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Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... vary depending on treatment ... Therapeutic range ... #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

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

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... • Treatment includes ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
Drug-Induced Dysgeusia - Distortion of Taste and Smell

By Dr. Kathryn Watson @Kat_Watson

#dysgeusia #drug #induced #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Drug-Induced Dysgeusia ... #dysgeusia #drug ... #induced #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Carbamazepine Toxicity

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly prescribed for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathic pain,
Carbamazepine Toxicity ... antiepileptic drug ... Carbamazepine #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... SideEffects #Adverse #Pharmacology
List of drugs causing acute intermittent porphyria.  James Dazhe Cao @JamesCaoMD, Dallas Tox @DallasTXTox
#Diagnosis #Pharmacology
List of drugs causing ... @DallasTXTox #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology # ... Toxicology #Drugs ... #Induced #Medications
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... abscess • Toxic/drug ... nodosa) • Toxic/drug ... Hypoglycemia • Drugs ... myositis, certain drug-induced
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug ... at anytime if toxicity ... #Therapeutic #Ranges ... #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antirheumatic drug ... prophylaxis and treatment ... number of serious drug ... QTc prolonging drugs ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology
Drug Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
> 100 drugs have been associated with drug-induced SLE
High risk (>5%):
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Drug Induced Systemic ... Erythematosus > 100 drugs ... associated with drug-induced ... for 1 year of treatment ... #medications #drugs