M2.5 Flashcards
- characterized by depressed mood
- at least 2 weeks
- loss of interest or pleausre, disturbances in sleep & appetie, deficits in cognition & energy, thoughts of guilt, worthlessness, and suicide
MAJOR DESPRESSIVE DISORDER
MDD
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MAJOR DEPRESSEION
- depression is related to a DEFICIENCY in the amount or function of cortical and limbic serotonin (5-HT), norepinephrine (NE), and dopamine (DA)
MONOAMINE HYPOTHESIS
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MAJOR DEPRESSEION
- depression is associated with the loss of neurotrophic support, the BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF), which are critical in the regulation og neural plasticity, resilience, and neurogenesis
NEUROTROPHIC HYPOTHESIS
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MAJOR DEPRESSEION
a NEUROPATHIC SUPPORT that is critical in the regulation of nerual plasticity, resilience, and neurogenesis
BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF)
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MAJOR DEPRESSEION
____ glutamate in the CEREBROSPINAL fluid of depressed patients
ELEVATED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MAJOR DEPRESSEION
____ glutamate/glutamine ratios in the PLASMA has been considered as possible cause of MDD
DECREASED
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
MDD is associated with elevated ____ levels
cortisol
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
MDD is associated with nonsuppression of ____ hormone release in the dexamethasone suppresion test
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
MDD is associated with chronically elevated levels of ____ hormone
corticotropin-releasing
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
MDD factors
elevated cortisol levels
thyroid disregulation
estrogen deficiency
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
type of THYROID disregulation that is more associated with MDD
hypothyrodism
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
- ____ are thought to play a role in the etiology of depression in some WOMEN
- this occur in the postpartum and postmenopausal periods
ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY
NEUROENDOCRINE FACTORS
severe ____ in MEN is sometimes associated with depressive symptoms
TESTOSTERONE DEFICIENCY
DRUG THERAPY FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION
Drugs for MAJOR depression
SSRI
SNRI
Uni, Tri, Tetra cyclic
MAOI
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
enhance serotonin
Selective Serotonin Reupatake Inhibitors
SSRI
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
SNRIs and TCAs
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors
SNRI
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
an AUTORECEPTOR
5-HT2
SEROTONIN-SPECIFIC REUPTAKE INHIBITOR (SSRI)
prototype
Fluoxetine
SEROTONIN-SPECIFIC REUPTAKE INHIBITOR (SSRI)
S-enantiomer of citalopram
Escitalopram
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- first line of treatment for MDD
- increase serotonin
- as effective as TCA in the treatment of depression
- Fewer sedative, autonomic, and cardiovascular side effects than TCAs
- Safer than TCAs following an overdose
SEROTONIN-SPECIFIC REUPTAKE INHIBITOR
SSRI
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
a POTENT INHIBITOR of hepatic CYP-450 isoenzyme
inhibit enzyme = enhance another drug
Fluoxetine
SEROTONIN-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR (SNRI)
active metabolite of VENLAFAXINE
DESVENLAFAXINE
SEROTONIN-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR (SNRI)
active enantiomer of MILNACIPRAM
LEVOMILNACIPRAM
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- bind both the SEROTONIN (SERT) and NE (NET) transporters
- they LACK;
* antihistamine
* alpha-adrenergic blockade
* anticholinergic effects - NO Anti-HAM effect
- favored over TCAs in the treatment of MDD nad pain syndromes
SEROTONIN-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR
SNRI