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Medications
Mental Health
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Benzodiazepines that act at the limbic,thalamic,and hypothalamic levels of the CNS, producing a calming effect | Antianxiety Agents |
| Benzodiazepines are used to relieve | Anxiety,tension,and fears |
| alprazolam(Xanax),buspirone(Buspar),chlordiazepoxide(Librium),clorazepate(Tranxene),diazepam(valium),lorazepam(Ativan),oxazepam(Serax) | Antianxiety-Benzodiazepines |
| Has no sedative,depressant,or euphoric actions | Antimanics |
| Therapeutic range of lithium | 0.6-1.5 Levels >1.5 lithium toxicity |