ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS (SSRIS)

Question 1

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR ANTIDEPRESSANT TO KICK IN?

Answer 1

FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS.

Question 2

HOW MANY SSRIS CAN YOU NAME?

Answer 2

FLUOXETINE ( PROZAC) 
SERTRALINE (ZOLOFT) 
PAROXETINE (PAXIL) 
CITALOPRAM (CELEXA) 
ESCITALOPRAM (LEXAPRO) 
FLUVOXAMINE (LUVOX)
VILAZODONE (VILBRYD)

Question 3

WHAT IS TRADE NAME FOR FLUOXETINE?

Answer 3

PROZAC

Question 4

WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR SERTALINE?

Answer 4

ZOLOFT

Question 5

WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR PAROETINE?

Answer 5

PAXIL

Question 6

WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR CITALOPRAM?

Answer 6

CELEXA

Question 7

WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR ESXITALOPRAM?

Answer 7

LEXAPRO

Question 8

WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR FLUVOXAMINE?

Answer 8

LUVOX

Question 9

WHAT ARE SSRIS USED FOR?

Answer 9

MILD TO MOD. DEPRESSION
ANXIETY
OCD
EATING DISORDERS
PTSD

Question 10

WHAT CAN FLUOXETINE (PROZAC) CAUSE ?

Answer 10

INSOMNIA AND NERVOUSNESS

Question 11

WHAT SYMPT DOES SERTRALINE (ZOLOFT) CAUSE ?

Answer 11

GI DISTRESS.

Question 12

WHAT MEDICATION IS KNOWN AS AN SSRI THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN AT BEDTIME DUE TO SEDATION EFFECTS?

Answer 12

FLUVOXAMINE (LUVOX)

Question 13

WHICH SSRI PROLONGS QT INTERVAL?

Answer 13

CITALOPRAM (CELEXA)

ESCITALOPRAM (VILBYRD)

Question 14

WHAT ARE THE SUFFIXES FOR SSRIS?

Answer 14

TALOPRAM
OXETINE
ZODONE

Question 15

WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR vilazodone?

Answer 15

vilbryd

Question 16

WHAT ARE SOME CAUTIONS/ NURSING CONSIDERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE KNOWN WITH SSRIS?

Answer 16

TAKES 4-8 WKS TO AFFECT
TAKE MEDICATION IN THE MORNING DUE TO SMILY SEROTONIN ENERGY
FIRST LINE OF MEDS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
IF PEOPLE ARE HAVING SUICIDAL PLANS, THEY MIGHT HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO SO IF THESE MEDICATIONS ARE GIVEN.

Question 17

what is a way to remember one suffix of the SSRIs?

Answer 17

if you live with a teen , need anxiety and depression meds.

Question 18

WHICH SSRIS IS KNOWN TO WORK AS AN ANTICHOLINERGIC?

Answer 18

PAROXETINE (PAXIL)