Rememberology Online School

Mnemonics that cover everything in "Tufts Pharmacology Board Review" paper for NBDE (pages 17-31).

A continuation of the "Basic Pharmacology Mnemonics Online Course-part 1", loved by many students and board candidates!

This is a whole e-book (pdf) of mnemonics for basic pharmacology that you should know (especially for NBDE and dental boards).

Full of almost-funny, fool-proof tips and tricks to remember important pharma details and never forget them again!

If you are studying for dental boards, are a dental student/professional , medical student/professional, pharm student/professional, or in any way related to the medical field and having difficulty remembering all the drugs names and what they do--then this course is for you!

Note that this whole series is based on "Tufts Pharmacology Board Review" paper for NBDE, which is a very famous resource among NBDE candidates. The course curriculum follows the exact same arrangement and order of notes and question of the paper, so you can STUDY FROM THEM TOGETHER!.

What's better than a mnemonic-generating study buddy?

Topics Covered:

Analgesics:

• NSAIDs:
  • Mechanism of actions,
  • pharmacological or toxic effects of aspirin..(Reye's Syndrome)
• Acetaminophen:
  • Properties,
  • adverse effects,
  • and difference between acetaminophen and aspirin
• Morphine: 
  • Mixed agonist-antagonist (MAA)
  • antagonists (naloxone),
  • agonists (methadone, levallorphan, propoxyphene...),
  • pharmacological properties and adverse effects of morphine.
  • morphine overdose (opioid overdose triad)

Autonomics:

• Cholenergics:
  • competitive muscarinic receptor blockers (scopolamine, atropine..)
  • reversible anticholinesterases
  • direct acting cholinergic agonists
  • irreversible inhibitors of cholinesterase
  • enzyme regenerator
  • depolarizing neuromuscular junction blockers
  • non-depolarizing neuromuscular junction blocker
  • ganglionic blockers
  • physiological effects of cholinergic stimulation, blockade, or overdose toxicity situations.
  • drugs to give to reverse the toxicity

Adrenergics

• Mechanism of action of:
  • Receptor blockers: prazosin, propranolol..
  • Drugs that inhibit the action of adrenergic nerves: Reserpine, Guanethidine, Alpha methyldopa, Clonidine
  • Indirect acting sympathomimetic drugs:
    • amphetamine, tyramine, and ephedrine;
    • Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and cocaine;
    • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
• Physiological actions:
  • "Epinephrine reversal"
  • vagal reflex
• Effects of alpha or beta receptor stimulation or block
• Levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson's (its mechanism of action, adverse effects..)

Finally, a few points about general mechanisms of drug action.