key medications dietitians should know

List types of Statins

Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, Atorvastatin, Fluvastatin, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, Fluvastatin, Pravastatin, Simvastatin.

List types of ACE Inhibitors

Captopril, Enalapril, Fosinopril, Lisinopri, Perindopril erbumine, Perindopril arginine, Quinapril, Ramipril.

Vitamin K antagonists

Warfarin sodium, acenocoumarol and phenindione

Direct-acting oral anticoagulants- Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors:

Apixaban (Eliquis), rivaroxaban (Xarelto), edoxaban (Savaysa), and betrixaban (Bevyxxa)

Direct-acting oral anticoagulants- Direct Thrombin Inhibitors:

Dabigatran (Pradaxa) blocks thrombin (factor IIa)

What are Statins?

Statins are the primary treatment for hypercholesterolaemia and moderate hypertriglyceridaemia. If not sufficiently controlled, additional medications like ezetimibe may be required. Statins lower the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol—often called "bad" cholesterol—in the blood.

What are ACE inhibitors?

ACE inhibitors are medications used to treat and manage hypertension. ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure, protect the kidneys, and treat or prevent heart conditions.

What are Anticoagulants ?

Anticoagulants are medicines that slow down your body's process of making blood clots, commonly known as "blood thinners" though they do not actually thin the blood.

What can be used for constipation?

Laxatives: Bulk-forming laxatives, Stimulant laxatives, Faecal softeners, Osmotic laxatives

Bulk-forming laxatives include …

bran, ispaghula husk, methylcellulose and sterculia.

What may be used in patients who cannot tolerate bran. and also acts as a faecal softener.

Methylcellulose, ispaghula husk and sterculia.

Stimulant laxatives include …

bisacodyl, sodium picosulfate, and members of the anthraquinone group (senna, co-danthramer and co-danthrusate), docusate sodium.

What two types of Stimulant laxatives are limited to constipation in terminally ill patients because of potential carcinogenicity (based on animal studies) and evidence of genotoxicity?

Co-danthramer and co-danthrusate.

What laxitive is believed to act as both a stimulant laxative and as a faecal softener. (Glycerol suppositories act as a lubricant and as a rectal stimulant by virtue of the mildly irritant action of glycerol.)?

Docusate sodium

Faecal softeners include …

Liquid paraffin, Docusate sodium and glycerol.

If you can’t treat acute diarrhoea with Oral rehydration therapy or Fluids and electrolytes. The medication you take is

Loperamide hydrochloride