Mechanism Lab
Click where the drug acts
Interactive pathways instead of paragraphs: every node explains itself, and the “why does this cause that?” buttons light the causal path from target to adverse effect. Every diagram has a full text equivalent.
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
One pathway, four drug classes: where ACE inhibitors, ARBs, aldosterone antagonists, and renin inhibitors each cut in.
10 nodes · 3 why-questions
Beta-adrenergic signalling
One receptor family, opposite prescriptions: why beta blockers slow the heart and beta agonists open the airways.
9 nodes · 2 why-questions
The coagulation cascade, as anticoagulants see it
Warfarin starves the factory upstream; DOACs handcuff single factors on the line.
9 nodes · 2 why-questions
The serotonin synapse
Where SSRIs, SNRIs, and serotonin syndrome all live.
9 nodes · 2 why-questions
The parietal cell and its pump
Why PPIs beat H2 blockers, and why timing before breakfast matters.
9 nodes · 2 why-questions