralgia ...

According to the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, about 14% to 20% of  C/A have a psychiatric illness. Up to 80% of t ...

This class of medications represents a group of anti-hyperglycemic agents mainly used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Sulfonylureas, ...

Fluconazole is a member of the triazole family, one of the most widely used antifungal agents. It i ...

Carbidopa is indicated for combination use with levodopa (L-dopa) for the treatment of motor symptoms encountered in  Parkinson disease (PD), ...

Acyclovir is an agent used to treat infections caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). It is FDA approved to treat genital herpes and HSV encepha ...

Anaphylaxis is a common medical emergency and a life-threatening acute hypersensitivity reaction. It can be defined as a rapidly evolving, generali ...

Zileuton is a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, primarily used for the prophylaxis and treatment of chronic asthma for those patients who are age 12 and ol ...

Barbiturates are a group of sedative-hypnotic medications used for the treatment of seizure disorder, neonatal withdrawal, insomnia, ...

Vasopressors and inotropes are medications used to create vasoconstriction or increase cardiac contractility, respectively, in patients with shock ...

Isotretinoin is an oral prescription medication that affects sebaceous glands and is used to treat severe acne. The drug was approved by the US Foo ...

Torsades de Pointes is a type of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia characterized by a gradual change in amplitude and twisting of the QRS co ...

Epinastine belongs to the class of second-generation antihistamines and is also a mast cell stabilizer. It also shows anti-leukotriene, anti-PAF, a ...

Cardiogenic shock is defined as a primary cardiac disorder that results in both clinical and biochemical evidence of tissue hypoperfusion. Clinical ...