Medication Flashcards
Anti-anxiety
ADR
Higley addiction
Short-term treatment
Alprazolam
Anti-anxiety
Lorazepam
Anti-anxiety
Anti-anxiety
Contraindication
Pregnant women
Anti-anxiety
Education
Avoid with mix alcohol
=CNS depression
Avoid driving
Smoking and caffeine makes less effect
Benzodiazepine toxicity release?
Flumazenil
Anti-depressants ADR
SSRIs
SSNIs
Weight gain(long term)
Serotonin syndrome
Serotonin syndrome
Why is occurs?
Take with TCAs, MAOIs, or St. John’s wort
Serotonin syndrome
Manifestation
Confusion
Hallucinations
Seizures
Fever
Paroxetine
SSRI
Fluoxetine
SSRI
Venlafaxine
SNRI
TCAs
ADRs
Anticholinergic effects
dry mouth
blurred vision
photophobia
constipation
Amitriptyline
TCAs
MAOIs
Avoid what food and why?
aged cheese
pepperoni
beers
wines
caffeinated beverages
Hypertensive crisis
Phenelzine
MAOIs
Bupropion
Contraindications
Pregnant women
Seizure disorder
Taking MAOIs
Anorexia and bulimia
Bupropion
Education
Take 2-3 months to full effect
Use for smoking cessation
Teaching pt who has a new prescription for alprazolam.
What info should the nurse provide?
Report confusion as a potential indication of toxicity
A pt has benzodiazepine toxicity, what action is the priority?
Identify the pt’s level of orientation.
then
administer flumazenil
A pt taking fluoxetine, what statement pt understand about the med?
I will need to discontinue slowly
A pt taking paroxetine stated she had bruxism, what interventions manage this?
administer of buspirone
use of a mouthguard
Change the different class of antianxiety meds
A nurse is providing teaching to a pt who has a new prescription of amitriptyline.
What statement pt understand of teaching?
I may feel drowsy for a few weeks
-constipation
What are phenelzine ADRs?
Orthostatic hypotension
headache
MAIOs
What statement is concern pt who taking bupropion?
The pt had a motor vehicle crash last year and sustained a head injury
A nurse is teaching a pt who has a new prescription for imipramine how to minimize the anticholinergic effect.
Which one? SATA
a, Void just before taking medication
b, Increase the dietary intake of potassium
c, Wear sunglasses when outside
d, Change the position slowly
e, Chew sugarless gum
a,c,e
TCAs
A nurse teaching for new prescription of lorazepam. What info should provide?
This med must be discontinued by gradual tapering over time.
Anti-anxiety
Benzodiazepine
ADR
Sedation
Paroxetine
what info should include?
Takes a few weeks to build up in your system
antidepressant
What medication to stop drinking alcohol?
Disulfiram
=Alcohol antagonist
What medication for alcohol withdrawal?
Diazepam
Chlordiazepoxide
=benzodiazepines
=Work immediately
Carbamazepine
Clonidine
Benzodiazepine, what ADR should report?
Dizziness
Tricyclic antidepressant. What ADR should report?
Urinary retention
