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This class of meds can be used for depression, anxiety, neuropathic pain, bulimia, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder
What are antidepressants?
These factors influence choice of antipsychotics used for treatment
What is efficacy, side effects and cost?
Long acting injectables are associated with which class of medications most often
What are antipsychotics?
This class of meds can be used SHOrt term for anxiety and are arguably the most effective for anxiety?
What are benzodiazepines?
These meds are typically used for Bipolar Disorder
What are mood stabilizers?
These are common side effects of ALL classes of antidepressants
What is: Suicide risk, mania switch,serotonin syndrome, discomntinuation syndrome and bleeding risk
This med is considered the most efficacious of all antipsychotics
What is Clozapine?
These 2 first generation antipsychotics come as LAIs
What are Prolixin and Haldol?
When starting an SSRI you can start a benzo but it has to be discontinued in what time frame?
What is 2 weeks?
Name three meds used for Bipolar Disorder
What are Lithium, Valproic acid and Lamotrigine
This antidepressant used for smoking cessation, seasonal affective disorder, major depression in folkds with poor concentration and fatigue, has been a drug of abuse (crushed and snorted) leading to seizure
What is Bupropion (Wellbutrin)
This antipsychotic has the worse side effect profile of the class--weight gain of average 20%, sedation, drooling, neutropenia
What is clozapine?
These four second generation antipsychotics come in long acting forms
What is Risperidone, Paliperidone, (Invega Sustena--every month, Invega Trinza every 3 mos), Aripiprazole (Abilify Maintena--every month, Aristada--every 4,6,or 8 weeks)
This antianxiety medication is non addictive
What is Buspirone?
This med has to remain in a therapeutic window of .8-1.2
What is Lithium?
This class of antidepressants require following a special diet that low in tyramine, tryptophan, phenylalanine or tyrosine
What are MAOI's?
Second generation antipsychotics cause less EPS and tardive dyskinesia however, are higher offenders of these side effects...
What are Metabolic syndrome (weight gain, hyperlipidemia and hpyerglycemia) sedation and cardiac issues---ECG changes QT Prolongation
True or false---You must take the oral form of a medication prior to starting the long acting form
TRUE
This beta blocker can be used for folks with somatic symptoms of anxiety
What is propranolol?
This mood stabilizer affects liver functions, and CBC (platelets)
What is valproic Acid
Nausea, insomnia, sexual side effects, hyponatremia in elderly are main side effects of this class of antidepressants
What are SSRI's?
This life threatening side effect can occur with use of antipsychotic medication
What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome? (fever, muscle rigidity, autonimic instability, increased CPK?)
This long acting injectable is rarely used because it can cause post injection delirium/sedation and therefore must be given at a health care facility and client must be monitored for 3 hours after the injection
What is Olanzapine (Zyprexa Relprevv)?
This med is used for PTSD associated nightmares
What is Prazosin?
This mood stabilizer is best used for prophylaxis of depression but is not usefiul for acute depression
What is Lamotrigine?