Mental Disorders
Mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganized behavior and elevated mood, agitation, inflated self-esteem, risky or reckless behavior and decreased sleep requirements.
What is mania?
Brand name for nortriptyline
What is Pamelor?
Brand name for olanzapine
What is Zyprexa?
temazepam is used for this
What is sleep?
Strong beliefs that are not consistent with the person’s culture, are unlikely to be true and may seem irrational to others
What are delusions?
Characterized by feelings of pessimism, worry, intense sadness, loss of concentration, slowing of mental processes and problems with eating and sleeping.
What is depression?
Required to be given with each dispensing
What are MedGuides?
Generic name for Mellaril
What is thioridazine?
Three side effects
What are drowsiness, confusion, unsteadiness, slurred speech, muscle weakness, or memory problems
Used to help a person stop smoking
What is bupropion (Wellbutrin)?
Drug therapy is aimed at these neurotransmitters
What are serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine?
Increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, adolescents, and young adults
What is the boxed warning for all anatidepressants?
Neurotransmitter particularly affected by these drugs
What is dopamine?
Long-term therapy leads to this and affects dosing
What is tolerance?
Used to treat Bipolar disorder, especially a patient who experiences more episodes of mania
What is lithium carbonate?
Recurrent, persistent thoughts
What are obsessions?
Uses for TCAs other than depression
What are depression, enhance the effect of pain medications, migraine headache prevention,and nocturnal enuresis?
What two conditions do atypical antipsychotic drugs aggravate?
What are diabetes and hyperlipidemia?
Three generic hypnotics
What are zolpidem, eszopiclone, and zaleplon?
Three types of anxiety disorders
What are Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Phobias, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attack, or Separation Anxiety
Hallucinations and delusions primarily make up this disorder
What is psychosis?
Mild symptoms:shivering and diarrhea; severe symptoms: muscle rigidity, fever, and seizures
What is Serotonin Syndrome?
Type of side effects that a patient would need to contact their doctor right away
What are extrapyramidal side effects?
Complex behaviors the FDA is concerned about regarding Ambien
What are sleepwalking, sleep driving, sleep cooking, or taking other medicines, accidentally overdosing, falling, being burned, shooting themselves, and wandering outside in extremely cold weather.
two noncontrolled medications that can be used to treat anxiety (generic names)
What are buspirone and hydroxyzine pamoate?