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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS Flashcards

1
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Study of drugs that alter processes controlled by the NS

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Neuropharmacology

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2
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Used for psychiatric disorders, suppresion of seizures,relief of pain, production of anasthesia.

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CNS drugs

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3
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Effect of long exposure to therapeutic drug

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  • Increased therapeutic effect
  • Decreased side effects
  • Tolerance and Physical
    dependence
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4
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Characteristic of ADHD

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  • Inattentiveness
  • inability to concentrate
  • restlessness.
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5
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Slowly progressive neurodegenartive disorder characterized by tremor, rigidity, postural instability and slowed movement.

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Parkinson’s Disease

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6
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Bradykinesia

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Slow movement

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7
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Group of disorders characterized by excessive excitablility of neurons in the CNS

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EPILEPSY

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General term that applies to all types of epileptic event.

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Seizure

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9
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Abnormal motor phenomenon

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Convulsion

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10
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2 types of seizures

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  • Partial
  • Generalized
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Anti epileptic drug mechanism

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  • Suppresion of sodium
  • Suppresion of calcium influx
  • Antagomnism of gltamate
  • Potentiation of GABA
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12
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Most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug

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PHENYTOIN

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13
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Effective against partial seizure and generalized tonic clonic seizures but not absence seizure

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PHENOBARBITAL

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14
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Relax skeletal muscle by distrupting transmission on impluses at the motor end

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NEUROMASCULAR BLOCKING DRUGS

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15
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Competitve/stabilizing drugs

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NON DEPOLARIZING BLOCKING DRUGS

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16
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Withdrawing from a substance that has the potential to cause addiction can cause abstinence syndrome

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Absitence syndrome

17
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Conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron

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Axonal conduction

18
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Process by which info is carried across the gap between the neuron and postsynaptic cell

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Synaptic Transmission

19
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These are steps in ___.

  • Synthesis
  • Storage
  • Release
  • Action
  • Receptor
  • Termination
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Synaptic Transmission

20
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Narcolepsy characteristic

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Unable to move and may collapse

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