Top 200 Drugs Podcast – Medications 81-85

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Real Life Pharmacology podcast, I cover medications 81 through 85 on the top 200 drug list.

Famotidine is an H2 blocker. H2 blockers are less potent than PPIs but can be used to manage heartburn symptoms.

Aspirin is technically an NSAID but is primarily used for cardioprophylaxis purposes.

Senna is a stimulant laxative. I often see this medication used with opioids to help manage opioid-induced constipation.

Novolog is a rapid acting insulin used to bring down post prandial blood sugars. I discuss sliding scale insulin and other concepts with this medication.

Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant. It has central nervous system depressant effects which can be especially problematic in elderly patients.

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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	Thank you so much for listening today. As always, go check out the free resource, the 31-page
0:11.4	PDF on the top 200 drugs. It's a great study guide refresher. I include some of the most important
0:18.6	things you're going to see in your pharmacology classes and throughout clinical practice.
0:24.4	So again, go check that out.
0:25.7	Simply an email.
0:26.4	We'll get you access to that for free.
0:28.5	And we'll also get you on our newsletter for when we've got new podcasts and other content available.
0:35.9	All right.
0:36.5	Let's get into the drugs of the day today.
0:39.8	We've got 81 through 85 of the top 200 medications that I'm going through.
0:46.7	And first one is an H2 blocker.
0:50.2	So that's a histamine two receptor blocker.
0:53.0	It is Fomodidine.
0:54.8	Brand name of this medication is Pepsid.
0:57.7	And I certainly do see this medication used in practice.
1:01.1	They're kind of a less potent PPI type medication.
1:10.0	Mechanistically, how does this work?
1:12.3	So Fomodidine antagonizes histamine two receptors,
1:16.3	which decreases activity of parietal cells in the stomach.
1:22.0	Ultimately, this results in a reduction in hydrogen ions in the stomach, which again, that's the hydrogen ions
1:33.0	are the basically basis for getting an acidic environment in the stomach.
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