USMLE Pharmacology Mnemonics
Class IC antiarrhythmics
FEP
F - flecainide
E - encainide
P - propafenone
[no effect on APD]
Class III antiarrhythmics
SIBA (not the Ciba series)
S - sotalol
I - ibutilide
B - bretylium
A - amiodarone
[K block-increase APD, ERP, QT]
Beta 1 selective blockers
"A -BEAM "
acebutalol
betaxolol
esmolo
atenolol
metoprolol
ABCD
ALPHA= CONSTRICTION
BETA= DILATION
ONLY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR
1) drugs that cause gynocomastia:
Some Drugs Create Awesome Knockers
Spironolactone, Digitalis, Cisplatin? Alcohol Ketoconazole
2) Drugs causing pulmonary fibrosis:
BAB like in baba (father)
Bleomycin
Amiodarone
Busulfan
3) Drugs that cause hepatic necrosis:
HAVe [b]
Halothane
Acetaminophen (liquefactive necrosis)
Valproic Acid
empty
4) Drugs causing Agranulocytosis:
[B] C^3 (C cubed)
Clozapine
Colcicine
Carbamazepine
5) Drugs for all types of seizures, except petit mal:
CaPhe like in cafe in french 
CArbamazepine
PHEnytoin/phenobarbital
6) Drugs for petit mal seizures:
ValEt
Valproic Acid
Ethosuximide
VANCOMYCIN
A Red Van Drove Into The Wall
A = antihistamines (prevent of red man syndrome)
R = red man syndrome (diffuse flushing)
V= vancomycin
D = D-ala D ala
I = inhibitor
T = thrombophlebitis
W = cell wall
Inhibitors:
I-C(see) KEGS "going down"
I- INH
C- Cimetidine
K- Ketoconazole
E- Erythromycin
G- Grapefruit
S- Sulfonamides
Inducers:
Boston Redsox Gotta Play Quality Competitions "to go up"
B- Barbituates
R- Rifampin
G- Griseofulvin
P- Phenytoin
Q- Quinidine
C- Carbamazepine
DNA VIRUSES (6)
Pop A Potatoe (p=papova, a=adeno, p=parvo)
Hot Hot Potatoe (h=herpes, h=hepadna, p=pox)
*Pox says "OX (kisses and huges from the ox on p-ox) I’m going to the cytoplasm to replicate unlike the rest of you nuclear replicating DNAviruses".
*Meanwhile, parvo the pervert is playing with his single strand (all others double).
RNA+ VIRUSES (7)–on the "+ partying tip"
Really Feel Tiny C. C.’s Raging Passion (R=retro, F=flavi, T=toga, C=corona, C=calici, R=reo, P=picorna)
*Remember the Duran Duran song? "Her name is Reo and she double strand (or "dance across the sand")
*I say they are on the + party tip because: retro music parties, with lots of flavor, wearing togas and drinking coronas, they’re from cali and reo de janiero, and the "raging passion" is kind of like a picorna-graphic film..
Unlike the - party people we are about to meet….
Can you make it a little more with me!? Here we go
RNA - VIRUSES–the - (negative) party bunch
"BARF POD" (B=bunya, A=arena, R=rhabdo, F=filo, P=Paramyxo, A=arena, D=delta)
*OK, these people get together in Filo-delphia in an Arena & include some expensive Playboy Buny’s, djs to make you move your bones–ortho and para-mix-o allnight…But someone brings dogs and it has rabbies, and these people are all so "sharp" and "edgy" with the dogs barking –like a delta triangle.
T.B ’s main target is the lungs , therefore it mostly affects your RESPIration.
RESPIration
Rifampicin
Ethambutol
Streptomycin
Pyrazinamide
Isoniazid
Queen Barb takes Phen-Phen and Refuses to take Greasy Carb and Alcohol.
Quinidine
Barbiturates
Phenytoin
Rifampin
Griseofulvin
Carbamazepine
Alcohol
good pnemonic for inhibitors of p450:
IC(see) KEGS (going down)
INH, Cimetidine, Ketoconazole, Erythromycin,Grapefruit,Sulfonamides
after some debating I would add Quinidine to this list.
1)Guys not everyone has it but try to be creative like this.
2)IC KEGS {Its short and simple and sweet}
3)Memorize inhibitors makes it easier to NOT memorize inducers.
4)Its not tortuous
5)Notice the going down part implies "to inhibit"
6)Something like-He walked twenty yards turned his head and put up his thumb is too disassociated, tortuous and meandering.
7)Basically, you’re thinking of a keg(a keg is a unit of beer) going down!
8)Just some of my deeper thoughts 
BETA beats everyone except BUB to work fast and efficient
every one means -
heart - all positive effects
kidney- increse renin release
liver - increased glucose production
pancreas- increased insulin production
skeletal muscles- incrased contactility
except BUB
B- Blood vessels
U- Uterus
B- bronchioles[/b]
PLATINum CYCLE
MUST Be IN
MECHanical
PROtection
Platins(cis and carbo)
CYCLOphoshamide,
MUST B IN Bus MUSTIN(car and lo)
MECHlorethamine
PROcarbazine
All these are CCNS( cell cycle non-specific)
ALKYLATING AGENTS
LITHIUM
Lithium/ leukocytosis
Inhibits PIP2, cAMP, 5′ deiodinase
Teratogenic / Thiazide contraindicated as it increases reabsorption
Hypothyroidism/ Hyponatremia increases toxicity
Insipidus (Nephrogenic diabetes) Give Amiloride
visUal dysfunction
Movement disorders: CATS(Choreoathetosis, Ataxia, Tremors, Seizures) movements
if the patient is pregnant FASTly get away from the following…they are CE (contrendicated !)
Floroqoinolones
Aminoglycosides
Sulfonamides
Tetracyclines
Clarythromycine
Erythromycin estolate
dont use ’safe ct’ in pregnancy
s-sulfonamide
a-aminoglycoside
f-flouroquinolones
e-erythromycin
c-clarithromycin
t-tetracyclin
