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Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Medications - Comparison Table ... Dyslipidemia, Weight Gain ... Adverse #Psychiatry #Pharmacology ... Profiles #Comparison #Table
Side Effects of Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics - Comparison Table
Atypical antipsychotics: Risperidone, Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Amisulpride, Ziprasidone
Antipsychotics - Comparison Table ... dyslipidaemia, weight gain ... Profiles #Comparison #Table ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Dysfunction, Weight gain ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
vasoactive drug pharmacology ... Vasoactive #Drugs #pharmacology ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... management #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 ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
#differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology # ... table
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Signs: weight gain ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... endomyocardial biopsy Pharmacology ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... management #cardiology #pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... facies, shuffling gait ... #SideEffects #pharmacology