Ace inhibitors pharmacology

🌟 Pharmacology Tip: Remembering ACE Inhibitor Side Effects 🌟 Need help in Med School? Comment “help” and I’ll send you free resources and summary guides! 📚✨ 📚 Here is how to remember the side effects of ACE inhibitors, a common class of medications used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. The mnemonic is ACE 👉 💊 *A*ngioedema: This is a rare but serious side effect where there's swelling of the deeper layers of the skin, often around the eyes and lips. Always be on the…

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NurseInTheMaking on Instagram: “Saved by the suffixes. 🫀 You can remember all the antihypertensive drug classes by the memory trick 💡 🇦🇦🇧🇨 🇩 🇦→ ACE Inhibitors 🇦 → ARBS 🇧→…”

Pharmacology cheat sheet for antihypertensives... How many of these interactions with the ABC of antihypertensives do you know? ➤➤➤ Share with a study buddy! A - ACE inhibitors interact with potassium sparing diuretics such as eplerenone and spironolactone to increase the risk of hyperkalaemia (raised potassium level). They also interact with NSAIDs, which increases the risk of nephrotoxicity (kidney damage). B - Beta blockers interact with calcium channel blockers (such as verapa...

ACE inhibitors produce vasodilation by inhibiting the formation of angiotensin II. This vasoconstrictor is formed by the proteolytic action of renin (released by the kidneys) acting on circulating angiotensinogen to form angiotensin I. Angiotensin I is then converted to angiotensin II by angiotensin converting enzyme. 😊 #Theknowledgepharm #ACEInhibitors #PharmacyKnowledge #Inhibitors #Pharmacy #Pharmacology #Drug #body #medicalstudents #pharmacystudents #biology #medicine #healthcare…

Think back, if you can, to when it was cooler, at the end of April when a meta-analysis was published in the European Heart Journal sugg...

ACE Inhibitors

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