Anxiety
Preferred short acting meds for acute symptoms of GAD
buspirone or hydoxyzine
Involuntary repetitive movements of tongue or extremities, grimacing, or eye blinking as a potential side effect of anti-psychotic medications.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
This is the most common adverse effect of SSRI
What is sexual dysfunction?
Cluster B consists of these disorders
What are antisocial, histrionic, borderline, and narcissistic?
This medication causes agranulocytosis
What is Clozapine?
People can build a tolerance to this class of anti-anxiety medication and need higher dose to get same effect
What are benzodiapines?
PTSD can be treated with these two SSRIs
What are Fluoxetine and Sertraline?
This SNRI is used for neuropathy
What is Duloxetine?
What is BPD?
This medication causes ocular disturbances
What is seroquel?
This is the first line medication class for a patient suffering from panic disorder
What is SSRI?
Children with this disorder can progress to have antisocial personality disorder once over 18 years old
What is Conduct Disorder?
These 2 psych meds cannot be combined due to increased risk of serotonin syndrome
What is SSRI and MAOI?
A man who prefers solitude and has no interest in relationships, even with family, may have this disorder
What is schizoid?
This medication causes lip smacking
What is Aripiprazole?
Name at least one other type of medication usually prescribed for other conditions that can be prescribed to treat anxiety
Beta blockers, Clonidine, Gabapentin
This warning for children and adolescence can be a side effect of taking antidepressants
What is Increase in suicidal ideation?
This psych medication cannot be used in patients with a lowered seizure threshold
What is Bupropion?
These personality disorders run the risk of developing into mood or somatoform disorders
Cluster B- antisocial, borderline, histrionic and narcissistic
This medication should be avoided in DM and overweight patient
What is Olanzapine?
What is important to avoid when taking Benzodiazepines and why?
Alcohol and Opiates. The interaction can cause a dangerous drop in central nervous system activity which could possibly be fatal.
Nightmares associated with PTSD should be treated with this med
What is Prazosin?
What is wellbutrin?
These personality disorders can progress to thought disorders
Cluster A disorders-paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal
This atypical anti-psychotic can cause increased prolactin levels.
What is Risperidone?