Poision Drugs

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Poision Drugs
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Pharmacology



Drugs Used to Treat Disorders of

Skin, Diet & Poisonings/Overdoses

Topics

• Skin

• Diet Supplements

– Vitamins and Minerals

– Fluids and Electrolytes

• Poisonings & Overdose

Note to Neil

• After reviewing the text on these sections, I

can’t find any reason to actually cover them

in class.

• I’d recommend that we just tell the students

to be sure to read and review it.

Approach to Treating

Poisoning/Overdoses

• Eliminate the substance

– Enhance GI motility

– Alkalinize urine

– Filter w/ dialysis

– Promote emesis (rare)

Antidote Mechanism

• Receptor antagonism

• Enzyme inhibition

• Chelation

• Examples:

– acetylcysteine (Mucomyst®) for APAP

– AChE inhibitors (2-PAM®, Protopam®)

Next Class

• Review of pharmacology with Dr. Roberts.

• Focus on mechanism of drugs affecting:

– CNS/ANS

– Psychotherapeutics

– Cardiovascular

• Come to class with questions for Dr. Roberts

• Review your notes, he’ll have questions for y’all!

• Merry Christmas!


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