Why a list? Pharmacology, as taught to students, is uniquely monstrous. Unlike anatomy, which is spatial, or pathology, which is narrative, pharmacology is a web of arbitrary connections. A student must learn that a beta-blocker (ending in “-lol”) lowers heart rate, but also that it can mask hypoglycemia, and that one specific variant (sotalol) does something entirely different to potassium channels. There is no inherent poetry in a drug’s mechanism; there is only the brute force of memorization.
Calcium Channel Blockers, Primary HTN & HTN emergency drugs Antiarrhythmics: Class I (A-C), Class II ( -blockers), Class III ( K+cap K raised to the positive power list of sketchy pharm videos
A Story from the Sketch: "The Dinner at the Muscarinic Cafe" In the foggy outskirts of a town known as , there sits a dimly lit bistro called the Muscarinic Cafe Why a list
Acetazolamide, Mannitol, Loop Diuretics, Thiazides, K+cap K raised to the positive power Sparing Diuretics A student must learn that a beta-blocker (ending
: Known as the "Bugs and Drugs" section, it covers penicillin, cephalosporins, and TB drugs. It is essential for both Step 1 and infectious disease rotations [5, 6].
Anticoagulants (heparin, warfarin), antiplatelets, dyslipidemia drugs (statins), NSAIDs, and gout medications.
Focus: Cholinergics, Adrenergics, and Autonomic Ganglia.
