21 träffar

DrugClass IC antiarrhythmic
Flecainide

Tambocor Class IC antiarrhythmic A potent sodium channel blocker with marked efficacy on atrial arrhythmias in structurally normal hearts. The CAST trial showed increased mortality…

DrugNon-selective COX inhibitor with COX-2 predominance, phenylacetic acid derivative
Diclofenac

…COX inhibitor with COX-2 predominance, phenylacetic acid derivative Potent NSAID with good effect in musculoskeletal and postoperative pain, but with the most unfavourable cardiovascular…

DrugNon-selective β₁- and β₂-agonist without alpha effect
Isoprenaline

…effect Pharmacological pacemaker. Potent β₁-stimulation produces marked chronotropy and inotropy, while equally potent β₂-stimulation dilates the vessels — completely without alpha effect. The result…

DrugHigh-potency glucocorticoid with long duration
Betamethasone

…distinctive formulation: the soluble tablet allows a child with croup or a patient with an allergic reaction to receive a full steroid dose without an…

DrugConcentrated carbohydrate solution for acute hypoglycaemia
Glucose (concentrated, IV)

…carbohydrate solution for acute hypoglycaemia The first-line treatment for severe hypoglycaemia in a patient who cannot swallow and in whom intravenous access is available…

DrugAminobisphosphonate
Alendronate

…is well established, but depends on the patient's ability to follow the administration instructions and on adequate calcium and vitamin D status. After five…

DrugLong-acting benzodiazepine with active metabolite
Diazepam

…As standing treatment it is something entirely different: the parent compound has a half-life of one to two days and the active metabolite desmethyldiazepam…

DrugCardiac glycoside
Digoxin

…AV-node slowing. Rate control fails under adrenergic stress — making it a poor choice for the active patient and a reasonable one for the bedridden.

DrugNon-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (benzothiazepine)
Diltiazem

…formulations were withdrawn from the Swedish market in 2025 — only a rectal ointment remains registered — so oral and intravenous diltiazem require a named-patient licence…

DrugSynthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy)
Dobutamine

…vascular resistance falls at low doses — good in the cold, hypoperfused patient with an acceptable blood pressure, less so when blood pressure is already low…

DrugPancreatic hormone, glycogenolytic agent and inotrope
Glucagon

…mg intramuscularly is the treatment that a family member can give when the patient cannot swallow and intravenous access is unavailable — the effect arrives within…

DrugNMDA-receptor antagonist, dissociative anaesthetic
Ketamine

…for induction in the bleeding, septic, or otherwise preload-dependent patient, and the bronchodilation makes it valuable in life-threatening asthma. Respiratory drive and laryngeal…

DrugSyntetiskt tyroideahormon (T4)
🇸🇪 Levothyroxine

…att patienten tar tabletten rätt. Ung och hjärtfrisk patient kan starta på full substitutionsdos omkring 1,6 μg/kg, medan äldre och patienter med…

DrugKarbapenem
🇸🇪 Meropenem

…i dag i huvudsak är förskonat från. Indikationen är verifierad eller starkt misstänkt ESBL, svikt på bredspektrumpenicillin, eller sepsis hos patient med känd multiresistent flora.

DrugIntravenöst anestetikum, GABA-A-potentierare
🇸🇪 Propofol

…blodtryckssänkning som är själva priset för den kontrollen. Propofol är inte analgetiskt: en patient som rör sig under ingreppet har ont, inte för lite propofol…

DrugFyrfaktorkoncentrat med faktor II, VII, IX och X
🇸🇪 Prothrombin complex concentrate

…och förstahandsval när warfarineffekt måste hävas omedelbart. Full effekt inom tio minuter och i en volym som en blödande patient tål, till skillnad från plasma…

DrugSynthetic vasopressin analogue (V2 agonist)
Desmopressin

…V2 receptor means it lacks the vasoconstrictive effect of vasopressin. The danger is not the drug itself but the fluid the patient drinks with it.

DrugIndirect thrombin and factor Xa inhibitor via antithrombin
Heparin (unfractionated)

…unfractionated heparin is the first choice in severe renal failure, in the bleeding-prone patient, and when surgery or thrombolysis may become necessary at short…

DrugSelective If-channel inhibitor in the sinus node
Ivabradine

…is ineffective. Its place in treatment is the symptomatic patient with HFrEF who remains above 70 beats per minute despite maximally tolerated beta-blockade, where…

DrugKompetitiv opioidreceptorantagonist
🇸🇪 Naloxone

…naloxon klingar av långt före metadon, depotoxikodon och de flesta fentanylanaloger, och en patient som vaknat till kan sjunka tillbaka i apné en halvtimme senare.

DrugIcke-selektiv COX-hämmare, propionsyraderivat med lång halveringstid
🇸🇪 Naproxen

…fyra doser. Naproxen har den mest gynnsamma kardiovaskulära profilen bland NSAID och är därför förstahandsval när ett NSAID måste ges till patient med hjärt-kärlsjukdom.