2 - Reversal/Rescue Agents/Antidote Flashcards
Antidote
Ergotamine
Nitroprusside
Rebound Hypertension
Phentolamine
Orthostatic HYPERTENSION
- Midodrine
Orthostatic HYPOtension
- Yohimbine (a2 antagonist)
Organophosphate poisoning
Pralidoxeme
(+ atropine)
DUMBBELSS
- diarrhea
- urination
- miosis
- bronchospasm
- bradycardia
- excitation (skeletal muscle and CNS)
- lacrimation
- sweating
- salivation
Muscarinic agent overdose
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Atropine
Methemoglobinemia
Methylene Blue
Cyanide poisoning
Lilly cyanide kit
+ IV sodium amyl nitrite
+ IV sodium thiosulfate
Antidote:
Hydroxycobalamine
Class 1A antiarryhthmic overdose
- Quinidine
- Procainamide
- Disopyramide
Sodium lactate
Digoxin-induced arryhthmia
Lidocaine
- DOC for ventricylar arryhthmia post-MI
Doxorubicin toxity
Dexrazoxane
Rocuronium
Suggamadex
Opioid toxicity
Naloxone
Methotrexate toxicity
Leucovorin
Heparin
- PTT
- Intrinsic
- activates antithrombin III which inactivates thrombin/IIa/IXa/Xa
Protamine sulfate
Warfarin
- INR
- PT
- Extrinsic
- Category X
Immediate: FFP / Prothrombin complex concentrate
Not immediate: Vitamin K
Cyclophosphamide
- hemorrhagic cystitis
Metabolite: Acrolein
MESNA
Methanol toxicity
Fomepizole
Benzodiazepine toxicity
Flumazenil
B-blocker overdose
Theophylline
Lidocaine systemic toxicity
Intralipid
Acetaminophen toxicity (Paracetamol) - to prevent fulminant hepatitis
N-acetylcysteine
- also used to resurrect reduced form of glutathione that works as an antioxidant to counteract the reactive metabolite of acetaminophen (NAPQ1 free radical)
Iron intoxication - hemochromatosis TRIAD: - cirrhosis - DM - skin pigmentation
Deferoxamine
- heavy metal chelator
ACUTE: deferoxamine (IV)
CHRONIC: deferasirox and Deferipone (oral)
Dabigatran toxicity
- direct anticoagulant
- binds to active site of thrombin and inhibits enzymatic action
Idarucizumab
- needs dose adjustment for renally impire patients
Alteplase/Streptokinase
- thrombolytic
- tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) analogue
- converts plasminogen to plasmin which degrades fibrin and fibrinogen
Aminocaproic Acid
- Tranexamic acid
AV nodal blockade caused by Beta 1 blockers antidote
Glucagon