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Clozapine blood monitoring for side effects of agranulocytosis and granulocytopenia

#management #psychiatry #antipsychotics #pharmacology #medications #dosing #clozapine
monitoring for side effects ... #management #psychiatry ... antipsychotics #pharmacology ... #medications #dosing
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Adverse Effects ... Antipsychotic Medications ... clozapine Side Effects ... Anticholinergic effects ... #Pharmacology #
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Mechanisms and Side Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dysphagia • Psychiatric ... health issues • Medication ... side effects ... disease • Protein losing
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Mechanisms and Side Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Review of Intranasally Administered Medications for Use in the Emergency Department
Table of agents, uses, dosing, onset
Emergency Department Table ... agents, uses, dosing ... and major side effects ... #Comparison #Table ... #Pharmacology #
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
15 g QD • Side Effects ... 8.4 g • Side Effects ... daily • Side Effects ... #pharmacology # ... table #comparison
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
 •
sensitivity to effects ... spent pursuing / using ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Mechanisms and Side Effects ... arterioles -> less able ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
CNS and cardiac effects ... • Reverses CNS effects ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... Cholinergic #Agonists #Pharmacology ... #Table #Summary