Psychopharmacology: Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Drugs Flashcards
Study of the drugs that affect cognition, affect, and behavior of an individual
Psychopharmacology
Inability to distinguish between what is real and what is not real
psychosis
most common psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia
Structural and functional changes in the brain
Schizophrenia
Dysregulated neurotransmitters
Schizophrenia
Hyperactive dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway theory
Dopamine theory
NMDA receptor hypofunction
NMDA theory
5 HT2A receptor hyperfunction in the cortex
Serotonin theory
what were were the first drugs found to be useful to reduce psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia
Reserpine and chlorpromazine
a neuroleptic agent; that is, it produces catalepsy in rodents and EPS in humans
Chlorpromazine
In the dopamine hypothesis of psychosis Increasing evidence implicates both ________ and ________ networks
serotonin and glutamate
antipsychotic drug with high incidence of EPS
Neuroleptic
D2»_space; 5-HT 2 receptors
Typical / Classic Drugs
Phenothiazine
Thioxanthine
Butyrophenone
Typical / Classic Drugs
5-HT 2»_space; D2 receptors
Atypical / Newer Agents
Clozapine
Olanzapine
Risperidone
Quetiapine
Ziprasidone
Aripiprazole
Atypical / Newer Agents
antipsychotic drugs are well absorbed _____
orally
True or False: antipsychotic drugs are
true
True or False: antipsychotic drugs are
true
True or False: antipsychotic drugs have short half lives
false, long
in this theory, Schizophrenia is due to excess of functional DA in mesocortical tracts in the brain
Dopamine hypothesis
Dopamine receptors
GPCR, D1- D5
Dopamine receptors in the caudate, putamen, cortex, hypothalamus negatively
coupled to adenylyl cyclase
D2
Blockade of D2
EPS (tremor, slurred speech, akathisia, dystonia)
has affinity for other receptors, Less EPS than first generation drugs
Atypical antipsychotics
All antipsychotic drugs block H1 receptor to some degree except:
- Haloperidol
- Iloperidone
- Lurasidone
First generation drugs:
dopamine receptor blockade
____________ path underlies its antipsychotic effect
Mesocortical-mesolimbic
this effect is due to the blockade of the chemoreceptor trigger zone
Antiemetic effect
Common adverse effects of Antipsychotics
Extrapyramidal symptoms, hyperprolactinemia (1st Generation)
Antipsychotics works by blocking
dopamine
histamine works as a
sedative
1st gen or 2nd gen: lower cost, EPS
1st
1st gen or 2nd gen: improves negative symptoms (emotional blunting,
social withdrawal, lack of motivation)
2nd
antipsychotic drugs are used together with ______ and _________ to treat mania
lithium, benzodiazapine
benzodiazepine works as a
sedative
Prevention of manic phase of bipolar disorder:
Aripiprazole, olanzapine, asenapine
Prevention of bipolar depression:
Quetiapine, lurasidone, olanzapine, carizapine
Meds for Tourette syndrome
Molindone
antipsychotics can be also used for
Alzheimer and Parkinsonism