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Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Drugs Acute dystonia ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... dose or change drug ... recognition and drug ... #Drugs #Medications
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... - Quinine Antipsychotics ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... Medications #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Drugs
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
second-generation antipsychotics ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Medications #Drugs
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

QTc >500ms is an independent risk factor for developing Torsades des Pointes (TdP)
Drugs causing
Drug-Induced Prolonged ... Pointes (TdP) Drugs ... Quinidine, Sotalol • Antipsychotics ... Kat_Watson #Drug ... #Pharmacology #Diagnosis
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
Anticholinergic: low potency antipsychotics ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... antihistamines #Diagnosis
Secondary Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definition:
- Core temp < 35°C

Infectious:
 - Sepsis

Neuromuscular Disease:
 -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myxedema coma Drugs ... manic agents - Antipsychotics ... Vasodilatation: - Drugs ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Opioid Analgesics, Antipsychotics ... ) • Drug Abuse ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
anaphylaxis (→ 3-1) Drug ... haloperidol and other antipsychotics ... antidepressants, antipsychotics ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
is an atypical antipsychotic ... ideation than other antipsychotic ... drugs. ... Toxicology #Toxicity #Diagnosis
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
irreversible • Drug ... restlessness #AntiPsychotics ... #pharmacology #diagnosis