Anti-Anxiety
GENERIC NAME FOR RIVOTRIL
WHAT IS CLONAZEPAM?
DRUGS WHICH ADDRESS SCHIZOPHRENIA'S POSITIVE SYMPTOMS ONLY
WHAT ARE TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS?
WHAT IS LITHIUM?
CITALOPRAM/CELEXA
WHAT IS AN SSRI?
A COMMON ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG USED
WHAT IS BENZTROPINE/CONGENTIN?
COMMON SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE ATAXIA AND CONFUSION AND WITHDRAWAL IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS GROUP
WHAT ARE BENZODIAZEPINES?
BEWARE OF MYOCARDITIS WITH THIS DRUG
WHAT IS CLOZAPINE?
VALPROIC ACID AND CARBAMAZEPINE ARE ALSO IN THIS DRUG CLASS
WHAT IS ANTICONVULSANT?
NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT DIETARY INTERACTIONS INCLUDING CHEESE AND MEATS
WHAT ARE MAOIs?
TYPE OF SIDE EFFECTS THIS MEDICATION COMMONLY USED FOR
WHAT ARE EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOMS (EPS)?
HAS A SHORTER HALF LIFE AND IS COMMONLY USED FOR ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL
WHAT IS ATIVAN/LORAZEPAM?
A RARE BUT LIFE THREATENING SYNDROME INVOLVING MUSCLE RIGIDITY, FEVER, ELEVATED WBC
WHAT IS NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME?
CONFUSION, TREMORS, AND INCREASED URINATION MAY BE SIGNS OF THIS
WHAT IS LITHIUM TOXICITY?
A POTENTIALLY FATAL REACTION THAT MAY CAUSE MYOCLONUS, FEVER, CONFUSION
WHAT IS SEROTONIN SYNDROME?
URINARY RETENTION, DRY MOUTH, BLURRED VISION MAY BE CAUSED BY THIS
WHAT ARE ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATIONS?
A BETA BLOCKER USED
WHAT IS PROPRANOLOL/INDERAL?
THE FIRST ANTI-PSYCHOTIC MEDICATION
WHAT IS CHLORPROMAZINE?
LAMOTRIGINE IS MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THIS PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
WHAT IS BIPOLAR II DEPRESSION?
DRUG USED FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH MDD
WHAT IS FLUOXETINE/PROZAC?
A COMMON ANTIHISTAMINE USED
WHAT IS BENADRYL/DIPHENHYDRAMINE?
NON-SEDATING DRUG THAT LACKS ABUSE POTENTIAL
WHAT IS BUSPAR/BUSPIRONE?
CHARACTERIZED BY ABDOMINAL OBESITY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,AND HIGH LEVELS OF GLUCOSE
WHAT IS METABOLIC SYNDROME?
A RARE BUT LIFE THREATENING REACTION THAT MAY CAUSE A PAINFUL RASH AND FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS
WHAT IS STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME?
NaSSA WITH PROMINENT SEDATIVE EFFECT
WHAT IS MIRTAZAPINE/REMERON?
COMMONLY USED TO REDUCE AKATHISIA
WHAT ARE BENZODIAZEPINES?