Category Archives: Featured

Geriatric pharmacology: pharmacokinetics, polypharmacy and related topics

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Flavio Guzmán, MD • 0 Comments

Collection of different PowerPoint presentations on pharmacological concepts relevant to drug therapy in the geriatric population.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Featured, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, PowerPoint presentations

Differences between tricyclic antidepressants and SNRIs mechanism of action

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Flavio Guzmán, MD • 0 Comments

Images, mindmaps and tables integration of both TCAs and SNRIs MOA. Muscarinic, histaminic and alpha 1 receptors blockade determines TCAs … Continue Reading

Filed Under: Antidepressants, Featured

Serotonin (5-HT): receptors, agonists and antagonists

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Flavio Guzmán, MD • 7 Comments

Serotonin receptors characteristics, classification and drugs that influence serotonergic transmission. Pharmacology review.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Antidepressants, Antiemetics, Featured, Gastrointestinal, Neurology, Psychiatry

Collection of PowerPoint lectures on ANS pharmacology

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Flavio Guzmán, MD • 0 Comments

The following set of lectures has been created by Dr. Edwin Jackson and were published in the Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, a branch of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Why study autonomic pharmacology? Outline of slides: Parasympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, Parasympathetic Organ Synapse, Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, How do drugs… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Autonomic Pharmacology, Featured, PowerPoint presentations

Pharmacokinetics in critical care: PowerPoint presentation

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Flavio Guzmán, MD • 1 Comment

This presentation entitled “Applied Pharmacokinetics in the Adult Critically Ill” is oriented to show pharmacokinetics concepts that are relevant to the ICU. Some of them are: First pass metabolism Patients in whom oral administration should be avoided P-glycoprotein (P-gp) Relevance of drug distribution in compartments Context specific half life Cytochrome 450 Pharmacogenetics Pharmacotherapy in critical… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Critical care, Featured, Pharmacokinetics