Sedative-Hypnotics and Alcohol Flashcards
Side effect of Benzodiazepines
Anterograde amnesia
Decreased psychomotor skills
Unwated daytime sedation
Additive CNS depression with Ethanol
Short-acting Benzodiazepine
Midazolam (Etizolam, Brotizolam, Triazolam, Oxazepam)
Abnormal sleep pattern in Benzodiazepines
Decreased REM sleep
Intermediate acting Benzodiazepines
Lorazepam (Clonazepam, Lormetazepam, Estazolam, Alprazolam, Nitrazepam, Temazepam)
MOA of Benzodiazepines
GABA-A subunit binding, increased FREQUENCY of chloride channel opening
Long acting Benzodiazepine
Diazepam (Flunitrazepam, Flurazepam, Chlordiazepoxide, Chlorazepate)
Date-rape drugs
Ethanol
Funitrazepam
Gamma-hydroxybutirate
Benzodiazepine with longest half-life
Chlordiazepoxide
benzodiazepine overdose antidote
Flumazenil
MOA of flumazenil
Benzodiazepine GABA-A receptor antagonist
Side effect of short-acting benzodiazepine
Rebound insomnia/anxiety
Rohypnol
Flunitrazepam
Flumazenil Side effect
Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome
Barbiturate MOA
Bind to GABA-A receptor sites, increase DURATION of chloride channel opening
Ultrashort-acting Barbiturate
Thiopental (Methohexital, Thiamylal)
Side effect of Barbiturates
CNS depression
Tolerance/Dependence
Acute intermittent porphyria
Enzyme deficient in acute intermittent porphyria
Porphobilinogen deaminase
Most catastropic side effect of sedative-hypnotic
Rebound suicide
Class of Zolpidem
Imidazopyridine