Term | Definition |
Benzodiazepines | Midazolam (versad), diazepan (valium), temazepan (restoril) are what kinds of drug? |
Versed | Benzo that causes amnesia |
Valium | Benzo that is the most common, best drug for anxiety, stopping seizures, and alcohol withdrawal effects. |
Restoril | Benzo that is used for insomnia, longer acting, long onset of action |
Narrow Angle Glaucoma | The main contraindication of benzos |
flumazenil | The treatment for benzos that cannot exceed 4 doses or 1 mg |
benzos | You can't take herbal remedies with this. |
grapefruit | Decreases the metabolism of the benzo |
fall risk | Everybody that is taking benzos, no matter the age, will have this bracelet |
Nonbenzodiazepines | (Zaleplon) Sonata, (Zolpidem) Ambient, and (Eszopiclone) Lunesta are what kinds of drug? |
sonata | nonbenzo that is short acting only for 4 hours |
ambien | nonbenzo that has sleep walking side effect |
lunesta | nonbenzo that is FDA approved; also is used for long term effect |
barbiturates | Pentobarbital and Phenobarbital are very high habit forming drug with low therapeutic indexes and are what kind of drugs? |
phenobarbital | barbiturate is the most common, long acting, prevents seizures, and is rarely used today |
pentobarbital | barbiturate is short acting, most common during prep, acute seizures |
Deprive REM sleep | Main adverse effect of barbiturates |
respiratory conditions | main contraindication of barbiturates |
kidney or liver disease | second contraindication of barbiturates |
activated charcoal | what you give when you have an overdose of barbiturates because there is no antidote |
muscle relaxants | dantrolene, baclofen, and cyclobenzaprine are what kind of drugs? |
baclofen | muscle relaxant that you have to give a test dose and must dilute before infusion |
flexeril | most commonly used muscle relent, reduce spasms following injury |
renal impairment | contraindication of muscle relaxant |
base vitals | what you must always always always obtain |
hangover | benzos give this type of feeling the next day |
Safety | the most important thing in the nursing school world |
adhd | adderall, stratega, provigil, and retilin, are all what kind of drugs? |
adderall | ADHD medication that has the potential for tolerance/ abuse and is a class 2 drug. |
strattera | ADHD medication that produces suicidal thinking and is nonaddictive |
Provigil | ADHD medication usually used for night shift workers, narcolepsy, and is a class 4 drug, |
drug holiday | where you take your child off the medication for a period of time to see if they can live without it |
stimulant | decongestants can also act as this. |
selective serotonin receptor agonists | SSRA stands for... |
SSRA | imitrex is what kind of drug? |
imitrex | This SSRA drug you take before a migraine begins, and is only used for migraines not headaches. |
heart disease | these type of people should not take SSRAs |
idiopathic | type of seizure that can not find any cause and is roughly 50% of cases |
symptomatic | type of seizure that has a distinct cause |
anticonvulsants | anti-seizure or anti-epileptic drugs are also called... |
lifelong | therapy for any seizure medications is.. |
first line antiseizure drugs | tegretol, dilantin, and valproic acid are all what kind of drug? |
tegretol | Is the drug of choice for general and complex seizures, decreases the effects of other drugs, and monitor therapeutic levels. |
dilantin | anti seizure drug that stabilizes the neuron and is a depressant |
gingival hyperplasia | the main adverse effect of dilantin |
bradycardia | main contraindication of dilantin |
valproic acid | people with liver problems can NOT have this seizure medication, it is used for all types of seizures. |
second line anti seizure drugs | neuron tin and valium are what kind of drugs? |
neurontin | anti seizure drug that is the most common, given for patients with neuropain, not always for seizures, can be used by itself but not as effective |
slow push | When giving IV anti seizure medications you must |
normal saline | dilantin can only be mixed with this and nothing else |
antiparkinsonian drugs | cogentin, amantadine, levodopa, and carbidopa are what kind of drugs? |
cogentin | prototype anticholinergic drug used to treat parkinson's disease, is a "buzzkill", can be used alone or with amantadine |
amantadine | is a adjunct anti parkinson drug, can increase anticholinergic effect, can cause postural hypotension |
levodopa | this is the most effective drug used to treat parkinson's disease |
carbidopa | iis a dopamine replacement drug, permitting more levodopa to be transported to the brain, and prevents the breakdown of levodopa in the periphery |
selegiline | this drug is used to extend the duration of levodopa by blocking its breakdown |
dry mouth | the main adverse reactions of antiparkinsonian drugs |