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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Hyperreflexia • Lead toxicity ... Polymyositis • Duchenne ... Muscular Dystrophy ... • Statin Toxicity
Pharmacology, Toxicity and Management of Second Generation Antipsychotic (SGA) Overdose #Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #Psychiatry #SGA #SecondGenerationAntipsychotics
Pharmacology, Toxicity ... Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy

ILE is a treatment for severe toxicity from local anesthetics. In addition,
treatment for severe toxicity ... life-threatening toxicity ... #ILE #Therapy #Toxicology ... #Management #Pharmacology
Amiodarone Toxicity and Monitoring

Tremor Ataxia 
Ocular neuritis 
Corneal Microdeposits 
Bradycardia 
Pulmonary fibrosis 
Hepatotoxicity 
Blue-gray skin
Amiodarone Toxicity ... Distribution - Half ... #Amiodarone #Toxicity ... Diagnosis #Management #Pharmacology
Utilization of Antibiotics as Antidotes

Valproic Acid Toxicity:
Carbapenems 

Amatoxin Mushrooms: 
Polymyxin B, Penicillin, Cyclosporine

Infographic by Mike O'Brien
@MikeEMPharmD

#Antibiotics
Valproic Acid Toxicity ... Antibiotics #Antidotes #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology ... Symptoms of GHB toxicity ... Hydroxybutyrate #GHB #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
Carbamazepine Toxicity ... Carbamazepine #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... SideEffects #Adverse #Pharmacology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Glycogen storage) • Toxicity ... Duchenne-Becker ... dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... – elimination half-life ... #Clozapine #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
Nitrofurantoin Toxicology
Serious Adverse Effects:
Hemolysis in patients with G6PD-deficiency
Peripheral neuropathy
Hepatitis
Pulmonary toxicity
Nephritis

By Dr. Kathryn Watson @Kat_Watson

#Nitrofurantoin #Macrobid #Toxicity
Nitrofurantoin Toxicology ... Hepatitis Pulmonary toxicity ... Nitrofurantoin #Macrobid #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Pharmacology