SchizophreniaPsychFC Flashcards
Schizophrenia symptoms and pathophysiology
Debilitating brain disorder characterized by chronic, relapsing, and remitting episodes
Hallucinations, delusion, disordered thinking and behavior
There is increased dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway
Negative Signs and Symptoms of schizophrenia
Normal behaviors that are missing:
Loss of interest in everyday activities Lack of emotion Inability to plan or carry out activities Poor hygiene Social withdrawal Loss of motivation (avolition) Poverty of speech (alogia)
Positive Signs and Symptoms of schizophrenia
Hallucinations: hearing voices
Delusions: beliefs the patient has, but are without basis in reality
Thought disorders, or difficulty speaking and organizing thoughts, such as stopping in mid-sentence or jumbling together meaningless words
difficulty paying attention
Medications that Can Cause Psychotic Symptoms
Methamphetamine, ice, crack
Cannabis (low risk)
Cocaine
Dextromethorphan
Phencyclidine (PCP), MDPV (bath salts)
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
Anticholinergics
dopamine agonist
Interferons
Steroids
Stimulants
Antipsychotics MOA
-MOA: primarily dopamine2 (D2) receptor blockers; all second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) block D2 and block 5HT2A recpetors, with aripiprazole also a 5HT1A partial agonist
Antipsychotics BBW
BBW: increase risk of mortality in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis, primarily due to an increased risk of stroke
-Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS):
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS): symptoms and treatment
signs: hyperthermia, extreme muscle rigidity, mental status changes, tachycardia, tachypnea, and BP changes
treatment: stop antipsychotic; provide supportive care; cool them down (cooling bed, antipyretics, cooled IV fluids); dantrolene
First Generation Antipsychotics (FGAs) names
-Drugs: chlorpromazine, thioridazine, loxapine (Loxatine), perphenazine, fluphenazine (2-wk Prolixin), haloperidol (Haldol, Haldol decanoate monthly), trifluoperazine, thiothixene (Navane)
first gen Aps Se
SE: sedating (less with haloperidol), cause EPS (less with chlorpromazine), tardive dyskinesias, dystonias, akathisia, sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular effects, orthostasis, tachycardia, QT prolongation
bbw of thioridazine
thioridazine has BBW for QT prolongation
Second Generation Antipsychotics
Clozapine (Clozaril, FazaClo ODT)
Olanzapine (Zyprexa, Zydis ODT, Relprevv inj)
-Risperidone (Risperdal, Risperdal M-Tabs ODT, Consta inj)
Quetiapine (Seroquel, Seroquel XR)
Ziprasidone (Geodon, Geodon inj)
Aripipazole (Abilify, Abilify Discmelt ODT, Abilify inj)
Paliperidone (Invega, Invega Sustenna inj)
Iloperidone (Fanapt)
Asenapine (Saphris)
Lurasidone (Latuda)
zyprexa or zydis
Olanzapine (Zyprexa, Zydis ODT, Relprevv inj)
risperidal
-Risperidone (Risperdal, Risperdal M-Tabs ODT, Consta inj)
seroquel generic
Quetiapine (Seroquel, Seroquel XR)
geodon generic
Ziprasidone (Geodon, Geodon inj)
abilify generic
Aripipazole (Abilify, Abilify Discmelt ODT, Abilify inj)
Invega generic
Paliperidone (Invega, Invega Sustenna inj)
Fanapt generic
Iloperidone (Fanapt)
Saphris generic
Asenapine (Saphris)
Latuda generic
Lurasidone (Latuda)
Clorazril generic
Clozaril, FazaClo ODT
clozapine when to use?
Use only if failed to respond to treatment with 2 standard AP treatment, or had significant ADRs
has decrease risk of EPS and TD
SE clozapine
-SE: risk of agranulocytosis and seizure; myocarditis, orthostasis (with or without syncope), weight gain, increase lipids, increase glucose, and QT prolongation