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CERTA Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Alternatives for Abdominal Pain (traumatic, non-traumatic), Back Pain, Burns, Renal Colic, Dental Pain,
, Headache, MSK ... NOT mix NSAID drugs ... potential of some drugs ... #Alternatives #Opiate ... #Pharmacology #
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... Pleuritic Chest Pain ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... , Drug/Toxins, Heme ... #Differential #
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Parkinson's, MS) ... Antipsychotics) • Drug ... Alcohol, Opioids
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... - Cocaine Opioids ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Drugs #Classes
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone/Area Postrema:
 • Drugs:
	- Chemo agents
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Causes of Nausea ... and Vomiting - Differential ... Postrema: • Drugs ... Anesthesia - Opioids ... • Stress • Pain
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
Drug-Induced Seizures ... hypoglycemics, opioid ... Seizures #Medication #Causes ... #Differential # ... Pharmacology #Diagnosis
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
, tenofovir • AIN ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Causes of Constipation ... - Differential ... compression • Drugs ... : Opioids, TCAs ... disease, Anal pain
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
Medications that Can Cause ... efavirenz (Sustiva) • Pain ... • Verapamil Opioids ... and opiates false ... #tests #differential
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Ricketts - Diffuse Pain ... Malignancy • Drugs ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes