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Dr. Wambui provides drug education using simple terms. Drugs will always be in our lives, let’s get empowered through knowledge to be better healthcare providers, caregivers, or patients.... more
FAQs about The Drug Chat with Dr. Wambui:How many episodes does The Drug Chat with Dr. Wambui have?The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.
August 15, 2023Antiplatelets - Protease activated receptor 1 antagonists and a Miscellaneous class.We are at the end of the road of our anti-platelet pathway exploration!!!! We look at 2 different ways of inhibiting the platelets from forming a clot and the different patient populations that these drugs are used. Hooray to the anti-platelets though I'm sure this isn't the end there must be another novel/cutting edge therapy just around the corner that a scientist/discoverer is just about to unveil.........more15minPlay
July 20, 2023Antiplatelets - Glycoprotein Platelet InhibitorsIn today's episode I give a gigantic high five to our scientists/discoveres! Figuring out yet another way to stop clot formation by working out the puzzle of how platelets work to form a clot. With that worked out they then make drugs that put a stop 🛑 to this and voila.... no clots are formed....more16minPlay
July 07, 2023Antiplatelets - ThienopyridinesWhat a lovely name to pronounce Thienopyridines! Another nugget as to how platelets work to cause clots to form and how this class stops that from happening. Very Sci-Fi how these platelets work....more17minPlay
June 30, 2023Antiplatelets - Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors.In the year 1899 (others say 1897) Asprin was marketed by Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Yep and we still use it today talk of super drug. It's used and indicated in many areas but again tunnel vision in this episode where we are specifically interested in how are clots not formed when asprin is around....more13minPlay
May 29, 2023Anticoagulants - Direct Thrombin Inhibitors (DTIs)It's a wrap with the anticoagulants! The DTIs some interesting fun facts especially the one that has to do with Leeches 😊! They came into the market in the 2000s and have been very helpful on this anti-coagulation journey....more13minPlay
May 23, 2023Anticoagulants - Factor 10a InhibitorsOur amazing discoverers/scientists are always at work and in the years of 2000s they gave us this class. The other oral anticoagulants besides Warfarin. Factor 10a inhibitors part of the coagulation cascade a genius way to stop that clot....more11minPlay
May 08, 2023Anticoagulants- Heparins.We continue with our oldies but goodies. Heparin was first discovered in 1916!!! Ofcourse we have improved on it since then but they all basically work the same way. Still a huge part of our treatment protocols....more14minPlay
April 25, 2023Anticoagulants - WarfarinWarfarin is over 60 YEARS OLD yet it's the most prescribed oral anticoagulant. Listen up, refresh yourself on this oldie but really a good goodie....more17minPlay
March 30, 2023ThrombolyticsA stroke is an emergency! We need to break down that clot, enter the thrombo(clot) lytics(disintegrate) class of drugs....more17minPlay
March 17, 2023STROKESIn this episode we discuss strokes. The leading cause of disability, dementia and death globally. We answer questions like what causes a stroke and the types of strokes. This is an important conversation especially with the statistics that are out there. ...more15minPlay
FAQs about The Drug Chat with Dr. Wambui:How many episodes does The Drug Chat with Dr. Wambui have?The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.