Central Nervous System drugs Flashcards
This hinder the entrance of drugs from the brain
Blood Brain Barrier
Which is more sensitive to CNS drugs? (Children or Adults)
Children, because of the level of maturity of body systems involved in absorption, metabolism, transportation, and elimination of drugs. (4 Process of Pharmacokenetics)
Because of repeated use of drugs it decreases reaction to the drug and long term use of it. This is also known as
Tolerance
This is a condition wherein the person because of long term use of drug, there is negative response if the drug was not or stopped from using and also when small amount is used.
Physical Dependence
A CNS stimulant to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Methylpredinate
A CNS stimulant that stimulates respiration
Analeptics:Xanthine
A long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system.
Parkinsons DIsease
This drugs Directly/Inderectly causes the Dopamine receptors to activate.
Dopaminergic Drugs
A disorder of the brain characterized by repeated seizures.
Epilepsy
Excitation that affects both hemisphere and widely spread to the brain
Generalized Seizures
Phenytoin is what type of drug that is most commonly being prescribed.
Anticonvulsant Drug
A drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect.
Sedative “sleeping pills”
This is a sudden involuntary movement in one or more Muscles. You may see a twitch under your skin and it may feel hard to the touch.
Muscle Spasm
Anesthesia relaxes or numbs the skeletal muscle to prevents patients from feeling pain during procedures like surgery. This is an example of what drugs?
Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs
There are precautions in using Baclofen and Dantrolene for pregnant individual. What Pregnancy Risk Category does is belong?
Pregnancy Risk Category C
This occurs whe a person that are physicall dependent from a substance and Abruptly discontinue or withdraw such substance.
Abstinence Syndrome
This Syndrome occurs within 1 hour to several days after wthdrawing the use of substance
Characteristic Withdrawal Syndrome
This drug blocks the receptors for ACH
Anticholinergic Agent
People with this disorder often find it difficult for being awake for long periods of time, despite of the circumstances.
Narcolepsy
This is used mainly for Psychiatric disorders, supression of seizures, to relieve pain and also Anetsthesia.
Central Nervous System drugs or CNS Drugs
