Antipsychotics & anti-Seizure
What is suppress Sodium entry into the cell
Class of antidepressants used for migraine control and neuropathic pain
Obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
What medication is primarily used to treat bipolar disorders?
Lithium
When educating a patient, what should you tell them about the amount of time antidepressants take to work?
It can take up to 4-6 weeks to achieve therapeutic effects
Oral care is reinforced for patients on phenytoin & gabapentin to
What is prevent gingival hyperplasia
Action of TCAs (tricyclic antidepressants)
What is inhibiting the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin?
The expected pharmacological action of benzodiazepines
What is enhance the inhibitory effects of GABA in the CNS?
The therapeutic level of lithium
What should you tell a patient taking lithium to do in regards to nutrition?
Adequate fluid and sodium intake
Foods high in tyramine with MAOI's place a patient at risk for?
What is hypertensive crisis
Three withdrawal effects of benzodiazepines?
What are: anxiety, insomnia, diaphoresis, tremors, agitation/delirium, muscle pain (abdominal)
Three manifestations of lithium toxicity
What are: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, thirst, polyuria, muscle weakness, tremors, slurred speech, lethargy, confusion, excessive thirst
A patient is stopping Tranylcypromine and starting fluoxetine. How long from stopping the MAOI to starting the SSRI
What is 14 days?
What is 10-20 mcg/mL?
These foods should be avoided while taking MAOIs?
Tyramine-rich foods such as aged cheese, pepperoni, avocados, bananas, smoked fish, red wine, soy sauce, corned beef
Common use of atypical antidepressant bupropion (wellbutrin)
What is smoking cessation?
Black Box Warning for teenagers starting fluoxetine thearapy
What is monitor for increased suicide risk
A patient on haloperidol experiences facial tics and abnormal tongue movements. The term for this is
What is tardive dyskinesia?
At least three manifestations of serotonin syndrome?
mental confusion, agitation, fever, diaphoresis, tremors, seizures, tachycardia
Reversal agent for benzodiazepines
What is flumazenil (Romazicon)?
Drugs that decrease elimination of lithium increasing risk of drug toxicity
What are thiazide & loop diuretics, ACE-I
Time of day fluoxetine should be taken
What is morning (AM)?