Hydralazine – Drug Study & Nursing Implications
HYDRALAZINE: ARTERIAL VASODILATOR
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Hydralazine is a hydrazine derivatives and is a direct acting vasodilator. It dilates arterioles but not veins. Hydralazine is effectively...
Vasodilators – List, Drugs Study & Nursing Implications
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Vasodilators are the drugs that tend to dilates the (relax) smooth muscles of blood vessels. The smooth muscles of blood vessels is responsible...
Diuretics: Nursing Implications & Drug Study
Diuretics Nursing Care and Drug Study
Diuretics
Diuretic is an agent that increases urine volume, while a ‘natriuretic’ causes increase in renal sodium excretion. It is a...
Angiotensin receptor blockers: List, Drug Study and Nursing interventions
Angiotensin receptor blockers or Angiotensin receptor antagonists are also known as ‘ARBs’, ‘AT1 receptor blockers’ or ‘sartans’. ARBs have similar hypotensive effects that of...
Antidepressants – List, Drug Study & Nursing Considerations
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Major depression and anxiety is the most common psychiatric disorder. At any given moment 3-5% of the population is depressed. The symptoms of...
PHENYLALKYLAMINE: Verapamil Drug Study and Nursing Interventions
PHENYLALKYLAMINE: VERAPAMIL
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Verapamil is the first clinically available Calcium channel blocker. It is it is an alkaloid vasodilator. Verapamil is less potent calcium channel...
ACE Inhibitors: List, Description and Nursing interventions
ACE Inhibitors or Angiotensin converting enzymes inhibitors are also called vasoactive peptides because of their direct effect on blood vessels. ACE inhibitors are widely...
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors – Drug Studies & Nursing Implications
MAOIs (Monoamine oxidase inhibitors)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
MAOIs were the first class of drugs that have antidepressant effects. They may be classified as hydrazide chemically. Now...
Calcium Channel Blockers: List, Drug Study and Nursing Interventions
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Calcium Channel Blockers are used to block voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel are called Calcium channel blockers. The main action of this drug is vasodilation....
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors – Drug Study & Nursing Implications
SSRIs (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
SSRIs are the drugs used as antidepressants. SSRIs are usually the first choice of treatment for depression because of...