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CERTA Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Alternatives for Abdominal Pain (traumatic, non-traumatic), Back Pain, Burns, Renal Colic, Dental Pain,
NOT mix NSAID drugs ... indicate a surgical emergency ... potential of some drugs ... #Alternatives #Opiate ... #Pharmacology #
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... - Cocaine Opioids ... Chemotherapy drugs ... #Differential #Drugs
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
sphincter tone: • Opiates ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone/Area Postrema:
 • Drugs:
	- Chemo agents
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Postrema: • Drugs ... Anesthesia - Opioids ... Aspirin - Antigout drugs ... • Stress • Pain ... • Increased ICP
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Opioids: • Fentanyl ... Generally first line opioid ... A dissociative drug ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
False Positives on Drug ... Tests Urine drug ... false positives on drug ... and opiates false ... False #positive #drug
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
potentially causative drugs ... Pain control - ... - Opioids may ... limit them as able ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... Scheduled APAP, IV Opioids ... ileus), consider pain-dose ... ketamine (ICU);
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Drugs 5. ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... tests - Ice cube ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... rheumatology #comparison #table
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
brain • Weight Gain ... arterioles -> less able ... irreversible • Drug ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry