DISEASE STATES
GLOSSARY TERMS
DRUG CLASSES
GRAB BAG
IT'S FAIR GAME!
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A TYPE OF MENTAL ILLNESS CHARACTERIZED BY PERIODS OF EXTREME EXCITATION, OR MANIA, AND DEEP DEPRESSION.
WHAT IS BIPOLAR DISORDER?
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RHYTHMICAL OSCILLATION OF THE EYEBALLS.
WHAT IS NYSTAGMUS?
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NITROUS OXIDE
WHAT ARE GENERAL ANESTHETICS?
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THE STRENGTH OF THE SODIUM BICARBONATE THAT MUST BE KEPT IN THE MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA KIT.
WHAT IS 7.5%?
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ANOTHER NAME FOR A PRESCRIPTION DRUG
WHAT IS A LEGEND DRUG?
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THE INABILITY TO FALL ASLEEP OR STAY ASLEEP.
WHAT IS INSOMNIA?
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LIQUIDS THAT EVAPORATE UPON EXPOSURE TO AIR
WHAT ARE VOLATILE LIQUIDS?
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BENZOCAINE
WHAT ARE LOCAL ANESTHETICS?
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THIS TYPE OF ANESTHESIA BLOCKS A SPECIFIC GROUP OF NERVES IN A SMALL AREA VERY CLOSE TO THE AREA TO BE OPERATED ON.
WHAT IS INFILTRATION ANESTHESIA?
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DIAZEPAM BELONGS TO THIS DRUG CLASS
WHAT ARE BENZODIAZEPINES?
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A DISORDER CAUSING SEVERE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN OLDER PERSONS IN WHICH THE BRAIN EXPERIENCES SHRINKAGE AND EXHIBITS SENILE PLAQUES.
WHAT IS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?
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INJURY TO SUPPORTING LIGAMENTS OF A JOINT.
WHAT IS A SPRAIN?
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ALLOPURINOL
WHAT ARE XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS?
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A CHRONIC AND PROGRESSIVE CONDITION THAT AFFECTS MORE WOMEN THAN MEN, FOCUSING MAINLY ON THE JOINTS OF THE HANDS AND FEET, AND LEADING TO DEFORMITY AND DISABILITY.
WHAT IS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?
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DRUG THAT MAY INDUCE PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
WHAT IS CHLORPROMAZINE?
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CHARACTERIZED BY EROSION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE THAT MAINLY AFFECTS WEIGHT BEARING JOINTS.
WHAT IS OSTEOARTHRITIS?
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A TYPE OF INCREASE IN MUSCLE TONE AT REST, CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASE RESISTANCE OF THE MUSCLES TO STRETCHING.
WHAT IS SPASTICITY?
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DANTROLENE
WHAT ARE DIRECT-ACTING ANTISPASMODIC AGENTS?
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THIS DRUG HAS A VERY SHORT HALF LIFE AND MUST BE RESTOCKED REGULARLY.
WHAT IS DANTROLENE?
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THIS TCA IS USED TO TREAT BED WETTING
WHAT IS IMIPRAMINE?
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METABOLIC ARTHRITIS
WHAT IS GOUT?
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A SPECIALIZED JUNCTION AT WHICH A NERVE CELL COMMUNICATES WITH A TARGET CELL.
WHAT IS A SYNAPSE?
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BACLOFEN
WHAT ARE CENTRALLY ACTING SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS?
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THE CLASS OF DRUGS THAT IS CONTRAINDICATED IN PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS.
WHAT ARE SLOW-ACTING ANTI-RHEUMATIC DRUGS?
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TWO MOOD ALTERING DRUGS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY.
WHAT ARE VALPROIC ACID AND CARBAMAZEPINE?
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