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TOXIDROMES:


ANTI-CHOLINERGIC
[DUD SHAFT]

DILATION of pupil = MYDRIASIS + CYCLOPLEGIA
- acute angle-closure glaucoma in elderly (blind as a bat)
Urinary retention
DRY mouth (dry as a bone) ↓

SEIZURES
HYPERTHERMIA (hot as a hare) esp in INFANTS
AGITATION, confusion, delirium (mad as a hatter)
FLUSHED skin (red as a beet)
TACHYCARDIA + normal BP
Examples:

Antihistamines
Antipsychotics
Atropine
Belladonna
Carbamazepine
IPRATROPIUM
Phenothiazines
Quinidine
TCAs
TOXIDROMES:


CHOLINERGIC
[CLUBS BLED]

CONSTRICTION of pupil = MIOSIS
LACRIMATION
URINATION
BRADYCARDIA
SWEATING + SALIVATION

BRONCHORRHEA + bronchospasm
Limp
EMESIS
DIARRHEA
Examples:

Organophosphates: pesticides, nerve gas

Carbamates: pesticides
TOXIDROMES:


NARCOTICS
[HOP CBR]

HOTN
o
PIN-POINT-PUPILS (MIOSIS)

CNS depression
BRADYCARDIA
RESPIRATORY DEPR
TOXIDROMES:


EXTRAPYRAMIDAL
[ADAPTOR]

AKATHESIA
DYSTONIA
AKINESIA/BRADYKINESIA
Postural Instability
TREMOR: pin-rolling, worst @ rest
OCULOGYRIC CRISIS
-- dystonia, eyes fixed up + sideways
RIGIDITY: lead-pipe/cog wheel
TOXIDROMES:


SYMPATHOMIMETICS
[STASHED]

SWEATING = DIAPHORESIS - vs antichol toxidrome
TACHYCARDIA + HTN (vs antichol)
AGITATION
SEIZURES
HOT = HYPERTHERMIA
EXCITATION CNS
DILATED pupil = MYDRIASIS
Examples:

Amphetamines
Cocaine
MDMA (ecstasy)
MAOIs
TOXIDROMES:

SEROTONERGIC
[STASHED CAN]

SWEATING = DIAPHORESIS - vs. antichol toxidrome
TACHYCARDIA + HTN (vs antichol)
AGITATION
SEIZURES
HOT = HYPERTHERMIA
EXCITATION CNS
DILATED pupil = MYDRIASIS

CNS dysfn (agitation)
AUTONOMIC dysfn (hyperthermia)
NEUROMUSC dysfn (Clonus, Hyper-reflexia / -tonia)
TOXIDROMES:

MYDRIASIS
[AAAAS]

Anti-cholinergics
Anti-depressants
Anti-histamines
Atropine (= anticholinergic)
Sympathomimetics
TOXIDROMES:

TACHYCARDIA
[FAST]

Free base = Cocaine
Anticholinergics / Antihistamines
Sympathomimetics
Theophylline
TOXIDROMES:

HOTN
[CRASH]

Clonidine
Reserpine (anti-HTN)
Antidepressants
Sedative-Hypnotics
Heroin
TOXIDROMES:

COMA COCKTAIL
[DON'T]

DEXTROSE - after thiamine
OXYGEN
NARCAN
THIAMINE = vit B1 - prevent Wernicke's
TOXIDROME

HEROIN
NARCOTIC

[HOP CBR]
HOTN
PIN-POINT PUPILS (MIOSIS)

CNS DEPRESSION
BRADYCARDIA
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
TOXIDROME

CHLORPROMAZINE
ANTICHOLINERGIC [DUD SHAFT]
+
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL [ADAPTOR]
TOXIDROME

GHB
GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE
SYMPATHOMIMETIC [STASHED] →
NARCOTIC [HOP CBR]

RESP DEPR w/APNEA
+ INTERRUPTED periods of AGITATION
+ COMBATIVENESS
TOXIDROME

ECSTASY
MDMA

SYMPATHOMIMETIC [STASHED]
+
SEROTONERGIC [STASHED + CAN]
CNS DYSFN (aggitation, confusion)
AUTONOMIC DYSFN (hypertherm)
NEUROMUSCULAR DYSFN (hyper-reflexia/tonia, clonus)
TOXIDROMES:

OLANZAPINE
ANTICHOLINERGIC [DUD SHAFT]
+
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL [ADAPTOR]