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pharm ch.7 cns drugs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SSRI--PROZAC [FLUOXETINE] | 1ST CREATED USED FOR DEPRESSION--OCD--,,NO ALCOHOL, NO DILANTIN TO PREVENT TOXIC PHENYTOIN LEVELS---**EVERYONE WAS PUT ON IT** |
| SSRI---SARAFEM | USED TO TREAT SEVERE PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME--[DOSED IN A 7 DAY PACK CONTAINING 10MG OR 20MG CAPSULES |
| SSRI---PAXIL [PAROXETINE] SCH. 3 | DEPRESSION, OCD |
| SSRI---ZOLOFT [SERTRALINE] SCH. 2 | DEPRESSION, OCD |
| SSRI---CELEXA [CITOLPRAM] SCH. 4 (STRUCTURALLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DRUGS IN THIS CLASS) | CONSIDERED IDEAL FOR PATIENTS ON CONCURRENT MEDICATIONS---DEPRESSION AND OCD |
| SSRI---LEXAPRO [ESCITALOPRAM] | MORE POTENT THAN CELEXA(CITOLPRAM)WITH LESS SIDE EFFECTS |
| SSRI---LUVOX [FLUVOXAMINE] KNOW BY THE GENERIC NAME | OCD, SAD---AVOID ALCOHOL AND TAKING CONCURRENTLY WITH PHENYTOIN--DRY MOUTH, NAUSEA--*UNLABELED USE FOR IBS* |
| SNRI---EFFEXOR [VENLAFAXINE] | DEPRESSION--(PROZAC WITH A PUNCH) MAY INCREASE MANIA AND B/P, MAY CAUSE BLURRED VISION |
| SNRI---PRISTIQ [DESVENLAFAXINE] | METABOLITE OF EFFEXOR, APPROVED FOR FIBROMYALGIA, HOT FLASHES AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN |
| SNRI---CYMBALTA [DULOXETINE]. | MAJOR DEPRESSION, DIABETIC NEUROPATHY--TO D/C DRUG MUST BE TAPERED, WEAK INHIBITOR OF DOPAMINE, MORE INTERACTIONS THAN ANY OTHER DRUGS IN THIS CLASS, (only drug treats six indications) |
| SEROTONIN SYNDROME/STORM | LIFE THREATENING DRUG REACTION THAT MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING THERAPEUTIC DRUG USE, INADVERTENT INTERACTION BETWEEN DRUGS, OVERDOSE OF PARTICULAR DRUGS, OR THE RECREATIONAL USE OF CERTAIN DRUGS |
| SEROTONIN SYNDROME EFFECTS | INCREASE IN B/P AND HEART RATE THAT CAN LEAD TO SHOCK, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, SEIZURES, RENAL FAILURE AND TEMP ABOVE 106****DON'T TAKE MAOI INHIBITORS |
| TCA--TRICYCLIC | OLDER MORE ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS THAN THE SSRI, ANTIDEPRESSANTS GENERALLY HAVE ANTIANXIETY AND SEDATIVE PROPERTIES |
| TCA SIDE EFFECTS | DRY MOUTH, BLURRED VISION, CONSTIPATION AND DROWSINESS, URINARY RETENTION, EXCESSIVE PERSPIRATION AND WEIGHT GAIN, CARDIOTOXIC IN HIGH DOSES NAY CAUSE ARRHYTHMIAS AND HYPOTENTION, PHOTOSENSITIVITY |
| TCA--USES | 10-20 DAYS IS NEEDED TO NOTICE EFFECTS |
| TCA--OTHER USEDS | CHRONIC PAIN, ENURESIS(BEDWETTING) |
| TCA--SPECIAL DOSE INFO | CHILDREN, ELDERLY AND AFRICAN AMERICA PATIENTS USUALLY REQUIRE REDUCED DOSAGES |
| TCA---TOFRANIL **[IMIPRAMINE]**know generic | USED TO TREAT ENURESIS(bed wetting)--AVAILABLE AS IM PARENTERAL |
| TCA---SINEQUAN, ZONALON [DOXEPIN] | ZONALON USED TOPICALLY FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS---COME IN A CREAM, LIQUID DOSAGE FOR BURNING MONTH, TAKE A BEDTIME AND NO CARBONATED BEVERAGES OR GRAPE JUICE |
| TCA---PAMELOR, AVENTYL [NORTRIPTYLINE] | HARDLY USED |
| TCA---VIVACTIL [PROTRIPTYLINE] | ?????? |
| TCA---ELAVIL [AMITRIPTYLINE] MOST COMMONLY USED | AVAILABLE IN IM PARENTERAL, FOR CHRONIC NERVE PAIN SEEN IN SHINGLES OR DIABETES |
| TCA | TO MANY SIDE EFFECTS |