23 träffar

DrugHigh-potency glucocorticoid with long duration
Betamethasone

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

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

…for severe hypoglycaemia in a patient who cannot swallow and in whom intravenous access is available. The effect arrives within a minute but is also…

DrugAminobisphosphonate
Alendronate

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

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

…with less negative inotropy and more vasodilation, and causes less constipation. The cardiac oral formulations were withdrawn from the Swedish market in 2025 — only a…

DrugSynthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy)
Dobutamine

…effect with marked β₂ effect means that stroke volume increases while systemic vascular resistance falls at low doses — good in the cold, hypoperfused patient with…

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

…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

…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…

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)

…choice in severe renal failure, in the bleeding-prone patient, and when surgery or thrombolysis may become necessary at short notice. The disadvantages are continuous…

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

…är att återställa andningen, inte vakenheten — därför titreras små doser, 0,04–0,4 mg åt gången, tills patienten andas tillräckligt. Den korta halveringstiden är…

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.

DrugDirect thrombin inhibitor (factor IIa)
Dabigatran

…thrombin and the only one with a specific, rapidly acting antidote — idarucizumab achieves complete reversal within minutes, which weighs heavily in patients who may need…

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…

DrugSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
Escitalopram

…a dose-dependent QT prolongation was identified, and the maximum dose has since been capped at 20 mg for adults and 10 mg for patients…

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

…with rapid onset and minimal anticholinergic burden. The drug has two entirely different dosing worlds: a few milligrams in acute psychotic agitation in younger patients…

DrugSecond-generation H₁-antihistamine
Cetirizine

…the blood-brain barrier poorly, but it is not entirely free of sedation: a distinct minority of patients become drowsy, and this should be asked…