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Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic ... Medications - Comparison ... #Atypical #Antipsychotics ... #SideEffects #Adverse ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Clozapine blood monitoring for side effects of agranulocytosis and granulocytopenia

#management #psychiatry #antipsychotics #pharmacology #medications #dosing #clozapine
Clozapine blood monitoring ... management #psychiatry #antipsychotics ... #pharmacology # ... medications #dosing ... #clozapine #monitoring
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Therapeutic range ... #Therapeutic #Ranges ... #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Monitoring
Pharmacology, Toxicity and Management of Second Generation Antipsychotic (SGA) Overdose #Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #Psychiatry #SGA #SecondGenerationAntipsychotics
Pharmacology, Toxicity ... Second Generation Antipsychotic ... SGA) Overdose #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
- Quinine Antipsychotics ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Young, antipsychotic ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... reduction; change medication ... #Drugs #Medications ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Amiodarone Toxicity and Monitoring

Tremor Ataxia 
Ocular neuritis 
Corneal Microdeposits 
Bradycardia 
Pulmonary fibrosis 
Hepatotoxicity 
Blue-gray skin
Amiodarone Toxicity and Monitoring ... Amiodarone #Toxicity #Monitoring ... #SideEffects #Adverse ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pharmacology
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
caused by specific medications ... Anticholinergic: low potency antipsychotics ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Toxidromes
Third Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) Example: Aripiprazole
Dopamine D2 Receptor Partial Agonist
 • Binds
Third Generation Antipsychotics ... Antidepressant Effects #AntiPsychotics ... ThirdGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #psychiatry
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring ... #Therapeutic #Ranges ... #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Monitoring #Timing