electrolytes and psychotropics

Started by whopper
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whopper

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Question for all of you.

QT prolongation with psychotropics is associated with alterations in the K channels of the heart 2ndary to the effects of psychotropics.

Being that this is the case, if you had a patient with an abnormal K level, would this affect your decision to medicate them with a drug known to affect QT prolongation such as haldol?

And if so, to what amount?