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Clozapine blood monitoring for side effects of agranulocytosis and granulocytopenia

#management #psychiatry #antipsychotics #pharmacology #medications #dosing #clozapine
agranulocytosis and ... #management #psychiatry ... #antipsychotics ... #pharmacology # ... medications #dosing
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
pharmcodynamic and ... "PINEs", "PIPs”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
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
SNRls (Serotonin/Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors) - FDA Approved Indications 

Venlafaxine (Effexor) - GAD, MDD, Panic Disorder, SAD
Panic Disorder, SAD ... purpose of these medications ... clinics is for treatment ... #Pharmacology # ... Psychiatry #FDA
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
Second Generation Antipsychotics ... 2nd line treatment ... Mechanism unknown #AntiPsychotics ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... Vasoconstriction of systemic and ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Treatment
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
appropriate acute treatment ... Culshaw @CulshawReed and ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Management #Neurology
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... - Review the medication ... consider empiric treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... refractory to antipsychotic
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... ABCDEFG (ABC's and ... Refractory medications ... Algorithm #Management #Neurology ... #Pharmacology