Antidepressants
Medications used to treat depression.
What are antidepressants?
Medications used to treat Anxiety.
What are anxiolytics or antianxiety medications?
Mood stabilizers are most commonly used to prescribe these types of disorders.
What are bipolar disorders or mood disorders?
Medications used to treat various conditions involving psychosis.
What are antipsychotics?
Supplement medication that may help some people sleep.
What is melatonin?
This is what SSRI stands for.
What is Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor?
Examples of Controlled Substances used for anxiety.
What are Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, Valium?
The most common types of mood stabilizers fall under this classification of medication.
What are anticonvulsants?
Common side effect of antipsychotics that many people complain about due to societal standards.
What is increased appetite or cravings?
Using an FDA-approved drug for a purpose other than what the FDA originally approved it for.
What is off label medication use?
What are SSRIs?
Antihistamine that is commonly used to treat acute anxiety attacks.
What is Vistaril or Atarax also know as Hydroxyzine?
Mood stabilizing medications like Lithium or Depakote require this additional monitoring.
What is lab work to find therapeutic levels, adjust doses, and avoid drug toxicity?
Possible side effects from taking antipsychotic medication that can include involuntary movements, tremors, muscle contractions, and in severe cases, tardive dyskinesia.
What is EPS or Extrapyramidal Side Effects?
A jack of all trades medication that can be used for sleep, anxiety, nerve pain, seizures, and mood stabilization.
What is Gabapentin?
The main neurotransmitters that antidepressants work on.
What are Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Serotonin?
The most common type of antidepressant used to treat anxiety.
Bonus points for an example of the medication.
What are SSRIs?
Lexapro, Zoloft, Celexa etc
These types of mood stabilizers work faster than others due to their mechanism of action directly targeting neurotransmitters.
Bonus points for examples.
What are antipsychotics?
Olanzapine, Risperidone, and Latuda
A form of antipsychotic medication that makes it easier to avoid missing any doses.
Bonus points for example.
What are LAI or Long Acting Injectables?
Classification of medications used to treat insomnia.
The major types of types of antidepressants.
Will give double points for an example of each of these types.
SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, TCAs, and Atypicals
SSRI - Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro,
SNRI - Effexor, Pristiq, Cymbalta
MAOIs - Nardil, Marplan, Paranate
TCAs - Anafranil, Tofranil, Lomont, Aventyl
Atypicals - Wellbutrin, Trazodon, Remeron
Off label medications used to treat anxiety but blood pressure needs to be monitored prior to administration.
What is Propranolol or Clonidine?
Lamictal is a commonly prescribed medication for Bipolar disorder. There is a rare condition that can develop after taking this medication.
What is Steven's Johnson Syndrome?
What are First Generation (Typical) antipsychotics, Second Generation (Atypical) antipsychotics, and Next Generation antipsychotics?
The brain's chemicals that are affected by psychotropic medication.
What are neurotransmitters?