Long acting b2 agonists

Salmeterol is Slower and is a semi(partial)B2 agonist

Formoterol is Faster and is a Full agonist.

tiotropium.

Uncle tropium and aunt choline.

Tiotropium is an Anti(aunti)cholinergic. This make more sense if you know Tio means uncle in Spanish.

antileukotrienes

There are two targets for these drugs.

5-lipoxygenase inhibition- This reduces the amount of leukotrienes. (Zileuton is Diluton the leukotrines)

Blocking the leukotriene receptor (zarfirluKast and monteluKast are like a Cast around the receptor blocking the action of leukotrienes.

Intersitial lung disease

I wasn't feeling Dr. Gibson's mnemonic so I anagram generatered a new one:
Cilia Poems (Sillica Poem and Fiasco Lime tied for a close second place)

Collagen vascular diseases
Infection
Labor (asbestosis....)
Idiopathic
ARDS

Pharm
Oxidant mediated
Eosinophilic Granuloma
Malignancies
Sarcoidosis


The function of Cillia (a poem)

Cilia Cilia you make me complete.
When you are dysmotile I know we must treat.
The sum of nine and two.
must be I love you.
but your function has got me beat.

(the rhythm or meter or whatever of this poem is awful so please comment with a better cilia poem or an improvement of this one)

Emphysema

of the obstructive lung diseases this is the one that causes hypoxemia with exercise.

EMPHYsema
Exercise May Precipitate Hypoxemia.

Bronchiectasis (Bronchiectasaurus)

Also Imagine the Vd/Vt ratio on this guy. Talk about some dead space in that neck. I heard once that they breathed in a circle so that the air going out went a different path then the air going in. I have no idea if that is true and God knows I am not going to be the one to look it up.