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Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
antiepileptic drug ... neuralgia, neuropathic pain ... Its mechanism of action ... #SideEffects #Adverse ... #Pharmacology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used ... failure is chronic Drug ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #Medications #Action ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
This is an overview of the 3 main drug classes used to treat Hepatitis C

The new
overview of the 3 main ... grouped as Direct-Acting ... regimens are as short ... ambcarerx #HCV #Medications ... Classes #DAAs #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 # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... extremities Drug ... activation and/or medications ... #Rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
A reaction to phagocytosed ... swelling, significant pain ... comorbidities/drug ... gout • Oral drug ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
intolerance, chest pain ... Pulmonary disease • Drugs ... Antiarrhythmic drugs ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology