Top 200 Drugs Podcast – Drugs 1-5

On this episode of the Real Life Pharmacology Podcast, I start my journey on summarizing the most highly testable pearls with the top 200 medications. I’m going through the top 200 medications, 5 drugs at a time, and sharing my experience and clinically relevant information about these medications.

Escitalopram is an SSRI that can cause serotonin syndrome, sexual dysfunction, and SIADH.

Simvastatin is a cholesterol medication that can cause myopathy and rhabdomyolysis.

Levothyroxine is a thyroid hormone replacement medication that has numerous binding drug interactions.

Vicodin is a brand name combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen. It is an opioid combined with and OTC analgesic.

Lisinopril is an ACE inhibitor used for hypertension that can cause a chronic dry cough and hyperkalemia.

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Top 10 SSRI Drug Interactions Podcast

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In this podcast episode, I discuss how to navigate SSRI drug interactions and identify some of the most common medications that have additive serotonergic activity.

SSRIs have antiplatelet activity. I discuss how to navigate using other medications that may increase bleed risk in combination with SSRIs.

Paroxetine and fluoxetine inhibit CYP2D6 I discuss how this can affect the benefits of tamoxifen therapy.

Fluvoxamine is a nasty medication with regard to the number of and significance of drug interactions. I outline important fluvoxamine interactions in this podcast episode.

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