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CERTA Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Alternatives for Abdominal Pain (traumatic, non-traumatic), Back Pain, Burns, Renal Colic, Dental Pain,
Opioid Alternatives ... NOT mix NSAID drugs ... potential of some drugs ... #Alternatives #Opiate ... #Pharmacology #
Opioid medications are useful and appropriate after injuries and surgeries for brief time
periods. When used long-term,
Opioid medications ... long-term, they cause ... Comprehensive Pain ... #PatientInfo #Opiate ... Side #Effects #SideEffects
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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and Vomiting - Differential ... Postrema: • Drugs ... Anesthesia - Opioids ... Aspirin - Antigout drugs ... • 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
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... pruritus, weight gain ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
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
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antirheumatic drug ... It also can cause ... vomiting; abdominal pain ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #AdverseEffects