Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines
Hydantoins
Succinimides
Barbiturates
100

What are the drugs discussed for neurology?

- Lorazepam (Ativan)

- Diazepam (Valium)

100

These medications are first in line for what disease or condition?

- First in line for acute generalized seizures

100

What are the drug medications for Hydantoins?

- Phenytoin (Dilantin)

- Fosphenytoin (Cerebryx)

100

What is the generic name and brand name for succinimides?

- Ethosuximide (Zarontin)

100

What is the medication under barbiturates?

- Phenobarbital (Luminal)

200

Provide the the AE/SE of benzodiazepines

- Muscle weakness

- Hypotension

- Sedation

- Anxiety

- Respiratory depression

200

Provide the blackbox warning for benzodiazepines

- Can cause addiction and dependence

- Do not mix with other CNS depressents

200

What does phenytoin (Dilantin) prolong?

- MOA: prolongs sodium channel inactivation, which stabilizes impulses

200

What is this medication indicated for?

- Absence seizures

200

What are the indications for the use of phenobarbital?

- Seizure

- Sedation

300

What medication name that is used for the reversal of an overdose

- Flumazenil 

300

Benzodiazepines are indicated for?

- Seizure disorders

- Insomnia 

- Anxiety 

- Sedation 

- Muscle relaxant

300

What is this medication indicated for?

- Seizure disorder

300

Provide the MOA of this medication.

- Blocks specific calcium channels and cause an increase in the seizure threshold
300

What are the SE/AE of Phenobarbital?

- Respiratory depression

- Sedation

400
What are the assessments needed for a patient taking benzodiazepines?
- BP (decreases)

- LOC

- RR

400
Why do you take benzodiazepines in the morning?

Benzodiazepines have a side effect of insomnia

400

What are the SE/AE of phenytoin? and what is the black-box warning?

- Dysrhythmias, and hypotension

- Black box warning: give slow and steady via IV to avoid AE

400

What is absence seizure?

- An absence of a seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by brief abnormal electrical activity in a person’s brain. 

- Absence seizures usually affect only a person’s awareness of what is going on during the actual seizure, with immediate recovery.

400

What are patient teachings that you should say?

- Do not take with alcohol or other CNS depressants

- Can decrease the effectiveness of oral contraceptives

- Can reduce vitamin K, causing bleeding 

500

What are the effects of withdrawal symptoms for benzodiazepines?

- Headache 

- Restlessness

- Insomnia 

- Nausea

- light and sound sensitivity 

500

Not needed but what do scheduled 4 drugs entail

- Schedule IV drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a low potential for abuse and a low risk of dependence.

500

Provide patient education regarding hydantoins.

- Can decrease the effectiveness of oral contraceptives

- Teratogenic

- Toxic to local tissue in the event of extravasation

500

What are patient teachings for ethosuximide?

- Ethosuximide may help to control your condition but will not cure it

- Continue to take ethosuximide even if you feel well.

- Your doctor will probably start you on a low dose of ethosuximide and gradually increase your dose, usually once every 4 to 7 days.

500

What is the MOA of phenobarbital?

- GABA agonist

- A GABA receptor agonist is a drug that is an agonist for one or more of the GABA receptors, producing typically sedative effects, and may also cause other effects such as anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and muscle relaxant effects.

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