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Penicillins such as amoxicillin and ampicillin are currently not recommended in patients with infectious mononucleosis with bacterial secondaries (streptococcal tonsillo-pharyngitis). Why?
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Penicillins such as amoxicillin and ampicillin are currently not recommended in patients with infectious mononucleosis with bacterial secondaries (streptococcal tonsillo-pharyngitis). Why?
How I remember that the anti-epileptic drug (AED) topiramate is associated with kidney stones:
To-pee-ra-mate can cause you "to pee rocks, mate." Rocks = stones, pee = urine.
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Urate-lowering therapy indications and important guidelines for management of gout, as updated by ACR in 2020:
Why are moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin, and levofloxacin also known as respiratory fluoroquinolones?
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Reversible inhibitors of ADP-r (P2Y12) such as ticagrelor, cangrelor, and elinogrel used as anti-platelet drugs have a unique side effect of dyspnea, unlike the irreversible ones. This is hypothesized to occur because of reversible inhibition of ADP-r on sensory neurons. Since half-life of the reversible inhibitors is shorter than that of irreversibles, repeated doses lead to permanent inhibition of the P2Y12 receptors on sensory neurons.
Moreover, oral administration is found to cause more severe effects on the breathing difficulties than the parenteral route.
Source- Research gate
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Q2) A schizophrenic patient was on chlorpromazine and olanzapine for the past 6 months, with each drug being prescribed for atleast 6 weeks. The patient is still symptomatic. What is next line of management?
A) Haloperidol depot
B) Aripiprazole
C) Risperidone depot
D) Clozapine
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Answer to the above question is D) Clozapine.
Explanation: If two drugs are used for schizophrenia and yet no improvement is seen, then Clozapine is used. Clozapine is DOC for resistant schizophrenia.
Some key points of Clozapine:-
1) It is most effective Antipsychotic
2) Clozapine is most toxic Antipsychotic.
3) It causes following special side effects:-
a) Agranulocytosis :
-Therapeutic Drug monitoring (TDM) cannot be done because plasma concentration is not proportional with agranulocytosis
- Hence it is C/I with Carbamazepine.
b) De novo seizure.
c) Myocarditis.
d) Sedation - Most common side effect.
e) Sialorrhea- Wet pillow syndrome.
4) It shows Antisuicidal effect.
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This is the brief mention about the extent of topical absorption of drugs.
In decreasing order-
Posterior auricular
Scrotal
Scalp
Dorsum of hand
Plantar area.
Absorption mainly depends on the thickness of the skin and is inversely proportional to it.
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