CNS Depressants
Clients who take this medication along with phenobarbital will have to use an alternative barrier to prevent pregnancy.
What is birth control?
This condition is often abbreviated ADHD.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
This type of medication class is used to treat depression and other mental health issues.
What are antidepressants?
This medication, in combination with carbidopa, will easily pass the blood-brain barrier.
What is levodopa?
This can be described as "an electrical storm" in the brain, where neurons are firing abnormally.
What is a seizure?
This system contains the brain & spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)
Medications in this class often have the suffix "pam" in the generic name.
What are benzodiazepines?
This is a Scheduled II CNS stimulant that treats ADHD.
What is methylphenidate?
This type of antimania medication alters sodium transport in nerve and muscle cells.
What is lithium?
Clients taking an MAO-B inhibitor for Parkinson's Disease should avoid foods containg this.
What is tyramine?
This anticonvulsant is also used as an adjuvant for pain management, especially in clients with diabetic neuropathy.
What is gabapentin?
These are the major elements of communication in the brain.
What are neurons?
This barbituate is primarily used for sedation and seizure control.
What is phenobarbital?
Nurses must closely monitor these assessment items while a client, especially a child is taking methylphenidate.
What is height, weight, blood pressure, and heart rate?
This is involuntary contractions of the oral and facial muscles and wave-like movements of the extremeties than may be permanent if not monitored.
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
This medication is often used when the client has a deteriorating response to carbidopa/levodopa
What is selegiline?
The therapeutic drug level of this medication is 10-20 mcg/ml.
What is phenytoin?
These bind to target cells in the CNS to stimulate or depress an action.
What are neurotransmitters?
Nurses administer this drug when a client has an overdose of a benzodiazepine.
What is flumazenil?
Nurses understand that clients on methylphenidate should avoid food/drink containing this element.
What is caffeine?
This is involuntary motor muscle control including akathisia (distressing motor restlessness) and acute dystonia (painful muscle spasms).
What is Extrapyramidal Symptoms?
This antiviral medication is used to treat Parkinson's Disease and Influenza A.
What is amantadine?
Clients taking phenytoin are encouraged to perform frequent oral care to prevent this side effect.
What is gingival hyperplasia?
This neurotransmitter regulates mood, body temperature, and appetite.
What is serotonin?
These are side effects of lorazepam.
What is "hangover effect", drowsiness, oversedation, respiratory depression, unsteady gait, falls?
This group of clients should avoid taking CNS stimulants because it conteracts with their antihypertensives.
Who are clients with cardiac disease?
These are all types of antidepressants.
What is amitriptyline, fluoxetine, venlafaxine, and tranylcypromine?
This anticholinergic may be used to treat muscle rigidity and drooling in a client with Parkinson's Disease.
What is benzotropine (Cogentin)?
This medication is adminstered during a seizure lasting >20 minutes.
What is diazepam?
An alteration in this neurotransmitter may cause difficulty in motor and cognitive functions.
What is dopamine?