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Summary of Main Antihypertensive Drugs in Marvel Themed Picmonic

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This document provides a detailed summary of the main anti hypertensive drugs used to treat hypertension by linking the drugs to Marvel Superheroes and scenarios making them easier to remember. Each drug has its own Hero or Scene with all the elements needed to remember the most important facts. This information is sufficient for medical school pharmacology throughout. Made by a 5th year medical student.

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PHARMACOLOGY OF

ANTIHYPERTENSIVES

, MEET THE TEAM

ANTI-HYPERTENSIVES
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1. Captain America Raises his shield to protect his heart. It has one star that also looks like it makes an A and M letter.

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3. to block off the enemy camp’s water supply, lowering their water pressure.

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5. Failed radio transmission to his team caused a pregnant woman to die from an asthmatic attack.




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7. He had to prop down his shield and unclench his fist to carry this lady




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8. She is limp and unconscious in his arms and when she finally comes to, too tired to give him a thank you kiss.




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9. She sends him a card and a labelmaker to thank him for keeping her alive.

7 10. But she will have nightmares for a long time and the only thing that helps is to get up and eat fatty foods.

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10 1.Blocking Beta 1 receptors causes decreased heart rate and contraction.
•Examples of selective Beta 1 Blockers = Atenolol and Metoprolol
2. Beta 2 receptor blocking causes vasoconstriction and bronchoconstriction
3.Blocking renal Beta receptors causes decreased renin and decreased blood pressure
4.Can cause Abnormal vision
5.Contraindicated in 2nd or 3rd degree AV block, pregnancy and asthma or COPD
8 6.can cause Raynaud’s Phenomenon





6 7. Propanolol is an example of a non selective beta blocker
8.Blocking of CNS NA can lead to decreased sympathetic tone
9 9.Carvedilol and Labetalol also block alpha receptors in addition to beta receptors
10.can cause insomnia, fatigue and sexual dysfunction,
11. as well as nightmares and Hyperlipidaemia

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2. She is a smooth killer using a knife or loaded gun to make her victims bleed out and die.

6 3.Her black suit is hot and makes the sweat run down to pool in her feet

4.The target shows her hitlist that needs to die in this mission:
-old kingpin crime boss with an angina who is putting pressure on a politician





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-because the politician sent a chokehold assassin to attack
-the womb raider who is smuggling babies through the jungle canals.

5.If her radiotransmission is poor, it can cause her mission to fail and no one dies.
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6.She unzips her suit to calm her heart from a very intense supraventricular panic attack because now the





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1. CCB can cause flushing & Headaches
2. Dihydropiridine CCB are Amlodipine and Nifedipine and they work on smooth muscle of
vessel walls to cause vasodilation
3. Can cause pedal oedema
4. The Indications for Dihydropiridine CCB are the elderly, angina pectoris, isolated systolic
hypertension, carotid atherosclerosis, pregnancy and peripheral vascular disease
3 5. Non Dihydropiridine CCB are contraindicated in AV block 2nd or 3rd degree and heart failure
6. Non Dihydropiridine CCB include verapimil and diltiazem and are indicated in
Supraventricular Tachycardia and work on the smooth muscle of the heart to decrease heart
rate and contraction
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