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Antipsychotic Side Effect Profiles (Typical / AtypicaI)

Listed by Extrapyramidal Side Effects (EPSE), Weight Gain, Elevated Prolactin
(EPSE), Weight Gain ... Antipsychotics #SideEffects ... Adverse #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Dyslipidemia, Weight Gain ... Antipsychotics #SideEffects ... Adverse #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... dose or change drug ... facies, shuffling gait ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... pruritus, weight gain ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Dysfunction, Weight gain ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Chemotherapy Toxicity Bear Mnemonic - Cumulatively Toxic Drugs and their Rescues
 • Asparagine: neurotoxicity
 • Cisplatin:
Cumulatively Toxic Drugs ... Bear #Mnemonic #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... oncology #SideEffects
Summary of the adverse effects associated with the use of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole

Mnemonic - NOT RISKY?

N - Neurologic
Interactions with other drugs ... adverse #effects #SideEffects ... #Pharmacology #
Carbamazepine Toxicity

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

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
brain • Weight Gain ... irreversible • Drug ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Side Effects of Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics - Comparison Table
Atypical antipsychotics: Risperidone, Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Amisulpride, Ziprasidone
dyslipidaemia, weight gain ... Antipsychotics #SideEffects ... Table #Psychiatry #Pharmacology