Warfarin dosing: the role of genes

Warfarin dosing: the genes VKORC1, CYP2C9, CYP4F2 are determinants in the dosing of warfarin. Role in clinical practice of pharmacogenomics: genetic testing to guide warfarin therapy.

How Should Clinicians Consider the Results of a Drug Clinical Trial? PowerPoint on Evidence Based Medicine

Southern Collaboration in Research to Impact Prescription of Therapeutics (SCRIPTS), is a project aimed to”help prescribers enhance their ability to evaluate drug related information to improve their prescribing practices and describe proper prescribing practices to improve quality of patient care”. It is sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham. In this module they teach us […]

PowerPoint presentation: drugs for the treatment of angina pectoris (nitrates, beta blockers)

The following set of pharmacology lectures has been created by Dr. Garret Gross and were published in the Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, a branch of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Antianginal drugs lecture Outline: Myocardial Preconditioning, Nitrates tolerance (how to avoid it),contraindications. ß-adrenergic blockers contraindications. Reasons for Using Nitrates and Beta […]

PowerPoint presentation: ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and calcium channel blockers

The following pharmacology PowerPoint has been developed by Ed Sheridan, Pharm.D. Outline: ACE inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs), and calcium channel blockers •Review the Mechanism of Action •Review Safety •Review Efficacy •Hypertension Download ppt slides: pharmacology of ACEi, ARBs, and Calcium channel blockers. You may also find interesting related PowerPoint presentation on drug therapy […]

PowerPoint presentation on cardiovascular pharmacology: calcium channel blockers

This presentation on calcium channel blockers was created by Dr. Nancy Rusch, an expert in the field. It was published on the ASPET Cardiovascular Division website. Calcium channel blockers ppt outline: Introduction (Classification: Phenylalkylamines, Benzothiazepines, 1,4-Dihydropyridines) CCB binding sites Heterogeneity of action Cardiac & hemodynamic differentiation Pharmacokinetics Adverse effects Contraindications Summary Download PPT: Calcium Channel […]

PowerPoint slides on pharmacodynamics: dose-effect relationship and related concepts

Dr. Edwin Jackson, from the ASPET Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, prepared the following PowerPoint lecture on pharmacodynamics, mainly about the dose-effect relationship. The approach is very interesting since its quite clear and simple, but still accurate and thorough. Dose-effect relationships What determines the dose-effect relationship? What is the relationship between [drug] and [drug receptor]? What […]

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