Your patient is hot to the touch with dilated pupils. He is hypertensive, agitated and has an eroded septum. He appears to be anorexic and the ECG shows cove-plane T-wave’s.
What drug is he on?
The answer to last weeks drug was: Metformin and Lactic Acidosis
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Your patient has a medical alert bracelet that says NIDDM. The medication she is on, is not recommended for her pregnancy. She has overdosed on this medication and has signs and symptoms including nausea, vomiting and hyperventilation.
What drug am I and what do my signs and symptoms indicate?
Last week’s drug was: Warfarin
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I’m commonly miscalled a “blood-thinner”, but I actually work on the liver and affect blood proteins. Part of a class of drugs also known as “Vitamin K Antagonists”, you don’t want to eat garlic, ginger or fish oils while taking me. Though very useful if you have a pulmonary embolism, you and I aren’t best friends if you’re part of the Muroidea family tree.
What drug am I and how (specifically) do I work?
Last week’s drug was: Amiodarone
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I am used as a broad spectrum drug which slows down the rate of cardiac repolarization. This effect corrects many arrhythmias and even slows down accessory pathways. With chronic use may also come thyroid dysfunctions.
What drug am I and how do I work?