Know your Narcs
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Analgesics and Antipyretics
Antiepileptics
Psychotherapeutics
100
The most serious complication of opioid analgesics
What is respiratory suppression
100
List the Chemical classes of medications that are considered to be sedative hypnotics.
What are benzodiazepines, barbiturates and misc
100
This drug comes form poppies.
What is opium
100
Chemical classifications of anticonvulsants
What are barbiturates, hydantoins and misc
100
Three drugs used to treat anxiety disorders
What are benzodiazepines, SSRIs, buspirone (Buspar)
200
The schedule number of controlled drugs that have no medical use
What is Schedule 1
200
The mechanism of action of benzodiazepines?
What is increases activity of GABA
200
acetylsalicylic acid is commonly called
Aspirin
200
Miscellaneous anticonvulsants such as lamotrigine are often also classified as
What are mood stabilizing medications
200
Chemical classes of antidepressants
What trycyclics, SSRIs and SRNIs
300
Classification of hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
What is opioid analgesics
300
Indication for use of sedative hypnotics
What is sleep, anesthesia, ETOH withdrawal
300
This is what NSAIDS stands for.
What is non-steroidal anti-inflammatories?
300
Seizures with no recovery period are called
What is status epilepticus
300
Most common complaints related to use of SSRIs?
Weight gain and sexual dysfunction
400
Mechanism of action of opioid analgesics
what is binds to opiate receptors to block pain signal
400
sedative hypnotics cause what type of reaction when mixed with other CNS depressants
What is synergistic
400
The class of drug of salicylates, nonsalicylates and NSAIDS.
What is nonopioid analgesics?
400
Caution must be used with many seizure drugs like phenobarbital and phenytoin because they have?.
What is narrow therapeutic index
400
Unlabeled uses of tricyclic antidepressants
What is insomnia, nerve pain, fibromyalgia.
500
Most common complaint from patients related to use of opioid analgesics
What is constipation
500
The suffix commonly associated with benzodiazepines
What is Pam, Lam and Zepine
500
The maximum dosage of acetaminophen in a 24 hour period for a healthy adult.
What is 4 grams
500
Important patient teaching regarding the use of phenytoin (Dilantin)
What is good oral care and or when to have labs drawn for therapeutic level
500
Serious adverse reaction related to the use of phenothiazines such as promethazine (Phenergan)
EPS, Tardive dyskinesia
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