Headaches
Patients with kidney stone history should not be prescribed this antiepileptic medication to treat their migraine.
What is topiramate
This class of drugs is often second line treatment for narcolepsy behind wake promoting agents.
What are amphetamines
These are the black box warnings listed for valproic acid
What is hepatotoxicity, pancreatitis, and fetal congenital malformations
For a diabetic patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, prescribing this drug for the DPN will also help with restless leg syndrome
What is gabapentin or pregabalin
This is the mainstay treatment for patients with symptomatic Parkinson disease
What is Carbidopa/Levodopa
This serotonin agonist medication used to treat acute migraines has the quickest onset of action and comes as a nasal spray, nasal powder, injection, or po.
What is sumatriptan
What is Alzheimer's dementia
These are 2 benzodiazepines indicated to treat status epilepticus given IV
Lorazepam and Diazepam
When treating tension headaches, this antidepressant medication can be used for prevention
What is amitriptyline and mirtazapine
When treating a patient for Parkinson's disease, medications such as selegiline can react with substances in the diet and increase the risk of serotonin syndrome. These are the specific foods that can to that:
What are aged cheese, soybeans, red wine, tap beer, cured, fermented, air dried meats or fish
What is frovatriptan
This antipsychotic medication prescribed for sleep requires monitoring of cholesterol and triglycerides
What is Quetiapine
This drug can cause gingival hyperplasia when used long term
What is phenytoin
This drug used to treat Parkinson's disease can cause levido reticularis
What is amantadine
This is the timeframe when cholinesterase inhibitors show their positive effects of treatment
What is 3-6 weeks
This is the maximum monthly amount of serotonin agonist allowed by insurance companies to prevent overuse.
What is 10
This medication used for restless leg syndrome is commonly used to treat Parkinson disease
Ropinirole or Pramipexole
This is the drug of choice for absence seizures
Ethosuximide
This narrow spectrum seizure drug should not be used for patients who have a sulfa allergy
What is zonisamide
These are 2 of many listed precautions you should consider when prescribing a cholinesterase inhibitor
Patients with anorexia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, bradycardia, peptic ulcer disease, conduction abnormalities, asthma/COPD, seizure disorder
This steroid medication can be used for acute migraine treatment refractory to other migraine medications
What is Dexamethasone
This schedule IV drug is an orexin receptor antagonist commonly prescribed for insomnia.
What is Suvorexant
This commonly prescribed antiepileptic drug can cause a rash that can progress into SJS. This rash normally appears within the first 8 weeks of treatment.
What is Lamotrigine
This med works by blocking the activation of the NMDA receptor to reduce glutamate in the treatment of Alzheimer's dementia
Memantine
These are specific antipsychotic medications indicated to help patients with noncognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Name at least 2:
Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Risperidone, Brexpiprazole