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Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
reduction; change medication ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment ... #Drugs #Medications ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
this class of drugs ... pharmcodynamic and ... #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacy #Pharmacology ... #Medication #PrimaryCare
Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) - Atypical Antipsychotics 
INVEGA TRINZA 3 MONTHS 
ARISTADA 2 MONTHS 
INVEGA 1 MONTH
SUSTENNA
otherwise known as ... are used in the treatment ... Adherence to daily medications ... #Pharmacology # ... Duration #Psychiatry
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
Second Generation Antipsychotics ... 2nd line treatment ... SecondGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
irreversible • Drug ... restlessness #AntiPsychotics ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antirheumatic drug ... treatment for COVID ... who require this medication ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #AdverseEffects
Lithium Therapy for Bipolar Disorder 
Toxicity Levels: 
 - Mild (1-1.5 mEq/L) 
 - Moderate (1.6-2.5
Lithium is a medication ... maintenance agent for treatment ... include these drugs ... BPD #Toxicity #Pharmacology ... #Psychiatry