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Podcast: Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Episode: Top 200 Drugs – Medications 181-185
Description: On this Real Life Pharmacology Podcast episode, we cover medications 181-185.
Proscar is the brand name for finasteride. This medication can be helpful in shrinking the size of the prostate but it does typically take a while to work (months).
Sinemet is a combination of carbidopa and levodopa. Levodopa is converted in the central nervous system to dopamine to help alleviate a shortage of dopamine in the brain.
Risedronate is a bisphosphonate medication that can be used in the treatment of osteoporosis.
Albuterol (Ventolin) is a short-acting beta-agonist that is used...