Tetracyclines characteristics/uses, 186 drug list, 209
mechanism of action, 179, 185 mechanism of resistance, 179 pregnancy risk, 186
Tetrodotoxin, 155 mode of action, 155
Theophylline antidote for, 317
cytochrome P450 isozymes, 10 in treating asthma, 242
Therapeutic Index (TI), 22, 22–23 Thiazides, 86–87, 121
actions on distal convoluted tubule, 86 Thiazolidinediones
characteristics/uses, 275 drug list, 291
Thick ascending loop (TAL), 84 loop diuretic action on, 85
Thin ascending/descending loops, 83 Thioamides, 286
6-Thioguanine, cell-cycle specificity, 299 Thioridazine, 157
Thrombin inhibitors, direct, 262 Thrombolytics
characteristics/uses, 263–264 drug list, 267
Thrombopoietin, clinical uses of, 302, 303 Thromboxanes (TXAs), 230, 231 Thrombus formation, 265 “Thymineless” death of cells, 301
Thyroid hormones, intracellular receptors, 23 Thyrotoxicosis, drugs for treating, 63 Ticagrelor, characteristics/uses, 266 Ticarcillin, 181
Ticlopidine characteristics/uses, 266 platelet activation, 265
Timolol characteristics, 62
mechanism of action, 66 Tiotropium, characteristics/uses, 50, 242 Tirofiban, characteristics/uses, 266 Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), 263 Tobramycin, 185
Tolcapone, as antiparkinsonian drug, 145 Topiramate, characteristics/uses, 151 Torsade, treatment of, 108
Torsemide
as loop diuretic, 85 modes of action/effects, 88
Total peripheral resistance (TPR), 40, 41 “Tot” toxicity and, 233
Toxicology, 315–319 acetaldehyde toxicity, 138 antidotes, 316, 317
common toxic syndromes, 315
Index
cyanide poisoning, 94
drug development and testing, 27 minimizing steroid toxicity, 239 Na+ channel toxins, 155, 157 natural medicinals, 318–319 nephrotoxicity, 138
of AChE inhibitors, 48–49 of anticancer drugs, 302 of drugs of abuse, 163–164
antidotes for, 316
heavy metal poisoning, 316 phototoxicity, 186 pregnancy and, 27, 190, 138 teratogenicity, 27
therapeutic index and, 22, 22–23
Toxoplasmosis, pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine for, 207 Tranexamic acid, 264
Transcription molecules, signal transucers and activators, 26 Transmembrane enzymes, receptors that function as, 26 Transporters, receptors that function as, 25 Tranylcypromine, 140
Trastuzumab, 302 clinical uses, 310
Trazodone, 140 Triamcinolone, 239
Triamterene, modes of action/effects, 88 Trichomoniasis, metronidazole for, 207 Tricyclic antidepressants
as indirect-acting adrenergic agonist, 61 as M blockers, 49
characteristics/uses, 140–141 common toxic syndromes, 315
Trihexyphenidyl
as antiparkinsonian drug, 151 characteristics/uses, 50
Trimethoprim characteristics/uses, 188 mechanism of action, 179
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, characteristics/uses, 189 Tropicamide, characteristics/uses, 50
Trypanosomiasis arsenicals for, 207 nifurtimox for, 207
Tuberoinfundibular pathway, 143 Tyramine, 140
as indirect-acting adrenergic agonist, 61 nonmicrosomal metabolism, 11
Tyrosine, 56
Tyrosine hydroxylase, 56 Tyrosine kinase (TK) inhibitor, 26
U
Unclassified antiarrhythmic drugs, 108–109
Urge incontinence, M blocker therapy for, 50
Urofollitropin, 287
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