23 träffar

DrugSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
Escitalopram

…prolongation was identified, and the maximum dose has since been capped at 20 mg for adults and 10 mg for patients over 65 years. In…

DrugHigh-potency glucocorticoid with long duration
Betamethasone

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

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

…documented fracture-preventing treatment in primary care. Efficacy for vertebral and hip fractures is well established, but depends on the patient's ability to follow…

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

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

DrugSynthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy)
Dobutamine

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

DrugPancreatic hormone, glycogenolytic agent and inotrope
Glucagon

…can give when the patient cannot swallow and intravenous access is unavailable — the effect arrives within ten minutes through hepatic glycogenolysis. In beta-blocker intoxication…

DrugNMDA-receptor antagonist, dissociative anaesthetic
Ketamine

…ketamine the first choice for induction in the bleeding, septic, or otherwise preload-dependent patient, and the bronchodilation makes it valuable in life-threatening asthma…

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)

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

DrugSelective If-channel inhibitor in the sinus node
Ivabradine

…Accord Selective If-channel inhibitor in the sinus node The only drug that reduces heart rate without affecting contractility, blood pressure, or conduction — it inhibits…

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

…acting antidote — idarucizumab achieves complete reversal within minutes, which weighs heavily in patients who may need emergency surgery. The price is that approximately 80 % of…

DrugBroad-spectrum tetracycline
Doxycycline

…make once-daily dosing possible. It is the standard choice in pneumonia in penicillin-allergic patients and in atypical pneumonia, but the age limit of…

DrugUltra-short-acting β₁-selective blocker
Esmolol

…20–30 minutes after the infusion ends, it is useful in patients where beta-blockade is desirable but risky — impending heart failure, obstructive lung disease…

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…

DrugSecond-generation H₁-antihistamine
Cetirizine

…poorly, but it is not entirely free of sedation: a distinct minority of patients become drowsy, and this should be asked about in professional drivers…