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Gem made a small dp with zola (acetazolamide)

Use

G  glaucoma (chronic treatment

E  edema with alkalosis & Epilepsy in
conjugation with antiepileptic drugs
M  mountain sickness  prophylactic

 They are less used as diuretics because they
are less efficient than thiazide and loop
diuretic.

Adverse effects

Made  metabolic acidosis (hyperchloremic)

Small  sedation and stone (renal)

D  depletion of K

P  paresthesia

Loop diuretics

Loop have Hope for Home

 (my second home in this book first was in
ergot alkaloid uses)

Uses

H  Hypertension

Heart failure

Hypercalcemia (Loop loose calcium)

O  oedema associated with heart failure,
hepatic cirrhosis and renal impairment

PE Pulmonary edema associated with congested heart
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Pharmacology Mnemonics and Short Notes By Muhammad Ramzan Ul Rehman