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Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic ... Medications - Comparison ... prolongation #Atypical ... #Antipsychotics ... SideEffects #Adverse #Psychiatry
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
Keeping up with Atypical ... Antipsychotics ... Part 1 - Types of Atypical ... #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology #Medication
Adjusted mortality risk and number-needed-to-harm directly comparing the study psychotropic medications compared to antidepressant users

Antipsychotics, Other
study psychotropic medications ... Needed to Harm JAMA Psychiatry ... .2014.3018 #antipsychotics ... NNH #NNK #EBM #psychiatry ... #atypical #mortality
Clozapine blood monitoring for side effects of agranulocytosis and granulocytopenia

#management #psychiatry #antipsychotics #pharmacology #medications #dosing #clozapine
granulocytopenia #management ... #psychiatry #antipsychotics ... #pharmacology #medications
Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) - Atypical Antipsychotics 
INVEGA TRINZA 3 MONTHS 
ARISTADA 2 MONTHS 
INVEGA 1 MONTH
SUSTENNA
Injectable (LAI) - Atypical ... list of available atypical ... These atypical antipsychotics ... Adherence to daily medications ... Pharmacology #Duration #Psychiatry
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Syndrome Medical/Psychiatric ... Anxiety Other • Medications ... Opioid Analgesics, Antipsychotics
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... second-generation antipsychotics ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome #Medications ... #Drugs #Causes
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... - Quinine Antipsychotics ... #Pharmacology #Medications ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Causes ... Opiate withdrawal, Antipsychotic ... Hypothermia Causes ... Mydriasis #Miosis #differential
Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Psychosocial Medications ... Neurally Active Medications ... Antidepressants, Antipsychotics ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes