Antidepressants
Sertraline, Escitalopram, and Citalopram are members of this drug class.
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors?
This medication was the drug of choice for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
What is Lithium?
Weight gain and metabolic syndrome are commonly seen in these antipsychotics.
What are second generation or atypical antipsychotics?
These drug classes are considered first line of treatment in anxiety disorders.
What are SSRIs and newer antidepressants?
There is an increased risk for agranulocytosis when taking this medication.
What is clozaril?
These neurotransmitters can be increased when taking an antidepressant.
What are norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine?
In addition to treating bipolar disorder, valproic acid, lamotrigine, and gabapentin are also in this drug class.
What are anticonvulsants?
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?
This class of anxiety medication can cause dependency.
What are benzodiazepines?
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?
Black box warning includes increased risk of suicide in adolescents and adults 25 and under.
What are antidepressants?
This is the target serum lithium level for acute mania.
What is 1.0-1.5?
Antipsychotic medications help manage delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, and bizarre behavior, which are classified as these kind of target symptoms.
What are positive symptoms?
These classes of drugs are used off label to treat anxiety through the blocking of peripheral or central noradrenergic (liberating, activated by, or involving norepinephrine in the transmission of nerve impulses) activity.
What are beta blockers and alpha 2 receptor agonists (propranolol and clonidine)?
There is an increase risk of seizures with this antidepressant.
What is bupropion (wellbutrin)?
Effexor, Cymbalta, and Pristiq are examples of this.
What are Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)?
A patient with a lithium level greater than 1.5 will begin to show these signs of toxicity.
What are blurred vision, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, increased urination, tremor, mental confusion?
A condition affecting the nervous system, often caused by long-term use of antipsychotics.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
Benzodiazepines are often used to manage withdrawal symptoms from this substance.
What is alcohol?
Tricyclic antidepressants (nortriptyline, amitriptyline, doxepin, etc.) commonly cause these side effects.
What are drowsiness, low blood pressure, dry mouth, urinary retention?
Rapid discontinuation of antidepressants can cause these symptoms.
What is withdrawal or nausea, vertigo, insomnia, headache, malaise, and nightmares.
Patients should avoid consuming this when taking a mood stabilizer or anticonvulsant.
What is alcohol?
These negative symptoms are successfully treated with atypical antipsychotics.
What is affective flattening, apathy, attentional impairment, restricted thought and speech?
Natural remedies for anxiety.
What are exercise and meditation?
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?