Segars Anti Psychotics chart high yield Flashcards
What generation is most likely to case Weight gain and Diabetes?
examples?
- Second Generation (SGAs)
- the “prazoles”, “apines” and “idones”
- Most likely Clozapine and Olanzapine
SGAs Least likely to cause weight gain and Diabetes?
- Aripiprazole
- Ziprasidone
Which Generation is most likely to cause hypercholesterolemia?
examples?
- SGAs
- Clozapine
- Olanzapine
Generation most like to cause EPS/Tardive Dyskenesia?
Most likely drug?
which drug in that generation is least likely?
- FGAs
- “idol”, “azine”, “ixene”
- MOST LIKELY is haloperidol
- LEAST LIKELY Chlorpromazine and Thiordazine
Which FGA is most likely to cause hypercholesterolemia?
least likely?
- most likely = chlorpromazine
- least likely Fluphenazine and Haloperidol
Which SGA is the worst for causing EPS/Tardive dyskenisia?
-Risperidone is the most likely
Generation most likely to cause prolactin elevation?
examples?
- FGAs
- HALOPERIDOL, Fluphenazine, and thioridazine
Generation most likely to cause sedation?
examples?
- FGAs most but also some SGAs
- FGAs ie Chlorpromazine, Thioridazine
- SGAs ie Quetiapine, Olanzapine, and Clozapine
Quetiapine sounds like quiet as in sedation
Generation most likely to cause anticholinergic side effects?
examples?
- FGAs and SGAs
- FGAs ie Thioridazine
- SGAs Clozapine
Least likely to cause anticholinergic effects?
- SGAs ie Aripiprazole and Ziprasidone
- these two drugs have VERY LOW risk of side effects. they are the best atypical antipsychotics
- only rarely do weight gain/diabetes, eps, sedation
Generation most likely to cause orthostatic hypotension?
what receptor?
examples?
- SGAs has more examples Clozapine
- alpha receptor
- FGAs ie Thiroidazine (most stars) or Chlorpromazine
Generation most likely to cause QT prolongation?
examples?
- FGAs
- ie Thioridazine
- if on a SGA, Ziprasidone is most likely
Why is Clozapine used last?
- it causes agranulocytosis, so you must monitor WBC
- very rare hypersensitivity reaction called……. Drug reaction w/ Eosinophillia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
- you’ll see skin eruptions and other allergic signs
- doctors must be trained before using this drug
Besides DRESS what else does Clozapine cause?
Treatment? How does it work?
Olanzapine or Clozapine will be in the question stem
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
- rare, severe parkinsons like mvt disorder w/ wide spread muscle contraction
- patients develop rhabdomyolysis
Treatment = Dantrolene, which stops malignant hyperthermia by closing the rhyanodine receptor so that calcium cant get out which limits the profound muscle contractions
If you put a patient on a FGA and especially a SGA what must you do?
- serum glucose
- lipid profile
- weight (BMI)
- blood pressure
- waist circumference
- FH of heart/metabolic issues