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THE BENZODIAZEPINES (ANXIOLYTICS)
WHAT IS LORAZEPAM (ATIVAN), ALPRAZOLAM (XANAX), DIAZEPAM (VALIUM), CLONAZEPAM (KLONOPIN)
THE ANTIHYPERTENSIVES USED FOR DEPRESSION
WHAT IS CLONIDINE (CATAPRESS) AN ALPHA ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENT AND PROPANOLOL (INDERAL) A BETA BLOCKER
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME
WHAT IS ELEVATED HYPERGLYCEMIA, HYPERTENSION, WEIGHT GAIN, AND HYPERLIPIDEMIA
THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MEDS WORK ON WHICH NEUROTRANSMITTERS
WHAT IS GLUTAMATE AND ACETYLCHOLINE
THE FOODS TO AVOID WHEN TAKING MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOIS)
WHAT IS FOODS HIGH IN TYRAMINE (AGED OR FERMENTED FOODS)
THE MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOI)
WHAT IS PHENELZINE (NARDIL) AND TRANYLCYPROMINE (PARNATE)
THE MOOD STABILIZERS: ANTICONVULSANTS
NAME 3
WHAT ARE VALPROIC ACID (DEPAKENE/DEPAKOTE), CARBAMAZEPINE (TEGRETOL), AND LAMOTRIGINE (LAMICTAL)
THE ANTIPSYCHOTICS
WHAT IS QUETIAPINE (SEROQUEL), ARIPIPRAZOLE (ABILIFY), RISPERIDONE (RISPERDAL), OLANZAPINE (ZYPREXA), ZIPRASIDONE (GEODON)
THE RESTRAINTS USED FOR PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
WHAT ARE NO RESTRAINTS! DAILY DOUBLE
THE SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRIs)
WHAT IS SERTRALINE (ZOLOFT), PAROXETINE (PAXIL), FLUOXETINE (PROZAC), & ESCITALOPRAM (LEXAPRO)
THE ATYPICAL ANTIDEPRESSANTS
WHAT IS BUPROPION (WELLBUTRIN), MIRTAZAPINE (REMERON), & TRAZADONE (DESYREL)
THE SIGNS OF RENAL DYSFUNCTION
WHAT IS ELEVATED BUN/CREATININE, WEIGHT GAIN, HYPERTENSION, TACHYCARDIA, TACHYPNEA, AND DECREASED URINE OUTPUT
THE SIGNS OF LIVER DYSFUNCTION
WHAT ARE ELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES, JAUNDICE, ABDOMINAL DISTENSION AND PAIN, DARK URINE, CLAY COLORED STOOL, AND PRURITUS
THE NAMES OF THE MEDICATIONS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
WHAT IS MEMANTINE (NAMENDA), DONEPEZIL (ARICEPT), DONEPEZIL + MEMANTINE (NAMZARIC)
THE SELECTIVE SEROTONIN NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SNRIs)
WHAT IS VENLAFAXINE (EFFEXOR), DULOXETINE (CYMBALTA), AND DEVENLAFAXINE (PRISTIQ)
THE PATIENT TAKING SSRIs, ASSESS FOR (NAME 5 OUT 8)
WHAT IS GI DISTRESS, SEDATION, AGITATION, SEROTONIN SYNDROME, WEIGHT GAIN, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, INSOMNIA, & INCREASED RISK OF SUICIDAL IDEATION
THE TREATMENT FOR PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION SEEN IN MANIA
WHAT IS BENZODIAZEPINES (ANXIOLITIC), CLONAZEPAM (KLONOPIN) AND LORAZEPAM (ATIVAN)
THE ADVERSE REACTIONS OF ANTICONVULSANTS
WHAT IS ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, TETRATOLOGY, LIVER DYSFUNCTION, RENAL DYSFUNCTION, AND WEIGHT-GAIN
THE ADVERSE REACTIONS OF DONEPEZIL
WHAT IS NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, WEIGHT LOSS, ANOREXIA
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SEROTONIN SYNDROME
WHAT IS SHIVERING, HYPERREFLEXIA (MUSCLE RIGIDITY), INCREASED TEMPERATURE, VITALS INSTABILITY (LABILE BP), ENCEPHALOPATHY (CHANGES IN LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS), RESTLESSNESS (& INCOORDINATION), AND SWEATING (DIAPHORESIS)
THE TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (TCAs) AND WHAT YOU SHOULD ASSESS FOR
WHAT IS AMITRIPTYLINE (ELAVIL), IMIPRAMINE (TOFRANIL), DOXEPIN (SINEQUAN), NORTRIPTYLINE (PAMELOR), ASSESS FOR ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECTS, TACHYCARDIA, AND A FULL CARDIAC WORKUP
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME
WHAT IS FEVER, ELEVATE CPK/WBC, VITAL SIGNS FLUCTUATION (DIAPHORESIS, SALIVATION, TREMORS, INCONTINENCE), ENCEPHALOPATHY, AND MUSCLE RIGIDITY
THE SYMPTOMS OF LITHIUM TOXICITY
WHAT ARE COARSE HAND TREMORS, SLURRED SPEECH, CONFUSION ATAXIA, STUPOR, COMA, EXTREME NAUSEA/VOMITING, DIARRHEA, HYPOTENSION, EKG CHANGES, AND RENAL FAILURE
THE ADVERSE REACTIONS OF MEMANTINE (NAMENDA)