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Anti-psychotics Flashcards

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Mesocortical

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Cognitive and negative symptoms

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Nigrostriatal

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SN to striatum
Basal ganglia motor loop
-> extra pyrimidal side effects

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Tuberoinfundibular

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Arcuate nucleus to infundibular pathway
Prolactin secretion from ant. Pit.
-> hyperprolactinemia

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Antipsychotics Mechanism of action

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Competitive antagonism of D2 receptors 
Post synaptic 
Antagonise mesolimbic and mesocortical -> positive effects
Also nigrostriatal and tuberoinfundibular -> side effects 
Also block 
-muscarinic
-histaminergic
-a adrenergics
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Baseline investigations

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ECG
weight and height 
BP
FBC
U and E
LFT
prolactin
Glucose
Fasting lipids
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Examples of typical antipsychotics

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Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Flupentixol
Haloperidol

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Examples of atypical antipsychotics

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Aripiprazole 
Amisulpride
Olanzipine
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Clozapine
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Neurological side effects of typical antipsychotics

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Neuroepileptic syndrome 
EPSE's 
-Parkinson motor symptoms
-acute dystonia * oculogyric crisis
-akathisia 
-tardiness dyskinesia 
Decreased seizure threshold 
Sedation
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Neuroepileptic syndrome

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0.07-0.2% per year
Hyperthermia
Muscle rigidity
Confusion
Tachycardia
Tremor
Raised CK
Decreased pH
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Cardiac side effects of typical antipsychotics

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Long QT
Arrhythmias
Myocarditis
Sudden death

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Other side effects of typical antipsychotics

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Decreased BP
Hypersensitivity, liver, bone marrow, skin 
Hyperprolactinemia 
Apathy 
Confusion
Depression
Muscarinic
A1 adrenoceptor
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Side effects of atypical antipsychotics

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Sedation *olanzipine, clozapine
Weight gain *olanzapine, clozapine 
Increased TG's 
Proglycaemia 
Hyperprolactinemia 
Sexual dysfunction
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Metabolic syndrome

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Central obesity 
Insulin resistance 
Impaired glucose regulation 
Hypertension 
Increased TG's 
Increased LDL
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Clozapine specific side effects

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Agranulocytosis
Myocarditis
Cardiomyopathy
Orthostatic hypertension

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NICE guidelines

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1st line -> atypical or typical-> patient preference
2nd line-> a different one or two together
3rd line-> clozapine
Continue 1-2 years post recovery

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Mesolimbic pathway

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VTA to limbic system
Motivation
Emotion
Learning
Memory 
-> positive psychotic symptoms

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