Segars: Antipsychotics Flashcards
Which drug is good for recurrent suicidal behavior?
-Clozapine
Positive sx of schizophrenia
- hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech/thinking, agitation, abnormal motor behavior
- meso-limbic pathway
What is the main difference between agent-groups?
-reduction in movement-disorder SE’s
What are the 2 kinds of antipsychotics?
- First gen
- second gen
First Generation agents (typical)
- Choropromazine
- fluphenazine
- haloperidol
- Thioridazine
- Thiothixene
Second generation agents (atypical)
-Aripiprazole
-clozapine
-olanzapine
-quetiapine
=risperidone
=ziprasidone
Negative sx for schizo
- apathy, avolition, alogia, cognitive deficits, social withdrawal
- mesocortical pathway
What does dopamine inhibit?
- prolactin release
- tuberoinfundibular pathway
Which brain pathways are associated with side effects?
-Nigrostriatal pathway and the EPS
what do first gen antipsychotics do?
-block DA type 2 (D2) post synaptic receptors
what other receptors do FGA’s bind to?
- muscarinic
- Histamin
- alpha adrenergic receptors
- D2 receptors
Muscarinic FGA SE’s
- dry mouth
- cant poo
- cant pee
- blurred vision
- sedation
Alpha adrenergic effects of FGA’s
-orhtostatic hypotension
-dizziness/syncope
-
Histamine effects for FGA’s
-sedation
What does dopamine affect?
-hyperprolactinemia
=extrapyramidal sx (like parkinsonism)
Tx for extrapyramidal sx
-anticholinergic agents
-Diphenhydramine
=beztropine
=trihexyphenidyl