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Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-Induced Edema ... is caused by many ... release from mast cells ... Edema #Medication #Causes ... #Differential #Pharmacology
Migraine - Preventative Treatments

 • Anticonvulsants: *Topiramate, *Sodium valproate, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
 • Antidepressants: Amitriptyline, Venlafaxine, Duloxetine,
Anti-Hypertensive Drugs ... #prophylaxis #prevention ... #pharmacology # ... neurology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... Treatment includes prevention ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... diagnosis #management #nephrology
Here’s a review of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system (RAAS)

This is a very common pathway that clinicians should
sodium, which causes ... RAAS inhibiting drug ... increase potassium retention ... RAAS inhibiting drugs ... ReninAngiotensinAldosteroneSystem #RAAS #Pharmacology
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Pulmonary Disease Neurologic ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Alcohol) • Drug ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
rapidly fatal • Causes ... : Drugs: Ecstasy ... Identify underlying cause ... vasoconstriction, preventing ... #Hyperthermia #comparison
Drug-Induced Urinary Retention

Drug-induced urinary retention is very common and can be caused by many classes of
Retention Drug-induced ... common and can be caused ... by many classes ... Classes Causing ... differential #diagnosis #pharmacology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
general seizure caused ... and metabolic causes ... other sedative drugs ... Classification #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Signs #Symptoms #Comparison
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Allergen-specific lgE causes ... Food allergies, Drug ... - Mediators: T cells ... T-cells recruit ... classification #comparison