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Antidepressant Medications Decision Aid
 - The choice of depression medications in primary care is difficult as
best evidence does ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #PrimaryCare #Psychiatry ... Antidepressants #Comparison #SideEffects ... SNRIs #Selection #Pharmacology
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
grouping into: "DONEs ... #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacy #Pharmacology ... #Medication #PrimaryCare
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
dopaminergic activity -> Dose-dependent ... effect - Sedation, dose-dependent ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology
Third Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) Example: Aripiprazole
Dopamine D2 Receptor Partial Agonist
 • Binds
binding pattern does ... receptor agonism; does ... ThirdGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
Side Effects of Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics - Comparison Table
Atypical antipsychotics: Risperidone, Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Amisulpride, Ziprasidone
medicines Common, dose ... Antipsychotics #SideEffects ... Comparison #Table #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology #
Second Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) - Examples: Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Zotepine, Paliperidone,
considered 2nd line treatment ... SecondGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
• Tx: Reduce dose ... greatest risk • Tx: Dose ... months or years of treatment ... #Medications #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Treatment Regimens and Expected Early Efficacy Rates for Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis
 • Nitrofurantoin monohydrate / macrocrystals
Treatment Regimens ... Fluoroquinolones (dose ... Beta-lactams (dose ... Acute #management #primarycare ... antibiotics #efficacy #pharmacology
Lithium Therapy for Bipolar Disorder 
Toxicity Levels: 
 - Mild (1-1.5 mEq/L) 
 - Moderate (1.6-2.5
maintenance agent for treatment ... Lithium is usually dosed ... after their last dose ... BPD #Toxicity #Pharmacology ... #Psychiatry