Depressants

Question 1

The inability to fall asleep or stay asleep

Answer 1

Insomnia

Question 2

The sleep stage during which people experience most of their recallable dreams, characterized by discernable eye movement

Answer 2

Rapid Eye Movement (REM)

Question 3

Four different stages of sleep fall into this category

Answer 3

Nonrapid Eye Movement (NREM)

Question 4

A state of diminished physical and mental responsiveness

Answer 4

Sedation

Question 5

Not hypnosis, but a form of natural sleep

Answer 5

Hypnotic effect

Question 6

Residual drowsiness

Answer 6

Hang-over

Question 7

A condition in which larger and larger doses of a drug are needed to reproduce the initial response

Answer 7

Tolerance

Question 8

The need for a larger dose of a drug to obtain the original euphoria

Answer 8

Tolerance

Question 9

A wide range of physical or emotional disorders that include nervousness, headaches, and insomnia that occur when an individual who is addicted to a substance stops using the substance

Answer 9

Withdrawal symptoms

Question 10

Long-, intermediate-, short-, or ultrashort-acting sedatives

Answer 10

Barbiturates

Question 11

Nonpharmacological methods for relieving insomnia include:

Answer 11

Getting up at the same time every day. Limiting naps. Avoiding alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine 6 hours before bedtime. Avoiding heavy meals and strenuous exercise before bedtime. Soothing activities, like a warm bath and quiet music. Avoiding lots of fluids before bedtime. Decreasing exposure to loud noises before bed.

Question 12

True or False: Intermediate-acting sedatives are prescribed to help people fall asleep.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

General side effects of sedative-hypnotics include:

Answer 13

Hangover, vivid dreams or nightmares, drug dependence, drug tolerance, excessive depression, respiratory depression, hypersensitivity

Question 14

Is phenobarbital a long-acting, intermediate-acting, or short-acting barbiturate?

Answer 14

Long-acting

Question 15

Is butabarbital a long-acting, intermediate-acting, or short-acting barbiturate?

Answer 15

Intermediate-acting

Question 16

What is secobarbital generally used for?

Answer 16

Sedation for procedures

Question 17

What interacts with barbiturates?

Answer 17

Alcohol, opioids, other sedative-hypnotics. They also decrease the effects of oral anticoagulants, glucocorticoids, TCAs, and quinidine

Question 18

What type of drugs generally end in -lam or -pam?

Answer 18

Benzodiazepines

Question 19

What is it called when a person who is taking benzos participates in activities that they don’t remember later?

Answer 19

Anterograde amnesia

Question 20

True or False: It is ok for a patient to stop taking a Benzo suddenly if they think it isn’t working.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What kind of drug is Zolpidem?

Answer 21

Nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic

Question 22

True or False: Zolpidem should be taken within 30 minutes of bedtime on an empty stomach.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What melatonin agonist is non-habit forming and safer for older adults to use?

Answer 23

Ramelteon (Rozerem)