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Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Side Effects of Antipsychotic ... Drugs Acute dystonia ... Young, antipsychotic ... after stopping antipsychotic ... • Tx: Stop antipsychotic
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Differential Diagnosis ... herniation (Comatose), Acute ... - Medications: Opiate ... withdrawal, Antipsychotic ... Dopamine, Barbituate toxicity
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

QTc >500ms is an independent risk factor for developing Torsades des Pointes (TdP)
Drugs causing
Drug-Induced Prolonged ... Quinidine, Sotalol • Antipsychotics ... #QTc #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #prolongation
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... induced acute kidney ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
is an atypical antipsychotic ... ideation than other antipsychotic ... drugs. ... #Toxicology #Toxicity ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
irreversible • Drug ... induced Parkinsonism ... restlessness #AntiPsychotics ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
A dissociative drug ... glycol (solvent) toxicity ... Antipsychotics: ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis