Warfarin 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.

A stroke is an emergency! We need to break down that clot, enter the thrombo(clot) lytics(disintegrate) class of drugs.

In 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. 

It's the last few classes of the anti-hypertensive drugs. You may not use this routinely but...... they do lower blood pressure. Very interesting how these work. Or bodies are truly a work of art.

I am sure you have heard them called the "water pill" here is your opportunity to learn or remind thyself of exactly how does this reduce volume (make me pee more). Nope this is not a weight loss drug. 

Hey Podcasters! Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs). Calcium is found in lots of places in your body but in this episode we stay in the heart and how calcium is used on a normal working day in your heart.. then we plug in the CCBs to treat hypertension. Listen up inquisitives.

The second of the RAAS system blockers! Very similar to the ACE Inhibitors with a little twist. "And all the Sartans assembled........."