Top 200 Drugs – Medications 181-185
Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist
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🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Proscar is the brand name for finasteride. This medication can be helpful in shrinking the size of the prostate but it does typically take a while to work (months).
Sinemet is a combination of carbidopa and levodopa. Levodopa is converted in the central nervous system to dopamine to help alleviate a shortage of dopamine in the brain.
Risedronate is a bisphosphonate medication that can be used in the treatment of osteoporosis.
Albuterol (Ventolin) is a short-acting beta-agonist that is used to relieve symptoms of acute respiratory distress most often associated with an asthma exacerbation.
Tramadol is classified as an opioid analgesic. It also has activity similar to SNRIs as it has the ability to increase serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast. I'm your host, pharmacist, Eric Christensen. |
| 0:05.3 | Go check out Real Life Pharmacology.com. Get your free 31 page PDF on the top 200 drugs. Absolutely |
| 0:11.9 | a no-brainer for you to get that. I highlight some of those important clinical practice pearls, |
| 0:17.2 | as well as some of the most important things that are going to show up on board exams as well. |
| 0:23.6 | All right, let's get into it. We've got number 181 today. |
| 0:28.4 | First medication is phenosteride. Brand name is ProScar. |
| 0:33.0 | This is classified as a 5L for reductase inhibitor. |
| 0:37.1 | And the primary use for this medication |
| 0:39.3 | is going to be BPH. |
| 0:41.9 | Now it can be used for male pattern baldness as well, or hair loss. |
| 0:48.6 | So that's another important indication that I have seen pop up occasionally as well. |
| 0:54.8 | But primarily in the patient population I work with, |
| 0:58.1 | going to be used for BPH. |
| 1:00.7 | Now, how does that medication work? |
| 1:02.9 | So Phanasteroid ultimately reduces D.H. |
| 1:07.7 | Which is dihydro-testosterone. |
| 1:10.1 | So by reducing those levels, |
| 1:14.1 | that's going to help basically shrink the size of the prostate. |
| 1:20.7 | 5 alpha reductase type 2. |
| 1:25.1 | This is the enzyme that does the conversion from testosterone to dihydro testosterone, |
| 1:32.6 | which is a very potent androgen, basically. So again, DHD, it's that androgen. It promotes the |
| 1:40.5 | enlargement of the prostate. So by utilizing a five alpha reductase inhibitor, |
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