lucky_doc
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a 29 yo M is brought to the ED by his sister, who indicates that the patient has been extremly agitated and has not moved his head nearly an hour. She notes that he recently lives at home with her, after a month-long stay in a psychiatry facility for schizophrenia. She provides a list of his medications, which she updated this morning after his psychiatrist increased the dosage of one his medications. Which of the following treatments shoud be provided?
A Alprazolam
B Diphenhydramine
C Haloperidol
D Muscle relaxants
E Sertraline
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| farnsworth
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B
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| dr.wad
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A
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| hero
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acute dystonia -> b
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| drshvetasm
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B
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| Ivonne
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B------->Acute dystonia
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| lucky_doc
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| inkspot
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B acute dystonia! other options for this : benztropine, trihexphinedyl (check spelling) orphanadine. basically anticholinergics
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| sarmich
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Answer is clearly C - Haloperidol causes acute dytonia, especially ifisrt dosen elderly or with rapid dose escalation in others
B - is not the answer, its used for treatment of side effects caused by anti-psychotics
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| prusiner
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sarmich I guess you need to read the quesation again
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| doc4mle
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B. as explained above
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