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IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 7. Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... infection Episode #Pharmacology ... #Management #CDiff
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea ... gain Incr NE: Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Dizziness - Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Systemic effect -> Nausea ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
IDSA Recommendations ... • In rare cases ... Enteric #Bacterial #IDSA ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Digestive intolerance nausea ... rare with ~100 cases ... adaptation needed in case ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology ... adverseeffects #sideeffects
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
, and/or limbs caused ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... MDR-TB source cases ... , the source case ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
ABCDEs & 3 P’s of Fluoroquinolone Toxicites

Achilles Tendon Rupture
Acute Aortic Rupture
Blood Glucose Alterations
Central Nervous System
Diarrhea (C
System Diarrhea (C Diff ... Fluoroquinolone #Toxicity #SideEffects ... ABCDEs #Toxicites #Pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
tinnitus) and may cause ... It also can cause ... minimize GI effects (nausea ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #AdverseEffects