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Retired NBME Step 2 CK Form 8 Answers

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A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia is ...
Adverse effect of haloperidol ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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  • Young man who recently started treatment with haloperidol presents with rigidity, neck rigidity and oculogyric crisis (eyes displaced upwards) most consistent with acute dystonia
  • Key idea: Important to contrast with neuroleptic malignant syndrome, which would lead to constellation of symptoms remembered with Malignant FEVER (Myoglobinuria, Fever, Encephalopathy, Vitals unstable, increased CK Enzymes and Rigidity)
  • Key idea: 4 main extrapyramidal effects of antipsychotic use, especially with high potency antipsychotics such as haloperidol, are (1) Acute dystonia (2) Akathisia (3) Parkinsonism (4) Tardive dyskinesia

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