Antidepressants: Ott Flashcards
What is Depression?
- SUSTAINED/PERSISTANT feeling of sadness/decreased interest in all or most activities
Who are more likely to have a major depressive episode?
- Women 2-3x more likely than men
What is the Biogenic Amine Hypothesis in Depression?
- A decrease/desensitization in neurotransmitters [Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Serotonin, Acetylcholine, Eprinephrine]
What are some of the risk factors for Depression?
- Guilt, Fatigue, Sleep issues, decrease sex drive, agitation, anxiety, hopelessness
What does SIGECAPS means in depression?
- S: sleep
- I: interest
- G: guilt
- E: energy
- C: concentration
- A: appetite
- P: psychmotor
- S: suicide
What are the risk factors for suicide?
- Plan, Loss, widowed/Unmarried, Increasing Age, Prior Attempts…
What are some of the specifiers for Major Depressive Disorder?
- Psychosis, Catatonia, Peripartum Onset [During Pregnancy], Seasonal Patterns, Distress, Melancholic nature..
What is Substance/Medication Induced depressive disorder?
- Disturbance in mood in the clinical sense
- Symptoms develop after intoxication or withdrawal & involve substance cause symptoms
What are some medications that can cause Substance/Medication Induced Depressive Disorder?
- Beta-Blockers, Hormonal Therarpy, Isotretinoin, CNS Depressants, Interferon-Beta, Levetiracetam, Indomethacin
What is depressive disorder due to another medical condition?
- Period of depressed mood or decreased interest in all, or almost all, activities
What are some of the examples that relate to depressive disorder due to another medical condition?
- Bereavement, Life circumstances, stroke, Parkinson’s dementia, MS, Hypothyroidism, Low vit D, Hypercalcemia, Malignancy, Overactive bladder, Infectious disease…
What are the treatment goals of Depression?
- Eliminate or Reduce acute symptoms
- Minimize adverse drug effects
- Ensure adhernce
- Facilitate return to baseline
- Prevention
What are some of the non-pharmacological therapies for depression?
- Psychotherapy, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Relationship building, Physical activity
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy in Depression?
- Shocks the brain in a specific part to like “reset” it and hopefully decrease brain issues [release monoamines and increases neruonal formation]
- LAST LINE and difficult to get
What are some of the Natural Products used in Depression?
- St. Johns Wart [3A4 Inducer]*
- SAMe, Valerian Root, L-Methylfolate, Omega-3
- *INCREASED risk of serotonin syndrome [Nausea, Dizziness, Headache, Diarrhea, Agitation, Tachycardia, Hallucinations]
What is the way we should treat someone that is new to antidepressants?
- STEP-WISE treatment: Takes about 4-6 weeks
What are the important features that occur during the step-wise treatment for Antidepressants?
- Week 1: Better Appetite*
- Week 2: Better Sleep*
- Week 4: Better Mood
- Week 6: Goal is absence of symptoms
- Months 2-3: Goal is absence of symptoms
- Months 4-6: Goal is Eliminate symptoms
- Month 12-36: Prevent of depression
*Anxiety is INCREASED
What are some other important things to think about for the treatment of depression?
- INCREASED risk of suicidal thinking for ages <24
- PROTECTIVE factor for ages >65
- Medguides are REQUIRED for ALL antidepressants
What are the Selective Serotonin reuptake Inhibitors used?
- Citalopram [Celexa]
- Excitalopram [Lexapro]
- Fluocetine [Prozac]
- Fluvoxamine [Luvox]
- Paroxetine [Paxil]
- Sertialine [Zoloft]
What are the side effects for Citalopram [Celexa]?
- Nausea, Vomiting, Fatigue [take PM], Insomnia [Take AM] = Patient specific dosing
What are some of the clinical pearls for Citalopram [Celexa]?
- Dosed QAM
- High QTc Prolongation risk [Dosed adjustment in elderly]
What is the CYP interaction in Citalopram [Celexa]?
- 2C19, 3A4
What are some of the side effects for Escitalopram [Lexapro]?
- Nausea, Diarrhea, Sexual Dysfunction
What are some of the clinical pearls Escitalopram [Lexapro]?
- Has less QTc Prolongation
What is the CYP interaction of Escitalopram [Lexapro]?
- 2C19
What are the side effects of Fluxoetine [Prozac]?
- Sexual dysfunction, Weight loss, Insomnia, Resting Tremor
What are the clinical pearls of Fluxoetine [Prozac]?
- ACTIVATING
- Suppresses appetite
- QTc Prolongation
- Sarafem is for PMDD
What is the CYP interaction for Fluxoetine [Prozac]?
- 2D6, 2C19
What are the side effects for Fluvoxamine [Luvox]?
- Anorexia, Sexual Dysfunction
What are the clinical pearls Fluvoxamine [Luvox]?
- ONLY really used for OCD
What are the CYP interaction for Fluvoxamine [Luvox]?
- 1A2, 2D6, 2C19, 3A