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DrugHigh-potency glucocorticoid with long duration
Betamethasone

…duration Betapred is a distinctive formulation: the soluble tablet allows a child with croup or a patient with an allergic reaction to receive a full…

DrugSynthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy)
Dobutamine

Dobutamin Hameln Synthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy) Pure inotropy when the problem is the pump and not vascular tone. Strong β₁ effect with marked β₂…

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

…whom intravenous access is available. The effect arrives within a minute but is also short-lived — the bolus reverses unconsciousness but does not treat the…

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.

DrugSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
Escitalopram

…depression and generalised anxiety disorder. What governs dosing is not efficacy but the heart: a dose-dependent QT prolongation was identified, and the maximum dose…

DrugSecond-generation H₁-antihistamine
Cetirizine

…and promethazine is that cetirizine penetrates the blood-brain barrier poorly, but it is not entirely free of sedation: a distinct minority of patients become…

DrugAminobisphosphonate
Alendronate

…vertebral and hip fractures is well established, but depends on the patient's ability to follow the administration instructions and on adequate calcium and vitamin…

DrugPancreatic hormone, glycogenolytic agent and inotrope
Glucagon

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

DrugNMDA-receptor antagonist, dissociative anaesthetic
Ketamine

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

DrugNon-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (benzothiazepine)
Diltiazem

…2025 — only a rectal ointment remains registered — so oral and intravenous diltiazem require a named-patient licence. Verapamil or a beta-blocker is therefore the…

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

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

DrugSelective If-channel inhibitor in the sinus node
Ivabradine

…blood pressure, or conduction — it inhibits the funny current (If) that drives spontaneous depolarisation of the sinus node and does nothing else. It therefore works…

DrugDirect thrombin inhibitor (factor IIa)
Dabigatran

…with a specific, rapidly acting antidote — idarucizumab achieves complete reversal within minutes, which weighs heavily in patients who may need emergency surgery. The price is…

DrugBroad-spectrum tetracycline
Doxycycline

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

DrugUltra-short-acting β₁-selective blocker
Esmolol

…With a half-life of 9 minutes and the effect gone 20–30 minutes after the infusion ends, it is useful in patients where beta…

DrugHigh-potency first-generation antipsychotic (butyrophenone)
Haloperidol

…two entirely different dosing worlds: a few milligrams in acute psychotic agitation in younger patients, and tenths of a milligram in delirium in the elderly…

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.

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

…Propolipid Propofol-Lipuro Profast Intravenöst anestetikum, GABA-A-potentierare Standardpreparatet för anestesiinduktion och för sedering av respiratorpatienter — snabbt anslag, snabb uppvaknande även efter dygn av…

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…

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.