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Drugs enhancing GABA systems Flashcards

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triazolam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: short
  • treat insomnia
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temazepam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: medium
  • treat insomnia
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diazepam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: long
  • treat anxiety, seizures, muscle spasm, preanesthesia. alcohol and opiate “detoxification & reversal of addiction”
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chlordiazepoxide

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: long
  • treat anxiety, alcohol and opiate “detoxification & reversal of addiction”
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lorazepam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: medium
  • treat anxiety, preanesthesia
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alprazolam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: medium
  • treat anxiety, panic disorders
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clonazepam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: very long
  • treat seizures
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midazolam

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Benzodiazepine

  • duration of action: short
  • treat preanesthesia, anesthesia
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oxazepam

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Benzodiazepine

-duration of action: short

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flumazenil

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treatment for benzodiazepine overdose side effect

-bz antagonist (binds on the same site on the GABA receptor as bz and blocks bz effect)

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phenobarbital

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Barbiturate

  • oral or intravenous
  • medium onset, long duration
  • sedative, hypnotic, antiepileptic
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pentobarbital

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Barbiturate

  • intravenous
  • short onset, medium duration
  • sedative, hypnotic, anesthetic
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thiopental

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Barbiturate

  • intravenous
  • ultrashort onset, short duration
  • anesthetic
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zolpidem

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Other hypnotics: acting at GABA receptor

  • everything same as benzodiazephine (except it is not bz)
  • not used for other uses of bz/barbiturates
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eszopiclone

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Other hypnotics: acting at GABA receptor

  • everything same as benzodiazephine (except it is not bz)
  • not used for other uses of bz/barbiturates
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zaleplon

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Other hypnotics: acting at GABA receptor

  • everything same as benzodiazephine (except it is not bz)
  • not used for other uses of bz/barbiturates
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ramelteon

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Other hypnotics: NOT acting at GABA receptor

  • no interaction with GABA receptor
  • agonist at melatonin receptors (melatonin = “natural” sleep inducer)
  • not used for other uses of bz/barbiturates
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doxepin

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Other hypnotics: NOT acting at GABA receptor

  • no interaction with GABA receptor
  • agonist at histamine H1 & H2 receptors
  • not used for other uses of bz/barbiturates
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buspirone

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Other anxiolytic: NOT acting at GABA receptor

  • no interaction with GABA receptor
  • only useful as anxiolytic
  • agonist at 5HT(1A) receptor
  • not immediate effect (1-2 weeks delay)
  • not used for other uses of bz/barbiturates

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