Adenosin Life Medical Adenocor Endogenous purine nucleoside, AV-nodal blocking agent First-line treatment for regular narrow-complex tachycardia when vagal manoeuvres have failed. Acts…

…Krka HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor High-intensity statin with a long half-life, allowing it to be taken at any time of day unlike simvastatin…

…acting dihydropyridine broken down by esterases in blood and tissue — the half-life is 5 minutes and the effect can be steered minute by minute…

…short-acting β₁-selective blocker The beta-blocker to choose when reversibility matters. With a half-life of 9 minutes and the effect gone 20…

…mg — and confusing them is the most common serious error. The short half-life means the effect cannot be reversed once the dose is given.

…intravenous use with properties from classes I–IV. Extensive tissue distribution and a half-life measured in weeks — initiation and discontinuation have consequences for months.

…hypertension and stable angina, and the easiest calcium channel blocker to use: once-daily dosing, a half-life of almost two days, and no dose…

…dosing and no routine monitoring. Lower risk of intracranial haemorrhage than warfarin — but the short half-life means a missed dose has consequences within hours.

…in heart failure from CIBIS-II. Bioavailability is close to 90 % and elimination is equally shared between liver and kidney, giving a predictable dose–effect…

…and Borrelia. Near-complete oral absorption and a long half-life make once-daily dosing possible. It is the standard choice in pneumonia in penicillin…

…and factor Xa inhibitor via antithrombin The anticoagulant to choose when the ability to reverse rapidly matters: the half-life is one to two hours…

…rapid recovery of renal function and platelet function. The short duration is also why three to four doses per day are required for continuous pain.

…20 minutes and a duration of 3–5 hours; intravenously the half-life is a few minutes, which makes the infusion fully controllable but also…

…septic, or otherwise preload-dependent patient, and the bronchodilation makes it valuable in life-threatening asthma. Respiratory drive and laryngeal reflexes are largely preserved, which…

…has a half-life of one to two days and the active metabolite desmethyldiazepam up to four, so the concentration continues to rise for a…

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…up to 20 mmol per hour, and at most 40 mmol per hour in life-threatening hypokalaemia under continuous ECG monitoring. Hypokalaemia that refuses to…