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Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
and Vasoactive Drugs ... Understand vasoactive drug ... pharmacology ... #pharmacology # ... inopressors #diagnosis
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... Anemia • Hapten (Drug ... Omeprazole, Sulfa drugs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology #
Drugs that Cause Fever
Most commonly:
Amphotericin B, Antihistamines, Asparaginase, Barbiturates, Bleomycin sulfate, Methyldopa, Penicillins, Phenytoin sodium, Procainamide,
Drugs that Cause ... hydrochloride #Drug ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... Medications #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Drugs
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Lyrica (Pregabalin) 
Indications: Neuropathy (diabetic, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, & spinal cord injury), Adjunctive therapy for partial-onset
function - Taper ... drug over at least ... let's review the drug ... patients that this drug ... Lyrica #Pregabalin #Pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... dose or change drug ... recognition and drug ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Serotonin Syndrome Drug ... Precipitants and Pharmacology ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Pharmacology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #drug #Precipitants
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Know" series - Drug ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Cardiovascular Drugs ... Psychiatric drugs ... Other drugs 4. ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology #