Antipsychotics
Mood Stabilizers
Antidepressants
Benzos and Substance Abuse
Grab Bag
100
Second generation antipsychotic on the SFGH formulary most often associated with hyperprolactinemia.
What is risperidone?
100
0.5 to 1.5 mEq/L is the therapeutic blood level range for this medication.
What is lithium?
100
This SSRI antidepressant is unusual in that it frequently causes anticholinergic side effects.
What is paroxetine?
100
Suboxone ® contains buprenorphine as well as this medication.
What is naloxone?
100
These two documents are required to involuntarily administer psychotropic medications to patients on 5150s and conservatorships, respectively.
What are a Riese Affidavit and an Affidavit 'B'?
200
Thiothixine, Trifluoperazine and Perphenazine share this designation regarding their relative potencies.
What are mid-potency typical antipsychotics?
200
Minimum number of days required for valproate blood levels to reach steady state after a change in dose.
What is 3 days?
200
SNRI that should be used with caution in patients with evidence of liver disease.
What is duloxetine?
200
Laboratory test that should be ordered prior to starting a patient on naltrexone for alcohol dependence.
What are LFTs?
200
Antipsychotic with an oral:intramuscular bioavailability ratio of 1:4.
What is ziprasidone?
300
Beta-blockers, anticholinergics, and benzodiazepines may be used to treat this this side effect of some psychiatric medications.
What is akathisia?
300
Members of these two classes of commonly- presribed medications which can elevate lithium levels dangerously.
What are antihypertensives (ACEIs, HCTZ, ARBs) and NSAIDs
300
This vital sign must be monitored in patients receiving venlafaxine.
What is (diastolic) BP?
300
Three benzodiazpines that are relatively safe to use in patients with impaired hepatic function.
What are lorazepam, oxazepam, and temazepam?
300
After injection of paliperidone palmitate, this is the recommended number of days after which it is appropriate to discontinue oral antipsychotic medications.
What is zero?
400
Second-generation antipsychotic thought to be associated with the lowest mortality risk in elderly, demented patients.
What is quetiapine?
400
Two blood cell lines that can be adversely affected by valproate.
What are platelets and WBCs (neutrophils)?
400
The two SSRIs that are the most potent cytochrome P-450 2D6 inhibitors.
What fluoxetine and paroxetine?
400
The major biochemical transformation involved in lorazepam metabolism and elimination.
What is glucuronidation?
400
Five measurable risk factors for diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome according to the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
What are: hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL, central/abdominal obesity?
500
Second-generation antipsychotics on SFGH formulary that require dose titration to avoid orthostatic hypotension.
What are clozapine, risperidone, and quetiapine?
500
This is potentially fatal extrahepatic side effect of valproate.
What is pancreatitis?
500
The secondary-amine tricyclic antidepressants related to the tertiary-amine TCAs amitriptyline and imipramine, respectively.
What are desipramine and nortriptyline?
500
Rank of clonazepam, lorazepam, and chlordiazepoxide by half-life, longest to shortest.
What are 1. chlordiazepoxide, 2. clonazepam, 3. lorazepam?
500
Perphenazine, chlorpromazine, trifluoperazine, and fluphenazine are members of which CHEMICAL class of antipsychotic medications?
What are the phenothiazines?
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