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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ... Mechanisms and Side Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Limb apraxia Occipital ... Visual field defects ... Visuospatial defects ... #Localization #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors ... Mechanisms and Side Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
DPP4 Inhibitors - Normal and Renal Dosing

Increase Incretins (GLP-I & GIP) -> Stimulates Insulin, Inhibits Glucagon
titrate up to effects ... This drug class ... only few side effects ... Renal #Dosing #Pharmacology ... #Management #Diabetes
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
NSAIDs, calcineurin inhibitors ... anticholinergic effects ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Protease Inhibitors 

Protease Inhibitors are a class of commonly used antiretroviral medications for management of HIV.
Protease Inhibitors ... medications for management ... there are a ton of drug ... metabolic side effects ... #HIV #Pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Neurological Side Effects ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... discontinuation VMAT2 inhibitors ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #management
Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
 • Citalopram, Escitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Sertraline,
Drugs for Depression ... selective; little effect ... PTSD, menopause symptoms ... Medications #Table #Pharmacology ... #Management
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... Idiosyncratic Drug-induced ... less common, only affects ... ongoing ↑ LFTs or symptoms ... #differential #Diagnosis
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
on negative symptoms ... antipsychotic drugs ... common adverse effects ... serious adverse effects ... #Pharmacology