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Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
 • Citalopram, Escitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Sertraline,
Drugs for Depression ... • Anxiety and depression ... PTSD, menopause symptoms ... Anxiety #Disorders #Medications ... #Table #Pharmacology
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Hypothyroidism – symptoms ... Symptoms: Tiredness ... appearance, Depression ... peripheries, Carpal ... Features #Signs #Symptoms
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
outcomes: BPD symptoms ... irritability, depression ... summarised in Tables ... Personality #Disorder #Medications ... Effectiveness #Table
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
and respiratory depression ... and respiratory depression ... or withdrawal symptoms ... Hypnotic #Drugs #medications ... pharmacology #comparison #table
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
pathway -> Incr gene expression ... lipolysis Signs/Symptoms ... expansion (e.g. carpal
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
Opioid Use Disorder Medications ... opioid withdrawal symptoms ... in anxiety and depression ... the sublingual tablet ... Pharmacokinetics #Comparison #Table
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
use adjunctive medications ... for withdrawal symptoms ... sedation/resp depression ... - Respiratory depression
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
failure - Co-medication ... disease, Psoriasis, Depression ... sympatholytic drugs - Depression ... antihypertensive #medications ... contraindications #table
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
syndrome (set of symptoms ... caused by specific medications ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table
Beta-Blocker Overdose/toxicity:

•	Bradycardia & hypotension (most common).
•	Myocardial depression & cardiogenic shock (severe overdoses). 
•	Ventricular dysrhythmias (Common with
• Myocardial depression ... Nearly all develop symptoms ... involving lipophilic medications