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DrugHigh-potency glucocorticoid with long duration
Betamethasone

…potency glucocorticoid with long duration Betapred is a distinctive formulation: the soluble tablet allows a child with croup or a patient with an allergic reaction…

DrugCardiac glycoside
Digoxin

…inhibitor with positive inotropy and vagal AV-node slowing. Rate control fails under adrenergic stress — making it a poor choice for the active patient and…

DrugSynthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy)
Dobutamine

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

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.

DrugNon-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (benzothiazepine)
Diltiazem

…calcium channel blocker (benzothiazepine) The intermediate form among calcium channel blockers: slows the AV node like verapamil but with less negative inotropy and more vasodilation…

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…

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

…in the bleeding-prone patient, and when surgery or thrombolysis may become necessary at short notice. The disadvantages are continuous infusion, an unpredictable dose–response…

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…

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…

DrugDirect thrombin inhibitor (factor IIa)
Dabigatran

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

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

…for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and chronic urticaria — one tablet daily, available without prescription, with good effect on itching, sneezing, and rhinorrhoea but weaker on nasal congestion…

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…

DrugPancreatic hormone, glycogenolytic agent and inotrope
Glucagon

…patient cannot swallow and intravenous access is unavailable — the effect arrives within ten minutes through hepatic glycogenolysis. In beta-blocker intoxication, glucagon is instead an…

DrugNMDA-receptor antagonist, dissociative anaesthetic
Ketamine

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

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…

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.

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…

DrugSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
Escitalopram

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