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First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
AntiPsychotics #FirstGeneration ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Allergic reaction -> Benign ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... inflammation #BPH #Benign ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Buproprion (Wellbutrin): Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Adverse Effects: Headache, Dry Mouth, Weight loss, Insomnia, Constipation,
nervosa, Epilepsy, Alcohol ... #SideEffects #Pharmacology
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
life-threatening (exceptions being ... withdrawal of alcohol
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
Alcohol Withdrawal ... The onset of alcohol ... Alcohol withdrawal ... 24 hours after alcohol ... Seizures - Usually begin
Benzodiazepine (BZD) withdrawal: clinical findings and complications

 • Activation of ACC and OFC -> Feelings of
Asthma. or sense of being ... BZD #withdrawal #pharmacology
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) - Pathophysiology 
Excessive fear of one or more social situations
 • Safety
likelihood of being ... > • Drug and Alcohol