Volume 11 Issue 7 July, 2021
Can you CROSS the CROSSWORD??
ACROSS
3. Patient diagnosed with depression is started on a TCA. If his fast sodium channels were inhibited by the drug, what side effect would you see?
4. A patient who is a known case of bipolar disorder presents with nausea, lethargy, irritability, and decreased urine output. He has been taking medication for bipolar disorder for the last 1 year. Identify the drug causing these symptoms.
6. 20 year old college student comes for follow up. She is on bupropion for major depression and says she is doing better in college but still feels very upset sometimes and has poor appetite. If dose has to be increased, what side effect should be taken into consideration?
8. PCP intoxication commonly works on as an antagonist against this receptor causing various symptoms of nystagmus and memory loss
9. 65 year old woman, recently underwent divorce, 3 months ago and has since started having difficulty sleeping. Fearful of the financial responsibilities of living on her own, she has stopped socializing with anyone but her daughter. What disorder is she suffering from?
10. 95 year old woman, has had several falls over the last few months. She is on multiple psychotropic drugs and drugs for hypertension. Effective strategy in decreasing patient’s fall risk includes review of?
DOWN
1. 25 year old woman comes to casualty with chest pain, dyspnea, palpitations and perioral numbness with tachycardia and elevated blood pressure. Panic disorder is diagnosed and patient receives a medication which makes her feel better within an hour. Which receptor is the drug acting against?
2. 21 year old who recently moved to another country for work, with difficulty adjusting to the new environment has stopped socializing and has not gone to work. MMSE shows an unkempt patient who screams for people to leave him alone when there is no one else in the room. What disorder is he suffering from?
5. If a 28 year old woman on antipsychotics develops irregular menses and galactorrhoea, what pathway would you expect to be involved in the pathogenesis of these side effects?
7. 30 year old man, with history of 2 depressive episodes is brought the hospital by his family with history of acting overly optimistic and claiming to find a cure to cancer. He has not slept in days, speaks very fast, has invested in a new microscope and claims he has found a cure for cancer. This is an agent used for long term management of his condition.
Answers:
ACROSS
3.ARRHYTHMIA
4.CARBAMEZAPINE
6.SEIZURES
8.NMDA
9.ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
10.MEDICATION REVIEW
DOWN
1.GABA
2.SCHIZOPHRENIFORM
5.TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR
7.VALPROATE
Designed by : Dr. Ramaswamy Sundararajan
