Medication

Question 1

Anti-anxiety
ADR

Answer 1

Higley addiction
Short-term treatment

Question 2

Alprazolam

Answer 2

Anti-anxiety

Question 3

Lorazepam

Answer 3

Anti-anxiety

Question 4

Anti-anxiety
Contraindication

Answer 4

Pregnant women

Question 5

Anti-anxiety
Education

Answer 5

Avoid with mix alcohol
=CNS depression
Avoid driving
Smoking and caffeine makes less effect

Question 6

Benzodiazepine toxicity release?

Answer 6

Flumazenil

Question 7

Anti-depressants ADR
SSRIs
SSNIs

Answer 7

Weight gain(long term)
Serotonin syndrome

Question 8

Serotonin syndrome
Why is occurs?

Answer 8

Take with TCAs, MAOIs, or St. John’s wort

Question 9

Serotonin syndrome
Manifestation

Answer 9

Confusion
Hallucinations
Seizures
Fever

Question 10

Paroxetine

Answer 10

SSRI

Question 11

Fluoxetine

Answer 11

SSRI

Question 12

Venlafaxine

Answer 12

SNRI

Question 13

TCAs
ADRs

Answer 13

Anticholinergic effects
dry mouth
blurred vision
photophobia
constipation

Question 14

Amitriptyline

Answer 14

TCAs

Question 15

MAOIs
Avoid what food and why?

Answer 15

aged cheese
pepperoni
beers
wines
caffeinated beverages

Hypertensive crisis

Question 16

Phenelzine

Answer 16

MAOIs

Question 17

Bupropion
Contraindications

Answer 17

Pregnant women
Seizure disorder
Taking MAOIs
Anorexia and bulimia

Question 18

Bupropion
Education

Answer 18

Take 2-3 months to full effect
Use for smoking cessation

Question 19

Teaching pt who has a new prescription for alprazolam.
What info should the nurse provide?

Answer 19

Report confusion as a potential indication of toxicity

Question 20

A pt has benzodiazepine toxicity, what action is the priority?

Answer 20

Identify the pt’s level of orientation.
then
administer flumazenil

Question 21

A pt taking fluoxetine, what statement pt understand about the med?

Answer 21

I will need to discontinue slowly

Question 22

A pt taking paroxetine stated she had bruxism, what interventions manage this?

Answer 22

administer of buspirone
use of a mouthguard
Change the different class of antianxiety meds

Question 23

A nurse is providing teaching to a pt who has a new prescription of amitriptyline.
What statement pt understand of teaching?

Answer 23

I may feel drowsy for a few weeks

-constipation

Question 24

What are phenelzine ADRs?

Answer 24

Orthostatic hypotension
headache
MAIOs

Question 25

What statement is concern pt who taking bupropion?

Answer 25

The pt had a motor vehicle crash last year and sustained a head injury

Question 26

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

Answer 26

a,c,e TCAs

Question 27

A nurse teaching for new prescription of lorazepam. What info should provide?

Answer 27

This med must be discontinued by gradual tapering over time. Anti-anxiety

Question 28

Benzodiazepine ADR

Answer 28

Sedation

Question 29

Paroxetine what info should include?

Answer 29

Takes a few weeks to build up in your system antidepressant

Question 30

What medication to stop drinking alcohol?

Answer 30

Disulfiram =Alcohol antagonist

Question 31

What medication for alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 31

Diazepam Chlordiazepoxide =benzodiazepines =Work immediately Carbamazepine Clonidine

Question 32

Benzodiazepine, what ADR should report?

Answer 32

Dizziness

Question 33

Tricyclic antidepressant. What ADR should report?

Answer 33

Urinary retention