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Central Nervous System drugs Flashcards

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Most effective for spasticity of cerebral origin

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Dantrolene sodium

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Group of disorders characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS

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Epilepsy

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Group of disorders characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS

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Epilepsy

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General term that applies to all type of epileptic events

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Seizure

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General term that applies to all type of epileptic events

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Seizure

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4
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Abnormal motor phenomenon

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Convulsion

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Assess motor symptoms and the extent which they interfere with activities of daily living

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Assessment

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Inform patients that benefits may be delayed for weeks to months

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Implementation

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7
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Drug that block receptors for ACh

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Anticholinergic agents

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Improve the patient’s ability to carry out activities of daily life

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Therapeutic Goal

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Slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterized by tremor, rigidity postural instability and slowed movement

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Parkinson’s disease

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Slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterized by tremor, rigidity postural instability and slowed movement

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Parkinson’s disease

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Treatment of respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD

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Doxapram

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Given to increase child’s attention span and cognitive

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Methylprenidate

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12
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Impedes the entry of drugs into the brain

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Blood brain barrier

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Conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron

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Axonal conduction

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

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Synaptic Transmission

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Bind to a carrier protein and act at a receptor resulting in increased GABA in the brain

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Gabapentin

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Effective against partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures but not absence seizures

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Phenobarbital

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Most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug

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Phenytoin

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