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Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism ... cytotoxic reaction to drug ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-Induced Edema ... is caused by many ... occur via numerous mechanisms ... Edema #Medication #Causes ... #Differential #Pharmacology
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms ... Dizziness - Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms ... Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
antiepileptic drug ... disorder Its mechanism ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #SideEffects ... #Adverse #Pharmacology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms ... , and/or limbs caused ... irreversible • Drug ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... Compensatory mechanisms ... failure is chronic Drug ... unhelpful compensatory mechanisms ... #Pharmacology #CHF
Antiobesity Drugs and Their Effects
Orlistat
 • GI Lipase inhibitor
 • Reduces lipid absorption
 • Toxicity: Decreased
Antiobesity Drugs ... Sympathomimetic + antiseizure ... release plus unknown mechanism ... #Antiobesity #Drugs ... #medications #pharmacology
Anti-Seizure Medication Guide - Common Uses and Side Effects

acetazolamide 
brivaracetam 
carbamazepine 
clobazam 
clonazepam 
clorazepate 
corticotropin injection
diazepam
Guide - Common Uses ... zonisamide #AntiSeizure ... Medications #epilepsy #pharmacology ... comparison #table #SideEffects
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antirheumatic drug ... tinnitus) and may cause ... It also can cause ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #AdverseEffects