Antidepressants
Fluoxetine, Sertraline, Escitalopram, Paroxetine, 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 complications associated with these antipsychotics.
What are second-generation (atypical) or third generation antipsychotics?
These drug classes are considered first line of treatment in anxiety disorders
What are SSRI antidepressants?
There is an increased risk for agranulocytosis when taking this medication.
What is chlorpromazine?
These neurotransmitters can be increased when taking an antidepressant.
What are norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine.
Used to treat bipolar disorder, valproic acid, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, and topiramate are in this drug class.
What are antiepileptic medications?
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?
As antidepressants start to take effect and a patient has more energy the nurse should be concerned and this.
What is suicidality.
This is the target serum lithium level for acute mania.
What is 1.0-1.5 mEQ/L?
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 nonadrenergic activity.
What are beta blockers (propranolol) and alpha 2 receptor agonists (clonidine)?
There is an increase risk of seizures with this antidepressant.
What is bupropion?
A client must avoid foods that are high in Tyramine when taking a medication from this drug class.
What are Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs).
A patient with a lithium level greater that 1.5 will begin to show these signs of toxicity.
What is blurred vision, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, increased urination, tremor, mental confusion?
Can be used for long-term treatment of anxiety
What is Buspirone?
Benzodiazepines are often used to manage withdrawal symptoms from this substance
What is alcohol?
Tricyclic antidepressants (amytriptyline, imipramine, clomipramine) 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 syndrome- nausea, anxiety, visual changes, headache, tremors, and dizziness?
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?
May take up to 4 weeks to obtain full therapeutic effects
What is Buspirone?
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?