Antidepressants
Mood Stabilizers and Lab Values
Antipsychotics
Anxiolytics
Side Effects/Adverse Reactions
100
Sertraline, Escitalopram, and Citalopram are members of this drug class.
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
100
This medication was the drug of choice for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
What is Lithium
100
Weight gain and metabolic syndrome are commonly seen ih these antipsychotics.
What are second generation or atypical antipsychotics
100
These drug classes are considered first line of treatment in anxiety disorderes
What are SSRIs and newer antidepressants.
100

These distressing side effects, including dystonia, akathisia, and parkinsonism, are commonly associated with antipsychotic medications.

What are extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)?

200
These neurotransmitters can be increased when taking an antidepressant.
What are norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine.
200
In addition to treating bipolar disorder, valproic acid, lamotrigine, and gabapentin are also in this drug class.
What are anticonvulsants.
200
The major uses for antipsychotic drugs are for the treatment of these illnesses.
What is schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis, delusional disorder, bipolar disorders, and severe depression with psychotic features.
200
This class of anxiety medication can cause dependency.
What are benzodiazepines.
200
Severe muscle rigidity, diaphoresis, labile pulse and blood pressure, stupor, coma, and death are the symptoms of this severe adverse reaction seen in antipsychotics.
What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome or NMS.
300
As antidepressants start to take effect and a patient has more energy the nurse should be concerned and this.
What is suicidality.
300

This is the target serum lithium level for acute mania.

What is 1.0-1.5

300
Antipsychotic medications help manage delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, and bizarre behavior, which are classified as these kind of target symptoms.
What are positive symptoms.
300

This drug class is preferred for acute anxiety and insomnia due to its lower risk of respiratory depression and safer overdose profile.

What are benzodiazepines?

300

This MAOI is reserved for patients with treatment-resistant depression and requires strict dietary restrictions due to the risk of hypertensive crisis.

What is phenelzine?

400
A client must avoid foods that are high in Tyramine when taking a medication from this drug class.
What are Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs).
400
A patient with a lithium level greater that 1.5 will begin to show these signs of toxicity.
What blurred vision, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, increased urination, tremor, mental confusion
400
Because of a higher side effect profile, nurses must consider this when administering and managing a patient taking antipsychotics
What is the possibility of non-adherence.
400
Benzodiazepines are often used to manage withdrawal symptoms from this substance
What is alcohol.
400
Tricyclic antidepressants (nortriptyline, amytriptyline, doxepin, etc.) commonly cause these side effects.
What are drowsiness, low blood pressure, dry mouth, urinary retention.
500
Rapid discontinuation of antidepressants can cause these symptoms.
What is withdrawal or nausea, vertigo, insomnia, headache, malaise, and nightmares.
500
Patients should avoid consuming this when taking a mood stabilizer or anticonvulsant.
What is alcohol.
500
These negative symptoms are sucessfully treated with atypical antipsychotics.
What is affective flattening, apathy, attentional impairment, restricted thought and speech.
500
Antidepressants are a frontline treatment for anxiety symptoms for this reason.
What is depression and anxiety are often co-morbid illnesses.
500
Tongue protrusion, lip smacking, choreiform movements, chewing are symptoms of this side effect, seen at times in patients taking conventional antipsychotics.
What is tardive dyskinesia.
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