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What type of Nausea and vomiting are H1 Receptor Antagonists used for?
Motion sickness Morning Sickness
What type of Nausea and vomiting are 5HT3 receptor antagonists used for?
Chemotherapy
What type of Nausea and vomiting are Dopamine antagonists most used for?
Chemotherapy Post-op Nausea and vomiting
What are benzodiazepines used for?
Anxiety Night time sedation
What is lithium used for?
Stabilisation of mood and prevention of relapse especially in bipolar disorder
What are H2 Receptor antagonists used for?
Short term t/mnt benign gastric/duodenal ulcers Hyper secretory conditions Prophylaxi for ITU patients at risk of gastric ulcers GORD Relief of Dyspepsia/indigestion
What PPIs used to treat in the short term?
• Gastric/duodenal ulcers • Dyspepsia • GORD • Eorosive oesophagitis • Benign gastric ulcers
What PPIs used to treat in the long term?
• Hypersecretory conditions (Zollinger-ellison) • Maintenance therapy for healing peptic ulcers,erosive oesophagitis • Combined with amoxicillin & Clarythromycin – H.pylori
What do 5HT3 receptor antagonists treat?
Chemo induced nausea & vomiting
What do NSAIDs treat?
Manage pain of inflammation
What does Prednisolone treat?
Oral - Exacerbation of COPD Rectal - Ulcerative Cholitis
What do ICS treat?
Asthma and COPD to reduce frequency of exacerbations
What are ACE inhibitors used to treat?
Hypertension Post MI
What are beta blockers used to treat?
Hypertension Alleviate symptoms of anxiety
What are Thiazide Diuretics used to treat?
Oedema Hypertension Congestive Heart failure
For what conditions are asprins ant-platelet qualities useful?
Cardiovascular disease (secondary prevention) N-STEMI/STEMI MI Suspected TIA/TIA Ischaemic stroke AF Following ischaemic stroke
What is warfarin used to treat
Prophylaxis and treatment of VTE and PE TIA