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Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medications - Comparison Table

First Generation: chlopromazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine 
Second Generation: aripirazole, asenapine,
Antipsychotic Medications ... Dyslipidemia, Weight Gain ... SideEffects #Adverse #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology #
Effects on body weight of various classes of type-2 diabetes medications.
 - Metformin - Weight Loss
weight of various classes ... type-2 diabetes medications ... Insulin - Weight Gain ... weightgain #comparison #pharmacology ... #medications
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
moderate to severe AUD ... include abdominal pain ... , nausea, and diarrhea ... Screening #Addiction #Medications ... #Pharmacology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea ... Dysfunction, Weight gain ... Incr NE: Nausea ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Tranexamic Acid - Indications and Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics:
 • MOA: Inhibits plasminogen activation to plasmin & inhibits fibrinolysis
Tranexamic Acid - Indications ... and Pharmacology ... : Urine Common Uses ... diarrhea & abdominal pain ... #Pharmacology #
ED Opioid Stewardship Algorithm

Opioid Naive vs Opioid Tolerant

1. Patient Specific, Pain Syndrome-Targeted Approach
2. Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic
Patient Specific, Pain ... Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic ... Medication Assisted ... Use Disorder (OUD ... Algorithm #Management #Pain
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Systemic effect -> Nausea ... pruritus, weight gain ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology
This is an overview of the 3 main drug classes used to treat Hepatitis C

The new
overview of the 3 main ... drug classes used ... of these drug classes ... ambcarerx #HCV #Medications ... #DAAs #Pharmacology
Lyrica (Pregabalin) 
Indications: Neuropathy (diabetic, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, & spinal cord injury), Adjunctive therapy for partial-onset
Primary indications ... and for nerve pain ... fibromyalgia, PHN, & pain ... drug will likely cause ... Lyrica #Pregabalin #Pharmacology
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
brain • Weight Gain ... , and/or limbs caused ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry