Antidepressants
This antidepressant does not block reuptake of norepinephrine or dopamine.
What are SSRI's.
This medication was the drug of choice for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
What is Lithium
This medication is known as a first generation antipsychotic.
What is haldol (haloperidol).
If you take a benzodiazepine with this type of juice, it can decrease the metabolism of the drug.
What is grapefruit juice.
This medication can also be used for opioid withdrawal instead of methadone.
What is naltrexone.
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.
This medication is a daily oral medication that is a type of aversion (behavioral) therapy for alcoholics.
What is disulfiram.
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
Antipsychotic medications help manage delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, and bizarre behavior, which are classified as these kind of target symptoms.
What are positive symptoms.
This medication can reverse adverse effects in benzodiazepines.
What is flumazenil.
Nurses need to monitor the effectiveness of this drug for a client who is experiencing nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea in opioid withdrawal.
What is clonidine.
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 than 1.5mEq/L exhibits signs and symptoms of
What are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, mental confusion, poor coordination, tremors and sedation.
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.
Benzodiazepines are often used to manage withdrawal symptoms from this substance
What is alcohol.
This precaution needs to be initiated in clients who are in alcohol withdrawal.
What are seizure precautions.
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.
This disorder is the primary reason for the administration of antipsychotic medications.
What is Schizophrenia
Benzodiazepines are contraindicated in
Pregnancy and lactation
Nursing interventions for monitoring the complications in a child or adolescent who is started on a Central Nervous Stimulant are.
Monitoring clients height and weight and comparing it to baseline.
This drug class that includes paroxetine, sertraline, escitalopram, fluoxetine, and fluvoxamine can have later adverse effects after 5 to 6 weeks of therapy that include insomnia, headache, and sexual dysfunction.
What are SSRI's.
The elimination of this electrolyte can cause decreased lithium excretion, ultimately causing lithium toxicity.
What is sodium, due to the use of diuretics with lithium.
This complication consists of involuntary movements of the tongue, face, lip smacking, arms, legs, or trunk.
What is tardive dyskinesia.
3 most common drug names under the drug class benzodiazepines are
What are Alprazolam, diazepam, lorazepam.
This life threatening medical emergency from an antipsychotic; that includes high fever, blood pressure fluctuations, dysrhythmias, muscle rigidity, diaphoresis, changes in LOC is.
What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome.