NBME 23 Anticholinergic agent (NBME Answers)

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A 35-year-old man comes to the physician ...
Anticholinergic agent 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳
tags: neuro parkinsons

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mcl Also, you don't wanna use sinemet since that would be counterproductive +2

drzed Whaaat? How could increasing levels of dopamine in a psychotic patient possibly be a bad thing? +1

fatboyslim I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not haha but just in case: antipsyhcotics are used in psyhosis/psychotic patients because they decrease dopamine levels, which in turn decreases psychotic events. If the antipsychotic dose is too high, the patient will essentially have Parkinson-like symptoms because the dopamine release has been inhibited too much. They will get extrapyramidal symptoms which are 'ADAPT' (Acute Dystonia, Akathisia, Parkinsonism, Tardive dyskinesia). In these cases, we want to restore the dopamine/acetylcholine balance, and that's why we either wanna INCREASE dopamine (by giving Amantadine) or DECREASING acetylcholine's effects (by giving Benztropine or Diphenhydramine) :D +1

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mousie haloperidol induced Parkinson's... ? adding a anticholinergic can counter these adverse effects of the antipsychotic .. ? +3

fulminant_life @mousie yeah it balances the dopamine-cholinergic imbalance caused by the antipsychotics +

kai +So antipsychotics induce Extrapyramidal side effects which is drug induced Parkinson = low Dopamine High Ach, and you would treat this with anticholinergic (Benztropine).This is neurologic. +Antipsychotics also produce non-neurologic, systemic anti-cholinergic effects like dry mouth, sedation, hypotension etc +

an1 UW asked this too, benztropine is the drug of choice +

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