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Sedative-Hypnotics and Alcohol Flashcards

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Side effect of Benzodiazepines

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Anterograde amnesia
Decreased psychomotor skills
Unwated daytime sedation
Additive CNS depression with Ethanol

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Short-acting Benzodiazepine

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Midazolam (Etizolam, Brotizolam, Triazolam, Oxazepam)

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Abnormal sleep pattern in Benzodiazepines

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Decreased REM sleep

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Intermediate acting Benzodiazepines

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Lorazepam (Clonazepam, Lormetazepam, Estazolam, Alprazolam, Nitrazepam, Temazepam)

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MOA of Benzodiazepines

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GABA-A subunit binding, increased FREQUENCY of chloride channel opening

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Long acting Benzodiazepine

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Diazepam (Flunitrazepam, Flurazepam, Chlordiazepoxide, Chlorazepate)

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Date-rape drugs

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Ethanol
Funitrazepam
Gamma-hydroxybutirate

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Benzodiazepine with longest half-life

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Chlordiazepoxide

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benzodiazepine overdose antidote

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Flumazenil

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MOA of flumazenil

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Benzodiazepine GABA-A receptor antagonist

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Side effect of short-acting benzodiazepine

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Rebound insomnia/anxiety

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Rohypnol

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Flunitrazepam

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Flumazenil Side effect

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Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome

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Barbiturate MOA

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Bind to GABA-A receptor sites, increase DURATION of chloride channel opening

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Ultrashort-acting Barbiturate

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Thiopental (Methohexital, Thiamylal)

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Side effect of Barbiturates

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CNS depression
Tolerance/Dependence
Acute intermittent porphyria

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Enzyme deficient in acute intermittent porphyria

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Porphobilinogen deaminase

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Most catastropic side effect of sedative-hypnotic

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Rebound suicide

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Class of Zolpidem

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Imidazopyridine

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Short/Intermediate-acting Barbiturate

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Pentobarbital (-bital, -butal)

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Long-acting Barbiturate

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Phenobarbital (Mephobarbital, Pyrimidone)

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Imidazopyridine

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Zolpidem, Zaleplon, Eszopiclone

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Indication for Zolpidem

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Side effect of Zolpidem

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Modest day-after psychomotor depression

Dependence

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Reversal of Zolpidem side effects

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Flumazenil

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Buspirone MOA

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Partial agonist at 5-HT1a receptors and D2 receptors

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Buspirone indication

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General Anxiety Disorder

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Metabolism of low to moderate doses of ethanol

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Alcohol dehydrogenase

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Metabolism of high doses if ethanol (>100 mg/dL)

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Microsomal Ethanol Oxidizing System (MEOS)

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Fixed capacity for ethanol metabolism

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Inhibits Acetaldehyde Dehydrogenase

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Disulfiram

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Blood alcohol concentration for impaired driving ability

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60-80 mg/dL

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Blood alcohol concentration for respiratory depssion and coma

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> 500 mg/dL

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Most common neurologic side effect of chronic ethanol consumption

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Peripheral neuropathy

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Most common complication of chronic alcohol consumption

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Liver disease - cirrhosis and hepatic failure

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Clinical manifestation of Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

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Ataxia
Confusion
Ophthalmoplegia

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pathologic brain findings in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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Hemorrhagic necrosis of the mamillary bodies

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Cardiovascular complication of chronic alcohol consumption

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Reversile dilated cardiomyopathy

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Amount of ethanol intake per day to increase HDL

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10-15 g/day

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Most common manifestation of fetal alcohol syndrome

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Mental retardation

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Manifestions of Delirium Tremens

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Hallucination
Autonomic disability
Delirium

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Onset of Delirium Tremens

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48-72 hours post-withdrawal

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Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome DOC in patients with no co-morbids

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Long acting Benzodiazepine

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Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome DOC for patients with hepatic failure

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Short-acting Benzodiazepine

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Alcoholism treatment options

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Naltrexone (opioid receptor antagonist)
Acamprosate (NMDA receptor antagonist)
Disulfiram (acetaldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor)

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Disulfiram reaction

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Chlorpropamide Cefoperazone
Cefamandole Procarbazine
Metronidazole

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Methanol Toxicty accumlates what?

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Formic acid and Formaldehyde

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Ethylene glycol toxicity accumulates what?

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Oxalic acid

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DOC for Methanol and Ethylene Glycol toxicity

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Ethanol

Fomepizole

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