Anxiety Meds
Benzodiazepines and Benzodiazepine-like drugs create their effects by enhancing the actions of this neurotransmitter
What is GABA?
This type of drug is considered first line for patients with Bipolar Disorder
What are Mood Stabilizers?
This diagnosis would be suspected for a patient presenting with fever, sweating, and confusion with a medication history of MAOI with newly added Fluoxetine
This adverse effect is common with the use of CNS Stimulants
What is appetite suppression?
This drug causes reversible inhibition of cholinesterase to produce its therapeutic effects for Alzheimer patients
What is Donepezil?
This drug is given when a patient has significant sedation due to Benzodiazepine overdose
What is Flumazenil?
This type of Extrapyramidal Symptom is known to be irreversible and can occur with long-term 1st generation antipsychotic therapy
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
What is MAOI?
This medication is appropriate for a child diagnosed with ADHD whose parents are stimulant-adverse
What is Atomoxetine?
This drug for Alzheimer Disease is part of the drug class NMDA antagonists and is used for moderate to severe AD
What is Memantine?
This class of drug is considered the most appropriate for Acute Anxiety
What are Benzodiazepines?
This electrolyte level will need to be closely monitored when caring for patients taking Lithium
What is Sodium?
This drug from your tables is part of the drug class, SSRI
What is Fluoxetine?
This medication is part of the drug class, Methylxanthine, and can be used to treat Neonatal Apnea
What is Caffeine?
Selegiline works for Parkinson Disease by inhibiting MAO-B which then causes increases in the active amount of this neurotransmitter
What is Dopamine?
This drug class is considered first line for patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
What are SSRIs?
What is dopamine?
Sedation, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Dry Mouth are common side effects of TCAs due to blockade of this type of receptor
What is Cholinergic?
This is the primary usage for Methylphenidate
What is ADHD?
Carbidopa is added to Levodopa to make this more available to the CNS
What is Levodopa?
__________ is the the first approved anti-depressant for treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder and is in the drug class, SNRI.
What is Venlafaxine?
This drug, used in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder, is considered to be neuroprotective and neurotrophic
What is Lithium?
What is MAOIs?
NOT STIMULANT RELATED
This drug class can enhance or directly mimic the effects of GABA and must be used with caution due to the potential for severe CNS depression
What are Barbiturates?
Your pre-op patient is taking Levodopa/Carbidopa and Entacapone. He is also taking a diuretic. As the nurse, you know you need to watch out for this potential side effect
What is postural/orthostatic hypotension?