Neurotransmitters
Communicates between nerves and muscles
Acetylcholine
Safety measure for benzodiazepines
Maintain patients who receive parenteral benzodiazepines in bed for a period of at least 3 hours. Do not permit ambulatory patients to operate a motor vehicle after an injection .
The loss of awareness and reaction to environmental stimuli.
Sedation
True or False: Adverse effects caused by barbiturates are more severe than those associated with other, newer sedative–hypnotics.
True
200 bonus if you can name 1 Barbiturates
There is cure for Parkinson’s Disease
No. Therapy is aimed at management of signs and symptoms to provide optimal functioning for as long as possible.
Released by nerves in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
Norepinephrine and epinephrine
Antidote for Benzodiazepines
Administer Flumezanil (Romazicon).
Drugs that are used to lyse or break the feeling of anxiety.
Anxiolytic drugs
Severe adverse effects Barbiturates
Serious hypoventilation may occur, and respiratory depression and laryngospasm may also result, particularly with IV administration.
Marked by difficulties in performing intentional movements and extreme slowness or sluggishness.
Bradykinesia
Involved in the coordination of impulses and responses, both motor and intellectual.
Dopamine
Phenobarbital therapeutic serum level
The therapeutic serum level range is 10 to 40 mcg/mL.
Used to help people fall asleep by causing sedation.
Hypnotics
Classification of Seizures
Generalized Seizures
Partial Seizures
Which neurotransmitter is involved in Parkinson's Disease?
dopamine
Inhibits nerve activity and is important in preventing overexcitability or stimulation such as seizure activity.
Gamma-aminobutyric acid or GABA
True or False barbiturates are associated with physical dependence, tolerance and withdrawal syndrome.
True
Nervous system side effects include:
Sedation, drowsiness, depression, lethargy, blurred vision, “sleep driving” and other complex behaviors, headaches, apathy, light-headedness, amnesia, and confusion.
Therapeutic serum phenytoin levels
10 to 20 mcg/mL.
What other medical conditions does anticholinergic and dopaminergic drugs aggravate
Both anticholinergic and dopaminergic drugs aggravate glaucoma, benign prostatic hypertrophy, constipation, cardiac problems, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
Important in arousal and sleep, as well as in preventing depression and promoting motivation.
Serotonin
a shuffling gait is a hallmark of this condition.
Parkinson’s Disease
Avoid doing this when taking Benzodiazepines.
Abrupt cessation of these drugs may lead to a withdrawal syndrome.
100-point Bonus if you can name one Benzodiazepines.
Severe Adverse Effect of Hydantoins
severe liver toxicity, bone marrow suppression, gingival hyperplasia,
Which medication is the go-to for Parkinson's disease.
Levodopa is the mainstay of treatment for Parkinson disease.