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

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... - Quinine Antipsychotics ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Differential #Drugs
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
Anticholinergic: low potency antipsychotics ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology
Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
antiepileptic drug ... Carbamazepine #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #SideEffects
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... is an atypical antipsychotic ... ideation than other antipsychotic ... drugs. ... #Clozapine #Toxicology
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... #Pathophysiology
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
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 ... QTc #Toxicity #Toxicology