Round 2 Flashcards
Step 1 of alcohol metabolism is alcohol to acetaldehyde, what is the enzyme?
alcohol dehydrogenase
Step 2 of alcohol metabolism is acetaldehyde to acetic acid, what is the enzyme?
aldehyde dehydrogenase
What are the two drugs for alcohol withdrawal?
chlordiazepoxide or lorazepam
What is in the banana bag for alcoholics?
B1, B9, and multivitamin
Delirium, visual hallucinations, agitation, gross tremor, autonomic instability, ethanol withdrawal, is what?
Delirium Tremens
What is ataxia, confusion, ocular abnormalities, long term alcohol use?
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy, lack of B1
What is impaired recent memory, anterograde amnesia, compensatory confabulation?
Korsakoff Syndrome
When dealing with Wernicke-Korsakoff, what is the big thing with medications?
B1 before glucose, B1 is cofactor in carbohydrate metabolism
What drug has rotary nystagmus?
PCP
When withdrawing from PCP, what is seen?
Flashbacks
What is the most common CNS depressant that produces confusion, dizziness, drowsiness, memory loss, and coma?
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate or “date rape” drug
When dealing with Barbiturates, what should be given?
Sodium Bicarbonate to promote Renal Excretion
Naltrexone is big for what, besides drugs?
reverse alcohol
What does acute reversal vs chronic reversal?
Naloxone is acute
Naltrexone is chronic
What is special about Meperidine and Demerol?
does not produce miosis
What is the DOC in opiate overdose?
Naloxone
What pill is a form of THC that treats pain and ect.?
Dronabinol
Culture belief
Intense anxiety that the penis will recede into the body, leading to death, is what?
What area?
Koro
Southeast Asia
Culture belief
Sudden unprovoked outbursts of violence, often followed by suicide, is what?
What area?
Amok
Malaysia
Culture belief
Headache, fatigue, eye pain, cognitive difficulties, and other somatic disturbances in male students, is what?
What area?
Brain Fag
Africa
What is utterance of obscene, taboo words as an abrupt, sharp bark or grunt?
Coprolalia
What is the drug of choice for tic disorder?
What is MOA?
Guanfacine
Alpha 2 agonist
What disease has lateral ventricular enlargement?
Schizophrenia