Top 200 Drugs Podcast – Medications 116-120

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Top 200 Drugs Podcast, I cover glyburide, citalopram, olmesratan, carvedilol, and tiotropium.

Glyburide is a sulfonylurea that is well known to cause hypoglycemia and weight gain because it stimulates the pancreas to increase insulin release.

Citalopram is an SSRI most well known for its potential to increase the risk for QTc prolongation. It has a notorious drug interaction with omeprazole

Olmesartan is an ARB that can be used for hypertension. Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte imbalance that can be caused by its use.

Carvedilol is one of the few beta-blockers with significant alpha-blocking and beta-blocking activity. I discuss what this means in this Top 200 drugs podcast.

Tiotropium is an anticholinergic medication that can open the airway. It is most commonly used for COPD.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast.
0:03.3	I'm your host pharmacist, Eric Christensen.
0:05.1	Thank you so much for listening today.
0:07.5	As always, go check out Real Life Pharmacology.com.
0:10.5	We've got a free PDF on the top 200 medications.
0:15.7	Simply an email, we'll get you access to that.
0:18.8	We also get you updates when we've got new podcasts available
0:21.5	and any other info that might be helpful for you and your practice.
0:26.5	So go check that out.
0:28.2	Real Life Pharmacology.com.
0:29.7	Again, simply an email.
0:30.7	We'll get you access to that.
0:33.2	All right.
0:33.5	Let's get into the medications today.
0:35.7	We've got the top 200 drugs.
0:38.1	We've got drugs 116 through 120.
0:42.5	The first medication I want to discuss is glibiride.
0:46.1	Brand name of this medication is diabetic.
0:48.9	This is an anti-diabetic medication, so it brings down blood sugars.
0:53.4	Obviously, it is classified as a sulfony
0:56.8	urea. And mechanistically, it stimulates beta cells in the pancreas to release insulin.
1:07.7	Indications, obviously, we're going to be using it for diabetes, specifically type 2 diabetes.
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