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Clozapine blood monitoring for side effects of agranulocytosis and granulocytopenia

#management #psychiatry #antipsychotics #pharmacology #medications #dosing #clozapine
agranulocytosis and ... granulocytopenia #management ... #psychiatry #antipsychotics ... #pharmacology # ... medications #dosing
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
I'll be posting ... pharmcodynamic and ... grouping into: "DONEs ... #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacy #Pharmacology
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
of Alcohol Use ... respectively) at the doses ... #UseDisorder #Management ... #Treatment #AUD ... #Medications #Pharmacology
IDSA - Doses of Drugs for Treatment of Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Step 1 Levofloxacin,
IDSA - Doses of ... Drugs for Treatment ... Tuberculosis #MDRTB #management ... #pharmacology # ... dosing #idsa #drugs
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
• Tx: Reduce dose ... greatest risk • Tx: Dose ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #management
Updated phenobarbital alcohol withdrawal protocol

See old algorithm here: https://www.grepmed.com/images/1485/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol

The protocol was consequently modified as shown below,
phenobarbital dosing ... large cumulative dose ... received sufficient treatment ... treated with an antipsychotic ... #Management #Alcohol
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... (→ 3-14) e.g. during ... other antipsychotics ... neurotoxicity • Alcohol ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Treatment options for AUD include psychosocial treatment and medications. Individualize based on
Treatment of Alcohol ... liver disease or using ... pills/day) • Dose ... CarolynAChan #Alcohol ... #Management #AUD
Benzodiazepines used in Alcohol Withdrawal - Pharmacology
Dose - Route - Onset (minutes) - Duration (hours)
• Midazolam
•
Benzodiazepines used in Alcohol ... Withdrawal - Pharmacology ... Dose - Route - ... MD @nickmmark and ... #management #treatment
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... medication list and ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... refractory to antipsychotic ... Delirium #Checklist #Management