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Pharm - Sleep And Seizures Flashcards

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A sedative is…

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… a drug that reduces irritability/excitement to create sedation

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A hypnotic is…

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… a drug that makes you sleepy

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A sedative-hypnotic is…

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… a drug that is used to relieve anxiety by depressing the CNS AND makes you sleepy.

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An anticonvulsant is…

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… a drug that suppresses the rapid firing of neurons that starts a seizure

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Status-epilepticus is

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30+ minutes of seizure or a series of seizures.

Can occur with any seizure type

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What are the common effects that sedative-hypnotics have on the body? What are they used for?

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Primarily for anxiety and insomnia.

Any drug that depresses CNS function will have similar effects:
sleepiness
Impaired thinking and perception (reduced pain sensitivity, too)
Slowed reflexes and breathing

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What are the three types of sedative-hypnotics?

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Benzodiazepines
Z-drugs (benzodiazepine receptor agonists)
Barbiturates

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BZDs and Z-drugs work the same way: what is it?

How are barbiturates different?

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BZDs, Z-drugs: increase the frequency of the GABA channel opening

Barbiturates: depends on the dose:
Low-dose: keep the GABA channel open longer
High-dose: mimics GABA

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Six uses for BZDs?

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Panic attacks
Insomnia
Seizures
Anesthesia
Muscle spasm
ETOH withdrawal
(PISAME)
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What happens if you take too much BZD?

What’s the antidote?

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Respiratory depression
Sedation and lethargy

Antidote: flumazenil

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When would you use a rapid action benzo (2)?

What are examples for each?

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Short procedures (Midazolam: versed)

Insomnia (Triazolam)

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What are intermediate acting BZDs sometimes used for insomnia?

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Alprazolam
Lorazepam
Oxazepam
Temazepam

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Why would you use long-acting BZDs?

Examples?

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ETOH withdrawal

Clonazepam
Diazepam
Chlordiazepoxide
Flurazepam

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What are Z-drugs supposed to be used for?

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Insomnia. Very short term only.

NOT anxiety

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What’s a weird side effect of Z-drugs?

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Sleep-walking and strange dreams

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What are the three Z-drugs we learned?

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Zolpidem (ambien)
Eszopiclone (Lunesta)
Zaleplon (Sonata)

17
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What are barbiturates typically used for?

Three drug names and length of action?

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Refractory seizures

Thiopental (ultra-short acting)
Secobarbital (short-intermediate acting)
Phenobarbitol (long-acting)

18
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Why do we have to be careful with barbiturates?

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OD will kill you b/c of CNS depression.

19
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What is a focus?

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The term used for a group of hyperexcitable neurons that create a high-frequency, synchronous discharge, initiating a seizure.

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What are the two kinds of partial seizures?

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Simple partial (10-20s): no loss of consciousness

Complex partial (45-90s): impaired consciousness

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What are tonic-clonic seizures?

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Last 90s or less
Major convulsions:
-muscle rigidity (tonic) and muscle jerks (clonic)

Postictal state follows (CNS depression)

22
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What are absence seizures?

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10-30s, mild, brief loss of consciousness

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What are atonic seizures?

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Sudden loss in muscle tone: “head drop” or “drop attack”

24
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What are myoclonic seizures?

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1s sudden muscle contraction

25
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What are febrile seizures most likely to resemble? What ages are they most likely to happen in?

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Tonic-clonic seizures

6mos-5yrs.

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What is the goal of antiepileptic drugs?

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Suppress the discharge of neurons at the focus

Suppress the propagation of seizure activity from the focus to elsewhere in the brain

27
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What are 4 MOAs of antiepileptic drugs?

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  • Suppress sodium influx
  • Suppress calcium influx
  • Antagonize glutamate
  • Potentiate GABA
28
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Phenytoin: 
MOA? 
Therapeutic range?
AEs?
ok in pregnancy?
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MOA: blocks voltage-gated sodium channels

Therapeutic range: 10-20mcg/ml

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome & Gingival hyperplasia
Hirsutism
CNS probs (confusion, slurred speech, poor coordination, Nystagmus)
Vit D deficiency

Category D!

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Carbamazepine: 
MOA
Therapeutic range
SEs
Ok in pregnancy?
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MOA: blocks sodium channels

Therapeutic range: 4-12mg/ml

Suppresses bone marrow (leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia)
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
CNS probs (blurred vision, ataxia, vertigo, nystagmus)
-note: give a larger dose at bedtime because of this
Photosensitivity

Category D!!

30
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Lamotrigine
MOA
SEs

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MOA: blocks voltage-gated sodium channels

SJS: needs very slow titration

31
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Levetiracetam
Therapeutic range
Guesstimated MOA

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12-46mcg/ml

MOA: they think it’s voltage-gated sodium channels

Well tolerated

32
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Lacosimide
MOA
SEs?
Schedule?

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MOA: slow inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels

CNS effects
GI effects

Schedule V

33
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Valproic Acid
Therapeutic range
AEs
Pregnancy?

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(Unclear MOA)

Therapeutic range: 50-100mcg/ml
Category D!!

Liver toxicity & Ammonia build-up
Pancreatitis (ab pain, NV, anorexia)

34
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Ethosuximide
MOA
What kind of seizures
AEs

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MOA: suppresses calcium influx

Only for Absence seizures

Systemic lupus erythematosis (butterfly rash)
Leukopenia or anemia
SJS

35
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Topiramate
MOA
AEs
Pregnancy?

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MOA: alters sodium channels, GABA receptors AND calcium channels

Category D!

Metabolic acidosis
CNS cognitive effects

36
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Phenobarbital 
MOA
Schedule
Therapeutic range
AEs
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MOA: potentiates GABA and depresses glutamate

Schedule IV

Therapeutic range 10-40mcg/ml

CNS depression

37
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Gabapentin
MOA
AEs

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MOA: increases GABA via calcium channels
(Second-line or adjunct therapy only)

Edema
CNS suppression

38
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What do you recommend to pregnant women taking phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine or primidone?

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Take vitamin K daily to reduce risk of bleeding
Take folic acid at 5x recommended pregnancy dose

Seizures are more dangerous for fetus than the drug risk

39
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Management of status epilepticus

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Maintain ventilation
Correct hypoglycemia
Use IV bzds (lorazepam or diazepam) to terminate seizures

2nd Semester Nursing (18 decks)

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