FDA video warning on metoclopramide and tardive dyskinesia
Video: patient safety warning on chronic use of metoclopramide and the risk of developing tardive dyskinesia.
Overview on monoclonal antibody therapy: PPT, images and videos
This post intends to be a brief and readable overview on what monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are and some examples of their clinical applications. The following slideshow is a clear and accurate introduction on the topic: (ignore the first slide error message and move to the second)
Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 30
I’m excited for being part of what a would dare to say it’s by now a classic: Grand Rounds, the best of medical writing on the web! Thank you to the medical and health bloggers who submitted their posts. ALL submissions I received were excellent, but I decided to include just a few to avoid […]
Cardiac arrhythmias made easy: a video you’ll never forget
Easy to understand video on cardiac electrophysiology. A cardiology professor acts the main types of cardiac arrhythmias (including atrial fibrillation and flutter).
Animation on coagulation physiology and the mechanism of action of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists
Animation on coagulation physiology and mechanism of action of Gp IIb/IIIa inhibitors (abciximab, eptifibatide and tirofiban) and other antiplatelet drugs.
Start your submissions: Grand Rounds will be hosted next week at Pharmamotion
Pharmamotion will be hosting Grand Rounds next Tuesday. For those of you who are wondering what is this all about: Grand Rounds is the weekly collection of the best in online medical writing. Each week, a doctor, nurse, patient or healthcare professional hosts Grand Rounds and compiles links to noteworthy posts about medicine. If […]
Digoxin Mechanism of Action: Animated Tutorial
Mechanism of action of digoxin (Lanoxin) reviewed: animation and excerpts of a pharmacology textbook on the pharmacological effects of this cardiac glycoside for heart failure.
50 multiple choice questions on pharmacology of antiretrovirals and antibiotics (tetracyclines, tuberculosis drugs and fluoroquinololones)
Chemotherapy MCQs. Pre-test practice questions on hiv drugs, penicillins, aminoglycosides, macrolides, tetracyclines, streptogramins and other pharmacological classes.
Lectures on antiemetics pharmacology: MOA, indications, side effects and new drugs reviewed
PowerPoint slideshows on pharmacology of antiemetics .MOA, dosing, indications and side effects of: serotonin and dopamine antagonists, anticholinergics, new antiemetics.
MCQs on cardiovascular pharmacology. Pre-test practice review: vasodilators and inotropes
MCQs on cardiovascular pharmacology: inotropics and vasodilators. For USMLE step 1 review. More MCQs on other pharmacological topics.
PowerPoints: overview on antidepressants pharmacology
PowerPoint lectures on antidepressants pharmacology. MOA, pharmacokinetics, indications, and side effects of: tryciclics, SSRIs, heterocyclics, MAO inhibitors.
Premixed Insulin Analogues: A Comparison With Other Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes by the AHRQ
Clinical considerations on the use of premixed insulin analogues for type 2 diabetes. Effect on A1c levels, postprandial glucose levels. Comparison with oral diabetes drugs.
Pharmacokinetics video and PowerPoint: volume of distribution and factors that affect it
Video showing determinants of drug distribution: protein binding, molecular weight, lipid solubility. PowerPoint slideshow analizing the meaning of volume of distribution.
PowerPoint lectures on pharmacology of antiarrythmic drugs. From pathophysiology to therapeutics
PowerPoint lectures on the pharmacology of antiarrythmic drugs: mechanism of action, indications, Vaughan-Williams classification,