Psychiatric Meds
Name a drug for anxiety that when mixed with alcohol causes an adverse effect respiratory depression and may also cause side effects of ataxia and sedation
Lorazepam benzodiazepines
Name the medications used to treat bipolar disease that can cause adverse effects of polyuria, tremors, coma, and death is severe toxicity occurs. Side effects of this drug include:nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea which can be relieved by taking the medication with meals or milk.
Litho-Bid Lithium mood stabilizer anti-bipolar medication
Buspirone, diazepam,and parextine.
What are medications used to treat GAD, OCD, PTSD, phobias, and other anxiety disorders?
Lorazepam Ativan benzodiazepines
What anxiolytic if mixed with alcohol or other sedatives can cause respiratory depression?
Akathisia
What is pacing, toe-tapping and restless leg syndrome?
Name a drug for anxiety disorders that does not cause dependence and tolerance and has the least side effects of only headache and dizziness
Buspar buspirone atypical anxiolytic
Name a drug used to treat bipolar disease if client cannot tolerate lithium. This medication primary use is for seizure disorders but can stabilize the moods of a client with bipolar disease. Adverse effect can be liver toxicity and side effects include: nausea, vomiting, GI upset which can be relieved by food
Depakote-valproic acid
sertraline, fluoxetine, paroxetine
Zoloft Prozac Paxil
What are SSRI anti-depressants used to treat major depression, dysthmic mood disorder, and other depressive disorders and must monitor for hyperreflexia and hyperthermia?
amitriptyline Elavil
What antidepressant must the nurse monitor for tachycardia and dysrhythmia?
Dystonia
What is twisted neck, twisted, back, and severe muscle spasms caused by an anti-psychotic?
Name a drug is used to treat depressive disorders and can cause a major adverse effect of hyperthermia, hyperreflexia muscle rigidity and side effects of
Prozac-fluoxetine SSRI antidepressant
Name a drug used to treat schizphrenia and can cause adverse effects of EPS: acute dystonia, pseudoparkinsonism,akathisia, and tardive dyskinesia. Side effects include: photosensitivity
Prolixin-fluphenazine conventional anti-psychotic
Elavil, Pameolr, and Tofranil
Amitriptyline, nortriptyline, and imipramine
What are TCA antidepressants to treat depressive disorders and must monitor for tachycardia?
Nardil-phenelzine
What MAOI-antidepressant must the client avoid cheddar cheese, salami, red wine, raisins, beef liver?
Pseudoparkinsonism
What is shuffling gait, drooling, cog-wheel rigidity, and bradykinesia caused by anti-psychotics?
Nam a drug for depressive disorders that toxicity can lead to the adverse effect of tachycardia, dysrhythmias, and cardiac toxicity. Other side effects include dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention, and orthostatic hypotension.
Elavil-amitriptyline TCA antodepressant
Name the drug used to treat schizophrenia that can cause the adverse effect of EPS: akathisia, pseudoparkinsonism, dystonia, and possibly tardive dyskinesia but milder form and side effects include: hyperglycemia
Geodon -ziprasidone atypical anti-psychotic
phenelzine, isocarboxazied, and tranylcypromine
Nardil,Marplan, and Parnate
What are MAOI anti-depressants to treat depressive disorders and must avoid tyramine?
sertraline Zoloft
What SSRI antidepressant medication must the client avoid St Johns Wort and the nurse monitor temperature and reflexes?
EPS from anti-psychotic
What are akathisia, psuedoparkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia, and dystonia from antipsychotics?
Name the drug for depressive disorders that can cause an adverse effect of malignant hypertensive crisis if the medication is taken with food with tyramine or other medications.
Nardil Phenelzine MAOI antidepresnat
What mental health disorder do the following drugs treat?
risperidone;ziprasidone;clozapine; and aripiprazole
schizophrenia- atypical anti-psychotics medication
Lithium, valproic acid, or aririprasole
What are drugs to treat bipolar disease or mood stabilizer?
Geodon-ziprasidone Haldol haloperidol
What antipsychotic conventional and atypical medication can cause EPS: akathisia, ardive dyskinesia, parkinson-like syndrome, and dystonia?
Tardive dyskinesia
What is a permanent movement disorder from anti-psychotics leading to chorea and writhing movements that do not stop? Other EPS can be treated with anti-cholinergics , but TD is permanent.