Anxiety?
Formally called tranquilizers, these drugs are used to treat anxiety by depressing the CNS. High doses cause sedation or hypnotic effects.
What are anxiolytics?
These antidepressants interact with oral anticoagulants causing an increased risk of bleeding.
What are Tricyclic antidepressants?
Many antiseizure agents cause hormonal contraceptives to lose effectiveness. To prevent pregnancy women should be instructed on this.
What is a barrier contraceptive method?
This medication is given for narcotic depression or opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone?
These IV medications are used to rapidly induce anesthesia and are used in adjunct with other agents for general anesthesia.
What are barbiturate anesthetics?
These drugs are used to prevent anxiety without causing much-associated sedation.
What are Benzodiazepines?
This medication used to treat bipolar disorders interacts with Psyllium herbal therapy.
What is Lithium?
These medications are used to block the excitatory cholinergic receptors.
What are Anticholinergic medications?
These medications are derived from the opium plant. They lead to constipation, respiratory depression, sedation, and stimulate feelings of euphoria.
What are Narcotics?
Nitrous oxide can block the reuptake of oxygen after surgery and cause hypoxia. Because of this reaction, it must always be given with this medication.
What is oxygen?
Benzodiazepines have this alter that concomitant use with opioids can result in profound sedation, respiratory depression, coma, or death.
What is a black box warning?
These antidepressants have a black box warning for increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, teens, and young adults.
What are serotonin-norepinephrine inhibitors?
This medication class used to treat Parkinson's disease is effective for 2-5 years in relieving disease symptoms.
What is dopaminergic agents?
These medications are used to treat acute migraines in adults and are not associated with vascular or GI effects.
What are Triptans?
These medications cause a temporary interruption in the production and conduction of nerve impulses. Delivered directly to the area that is or will be causing pain.
What are local anesthetics?
This drug class inhibits neuronal impulse conduction in the ascending RAS, depresses the cerebral cortex, alters cerebellar function, and depresses motor output.
What are barbiturates?
Common neurological effects of antipsychotic agents.
What are extrapyramidal side effects (dystonia, akathisia, pseudoparkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia)?
This drug is used to treat partial and absence seizures. Hepatotoxicity, pancreatitis, and birth defects are some of the common side effects.
What is Valproic Acid?
This narcotic has a risk of serious serotonin syndrome if combined with antidepressants or St. John's Wort.
What is tapentadol?
This medication is used when clinical situations require muscle paralysis; it has the potential for malignant hyperthermia.
What is Succinylcholine?
This medication is used for sedation of a newly intubated and mechanically ventilated patient in the intensive care setting.
What is Dexmedetomidine?
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors should not be taken within 6 weeks of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors to prevent this potentially life-threatening adverse effect.
What is serotonin syndrome?
This medication used only in adults works in the CNS to interfere with the reflexes that cause muscle spasms to relieve acute musculoskeletal discomfort.
What is cyclobenzaprine, carisoprodol, or chlorzoxazone?
This drug class should not be combined with Ergotamines due to the risk of peripheral ischemia and gangrene.
What is beta-blockers?
These medications should not be mixed with nondepolarizing neuromuscular junction blockers because they can cause the reversal of the NMJ blockade.
What are xanthines?