ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS (SSRIS) Flashcards
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR ANTIDEPRESSANT TO KICK IN?
FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS.
HOW MANY SSRIS CAN YOU NAME?
FLUOXETINE ( PROZAC) SERTRALINE (ZOLOFT) PAROXETINE (PAXIL) CITALOPRAM (CELEXA) ESCITALOPRAM (LEXAPRO) FLUVOXAMINE (LUVOX) VILAZODONE (VILBRYD)
WHAT IS TRADE NAME FOR FLUOXETINE?
PROZAC
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR SERTALINE?
ZOLOFT
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR PAROETINE?
PAXIL
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR CITALOPRAM?
CELEXA
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR ESXITALOPRAM?
LEXAPRO
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR FLUVOXAMINE?
LUVOX
WHAT ARE SSRIS USED FOR?
MILD TO MOD. DEPRESSION ANXIETY OCD EATING DISORDERS PTSD
WHAT CAN FLUOXETINE (PROZAC) CAUSE ?
INSOMNIA AND NERVOUSNESS
WHAT SYMPT DOES SERTRALINE (ZOLOFT) CAUSE ?
GI DISTRESS.
WHAT MEDICATION IS KNOWN AS AN SSRI THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN AT BEDTIME DUE TO SEDATION EFFECTS?
FLUVOXAMINE (LUVOX)
WHICH SSRI PROLONGS QT INTERVAL?
CITALOPRAM (CELEXA)
ESCITALOPRAM (VILBYRD)
WHAT ARE THE SUFFIXES FOR SSRIS?
TALOPRAM
OXETINE
ZODONE
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME FOR vilazodone?
vilbryd
WHAT ARE SOME CAUTIONS/ NURSING CONSIDERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE KNOWN WITH SSRIS?
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.
what is a way to remember one suffix of the SSRIs?
if you live with a teen , need anxiety and depression meds.
WHICH SSRIS IS KNOWN TO WORK AS AN ANTICHOLINERGIC?
PAROXETINE (PAXIL)
