HIGH Anxiety
Drug that reverses depressant effects of benzodiazepines
What is flumazenil?
Most common class of antidepressants in clinical use today
What is SSRI?
Classification without noxious stimuli, inflammation or nerve injury
What is dysfunctional pain?
The process of causing general anesthesia by the administration of drugs
What is induction?
Slow-arriving, dull throbbing, burning, enduring, transmitted by C fibers
What is Second Pain?
Barbiturate effective in the treatment of seizures
What is phenobarbital?
Antidepressant prescribed to alleviate withdrawal symptoms of opioids or nicotine
What is Bupropion (Wellbutrin)?
Three types of stimuli that create pain sensitivity
What is thermal, mechanical, chemical?
Rare inherited genetic disorder that causes anesthetic morbidity and mortality
What is malignant hyperthermia?
First local anesthetic chewed by Andean natives, discovered in later part of 19th century
What is cocaine?
Decreased responsiveness to a drug following repeated exposure
What is tolerance?
Drug useful in the treatment of bipolar disorder
What is lithium?
Opioid antagonist
What is naloxone?
Altered LOC with small doses of sedatives, patient retains ability to maintain airway and responds to verbal stimuli
What is conscious sedation?
Topical anesthetic commonly used in pediatrics prior to I.V. insertion
What is EMLA?
Control substance schedule (class) for valium and versed
What is Schedule IV?
Mechanism of action for most antidepressants is enhanced synaptic availability of _________
What is serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine?
Three therapeutic effects of NSAIDs
What is anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesia?
ideal stage of general anesthesia where there is unconsciousness, diminished eye movement, and regular respirations
What is Stage 3
Most commonly used local anesthetic in epidurals and nerve blocks
What is lidocaine?
Stage of anesthesia possible with IV sedatives
What is Stage III
Class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
What is antipsychotics?
Primary opioid receptor, mediating morphine-induced analgesia
What is mu?
Most frequently administered drug for induction of anesthesia in the U.S.
What is propofol (Diprivan)?
Drug often co-administered with a local anesthetic to slow rate of removal by circulation
What is epinephrine?