NBME 23 Anticholinergic agent (NBME Answers)

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nbme23/Block 1/Question#23 (31.8 difficulty score)
A 35-year-old man comes to the physician ...
Anticholinergic agent🔍
tags: neuro parkinsons

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submitted by mcl(597),

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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? +

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submitted by thomasalterman(150),

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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 +

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submitted by abhishek021196(61),

One of the tx strategies for drug induced Parkisonism or otherwise is to Curb excess cholinergic activity. Done by Benz-tropine, trihexyphenidyl (Antimuscarinic; improves tremor and rigidity but has little effect on bradykinesia in Parkinson disease). Park your Mercedes-Benz.