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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Ampicillin and Amoxicillin
- Mechanism
- Aminopenicillin
- Indications
- Broad Spectrum Penicillin
- Gram-Positive and Some Gram-Negative Infections
- Side Effects
- Rash
- Ampicillin Rash in EBV
- Diarrhea
- Pseudomembranous Colitis
- Allergic Reaction
- Considerations
- No Effect Against Staph Aureus
- Often Combined with Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor
2 mins
Azoles (Ketoconazole)
- "-azole" suffix
- Indications
- Local and Less Serious Systemic Mycosis
- Mechanism
- Inhibits Ergosterol Synthesis
- Inhibits P450
- Side Effects
- Liver Dysfunction
- Inhibition of Testosterone Synthesis
1 min
Rasburicase
- Characteristics
- Recombinant Uricase
- Converts Uric Acid to Allantoin
- Inidication
- Hyperuricemia
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome
- Side Effects
- Hypersensitivity Reaction
- Methemoglobinemia
- Considerations
- Contraindicated in G6PD Deficiency
1 min
Risperidone (Risperdal)
- Mechanism
- Atypical Antipsychotic
- Indications
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar Mania
- Autism-Associated Irritability
- Side Effects
- Extrapyramidal Symptoms
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Gynecomastia
- Galactorrhea
- Amenorrhea
- Prolonged QT
- Considerations
- Intramuscular Long Acting (Depot) Form
2 mins
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