psychopharmacology

Question 1

antihistamine side effects

Answer 1

think benadryl; sedation, weght gain

Question 2

antiadrenergic side effects

Answer 2

hypotension

Question 3

antimuscarinic side effects

Answer 3

dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention (dry as a bone, mad as a hatter, blind as a bat)

Question 4

which drugs have HAM side effects

Answer 4

TCAs and low potency anti-psychotic

Question 5

seratonin syndrome

Answer 5

confusion (delirium), hyperreflexia, flushing, sweating, tremor, myoclonic jerks, hyperthermia, hypertonicity, rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, and death

Question 6

classic seratonin syndrome scenario

Answer 6

SSRI plus MAOI; or tryptan used with SSRI

Question 7

treatment for seratonin syndrome

Answer 7

stop drugs

Question 8

what can cause a hypertensive crisis

Answer 8

build up of stored catecholamines; MAOIs plus foods with tyramine or plus sympathomimetics

Question 9

MAOIs

Answer 9

inhibits the breakdown of monoamines like seratonin, dopamine, norepi, and epi