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Serotonin receptors and sites of actions.

#Serotonin #Receptors #Sites #Actions #5HT #Pharmacology
Sites #Actions #5HT
Hyperthermic Toxidromes
Five toxidromes may present with overlapping features: hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, altered mental status/seizures.
 • Sympathomimetic -
(epi, NE, DA, 5HT ... Excessive release of 5HT
Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
 • Citalopram, Escitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Sertraline,
prevent NE, DA, and 5HT
Functional Dyspepsia Management Options - Efficacy
 - Proton pump inhibitors
 - H. Pylori treatment
 - Metoclopramide
behavioral - 5HT4
Jones Fracture
 - More distal than your base 5MT fractures (and will also look a bit
than your base 5MT ... tarsometatarsal for base 5MT
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
metabolized into DHT ... in prostate -> DHT ... testosterone into DHT ... cells -> Decr DHT
Boxer's Fracture - Hand X-Ray
Diagnosis: Fracture of the neck of the 5th metacarpal
Boxer's fracture is a
the neck of the 5th ... most commonly the 5th
Cephalosporins - Table of Coverage by Generation

1st Generation   Cefazolin, cephalexin 
2nd Generation Cefotetan 
3rd
Generation Cefepime 5th
Cephalosporin Antibiotic Generations - Mnemonic
1st Generation "FA/PHA": CEFAZOLIN, CEFADROXIL, CEPHALEXIN, CEPHALOTHIN, CEPHAPIRIN, CEPHRADINE
2nd Generation "Everything Else":
CEFEPIME, CEFPIROME 5th
Amlodipine - calcium channel blocker for the treatment of hypertension and CAD. 5th most prescribed drug
hypertension and CAD. 5th