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IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS

•             Specific T cell inhibitor (calcineurin inhibitor)---

          cyclosporine , tacrolimus

•             Cytotoxic drugs(antiproliferative drugs)---azathioprine , cyclophosphamide , methotrxate , chlorambucil , mycophenolate mofetil

•             Glucocorticoids----prednisolone & others

•             Antibodies----muromonab cd3 , antithymocyte globulin , rho Ig

•             DRUGS CAUSING CHOLESTATIC JAUNDICE---chlorpropamide , erythromycin , rifampicin , amocillin , nitrofurantoin , methimazlole , ocp's , chlorpromazine , carbamezipine , nifedipine , verapamil

•             IMP. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ORAL HYPOGLYCEMICS-----hypersensitivity ( rashes , photosensitivity , agranulocytsis , cholestatic jaundice [ only by cholrpropamide] ) ; disulfiram like effect---chlorpropamide , not safe in pregnancy [sulfonylureas ] , secreted in mmilk

•             DRUGS CAUSING HEMOLYSIS IN G6PD DEF----sulfonamides , nitrofurantoin , antimalarials eg- primaquine , chloramphenicol , cotrimoxazlole , dapsone , aspirin , phenacetin , probenicid

•             ABOUT BROMOCRIPTINE------bromocriptie is a dopmine analogue which decrases prolactin release , it has greater affinity on D2 receptors , increase GH release in normal indivudals but decrease the same from pituitary tumor causing acromegaly , can be used in parkinsonism , stimulates dopaminergic receptors in ctz---therefore produces emesis

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