…injection, and the long biological duration means a single dose suffices. Potency is approximately 25 times that of hydrocortisone and mineralocorticoid effect is absent, making…

…ACE inhibitor for intravenous use The active metabolite of enalapril, given directly intravenously. Rarely used in hypertensive crisis: onset is slow, duration 8–24 hours…

…and duration under half an hour. A niche drug: catecholamine-induced hypertensive crisis — phaeochromocytoma, cocaine and amphetamine intoxication, MAO inhibitor crisis — and local treatment of…

…ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state. Subcutaneously it has an onset within 10–20 minutes and a duration of 3–5 hours; intravenously the half-life…

…and heart failure resembles that of selective COX-2 inhibitors and is seen already at doses below 100 mg/day and with short treatment duration…

…advantage: the drug suits as-needed use and can be discontinued with rapid recovery of renal function and platelet function. The short duration is also…

Prednisolon Pfizer Prednisolon Alternova Precortalon aquosum Syntetisk glukokortikoid med medellång duration Den perorala glukokortikoid som används mest i svensk sjukvård — 5 mg motsvarar 20 mg…

…Dihydropyridin-kalciumantagonist Intravenös dihydropyridin med några timmars duration — mindre styrbar än klevidipin men mer förlåtande. Ger relativt mer venodilatation än arteriolär dilatation jämfört med nitroprussid…

…Kvävemonoxiddonator, direktverkande Den mest potenta och mest styrbara blodtryckssänkaren som finns — anslag inom 30 sekunder, duration under 10 minuter, verkar på både arterioler och vener…

…alpha or beta effects, with onset within minutes and duration under one hour — theoretically attractive in hypertensive crisis with renal involvement, but without documented hard…

…which is the entire point in adrenocortical insufficiency — and the short duration allows the daily dose to be distributed to mimic the physiological cortisol pattern…