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Medications for Final Exam Flashcards

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anxiety meds

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Buspar plus Benzos: Xanax, Valium, Ativan

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depression meds

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MAOI’s, TCA’s, SSRI’s, SSNRI’s, Atypycals - Wellbutrin, Buspar, Trazadone

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Muscle relaxers

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Anectine

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Benzodiazepines

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Xanax, Valium, Ativan

very addictive

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Benzo s/e

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Avoid abrupt discontinuation. Avoid combining with alcohol. Drowsiness, confusion. Prolonged use may produce psychological and physical dependence (except BuSpar) CNS depression

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MAOI’s

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NO POPULAR MEDS - NPO, Nardil, Parnate, Marplan

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MAOI s/e

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USED FOR SEVERE CASES WHEN OTHER DRUGS FAIL, dry mouth, drowsiness, weight gain, blurred vision, constipation, dizziness upon standing. May interact with certain drugs and foods to cause extremely high blood pressure-hypertensive crisis. Anticholinergic, NO OTHER MEDS OR TYRAMINES (AGED FOODS, CHEESES, WINES) monitor for impaired renal/ hepatic Fx

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SSRI’s

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Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil

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SSRI s/e

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MONITOR RENAL Fx, dry mouth, nausea, diarrhea tremors, insomnia due to CNS stimulation, somnolence (sleepy or drowsy)—-sometimes requiring bedtime dosing, HIGH FEVER = SERATONIN SYNDROME, sexual disfunction, GI bleed/upset, hyponatremia, weight loss, bruxism (clinching, grinding teeth), DONT MIX WITH OTHER PSYCH MEDS

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Wellbutrin s/e

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Headache, dry mouth, GI distress,
constipation, increased heart rate, nausea,
restlessness, insomnia, Suppression of appetite resulting in weight loss, seizures, DO NOT USE W/ MAOI

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Buspar s/e

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no grapefruit juice!!! take w/ food

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(Trazodone) Desyrel s/e

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sedation and…. priapism!!!

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What is best drug for suicide

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Ssri

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Haldol side effects

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Muscle stiffness, tiredness

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What is haldol used for

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To sedate pts during acute breaks in hospital, and oral treatment for schizophrenia

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Remember

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Schizophrenia drugs make you fat except abilify

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Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) What is it?

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Antipsychotic : Non addictive Fast acting

Typical- 1st generation

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Amitripyline (Elavil) What is it?

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Antidepressant: Non Addictive - Slow Acting

Trycyclic Antidepressant

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What class are:

Clozapine (Clozaril)
Risperidone (Resperdal)

And name some side effects

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Atypical Antipsychotics Second generation agents; newer, fewer side effects.

fast acting

hypotension
insomnia
sedation
sexual dysfuntion
weight gain
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What class are:

Doxepin (Adapin Sinequan)
Protriptyline (Vivactil)
Clomipramine (Anafranil)

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Tricyclic Antidepressants

Non addicting

Slow acting

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What class are:

Buspar
Visaril
Atarax

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Non- benzodiazepines

Buspar is safer to use that any other antianxiety meds

Non Addictive

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What class are:

Citalophram (Celexa)
Fluvoxamin (luvox)
Seraline (Zoloft)
Fluxetine (Prozac)
Paroxeline ( Paxil, Pexeva)
Escitalopram (Lexapro)
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SSRI

Slow acting

Used for depression

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What class are:

Imipramine (Tofranil)
Trimipramine (Surmontil
Desipramine (Norpramin)
Nortriplyine (Pamelor)

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Tricyclic antidepressants

Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants ease depression by affecting naturally occurring chemical messengers (neurotransmitters), which are used to communicate between brain cells.

They’re effective, but they’ve generally been replaced by antidepressants that cause fewer side effects.

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What class are:
Phenelzine (Nardil)
Tranylcypromine (Parnate)

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MAOI

Remember hypertensive crisis

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What class is Abilify

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Atypical antipsychotic

Little or no weight gain or increase in glucose, HDL, LDL, or triglyceride level

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What class is Quetiapine ( Seroquel) and what are its side effects?

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Atypical antipsychotic

weight gain
headache
drowsiness
orthostasis

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What class is Zyprexa in and what are its side effects?

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Atypical antipsychotic

significant weight gain
drowsiness
insomnia
agitation restlessness
parkinsinism
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What class is Palperidone ( Invega)

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Atypical antipsychotic

fast acting

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Tegretol
Depakote
Lithium
Triliptal
Lamictal

are anticonvulsants, why else are they used?

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For Mood stabilizers in Bipolar disorder

Non addictive

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Knowledge about lithium:

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lithium is used as mood stabilizing drug in clients with bipolar or manic depressive disorder

it works by altering electrical conductivity

lithium represents a potential threat to all body functions that are regulated by electrical currents such as cardiac contractility, cerebral contractility, and nerves.

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What disturbances can lithium cause in the body?

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disturbances in fluid balance that caused by lithium include polyuria, edema

induced cardiac dysrhythmias

32
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Long term use of lithium increases

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the risk of kidney and thyroid disease

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lithium has the lowest therapeutic index of all psychiatric drugs

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the therapeutic index represents the ratio of the lethal dose to the effective dose and thus indicates the safety of the drug

the blood level of lithium needs to be monitored on a regular basis to be sure that the drug is not accumulating

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What are the adverse effects of lithium

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Adverse effects of lithium include:
 tremor 
 ataxia
 confusion 
 convulsions
 nausea 
 vomiting
 diarrhea 
 arrhythmias 
 polyuria 
 polydipsia 
 edema 
 goiter and hypothyroidism

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